Transferring forum to another directory

This tutorial will show you how to transfer your forum to another directory.

This tutorial will show you how to transfer your forum to another directory.
e.g. yoursite.com/forums to yoursite.com/bbs

Step 1. First backup your forum directory and database, although not needed is always a wise precaution.

Step 2. Go to Admin CP / TOOLS & SETTINGS / System Settings / General Configuration

Find Upload URL and Path to 'upload' directory
In my exampe we would change

Upload URL: http://www.yoursite.com/forums/uploads to http://www.yoursite.com/bbs/uploads
Path to 'upload' directory: /home/username/public_html/forums/uploads to /home/username/public_html/bbs/uploads

Now click 'Update Settings'

Step 3. Open a ftp client, edit conf_global.php
Find:
$INFO['board_url'] = 'http://www.yoursite.com/forums';


In my example we would change it to
$INFO['board_url'] = 'http://www.yoursite.com/bbs';
Remember never to put a '/' at the end of the url.
Save and your done
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