Redirection

[inu]

Currently my forum address is 'www.mydomain.net/forums' how can I make it so it will be 'www.forums.mydomain.net' instead?

Thanks in advance.

[grant]

ummm... I don't think you can do that. You'd have to drop the www part off and have it be 'forums.mydomain.net'. You'll have to create that as a subdomain though, if you haven't already.

[inu]

What do I do after I create the subdomain?

[grant]

What do I do after I create the subdomain?

I'm not sure I understand this question. Are you wondering about where files go or something like that? Or, are you wondering how long it takes for it to become fully active? Gennerally it takes a few hours to become active.

[inu]

No I am asking how I can change my forum address from mydomain.net/forums to forums.mydomain.net after I have created the subdomain.

[grant]

No I am asking how I can change my forum address from mydomain.net/forums to forums.mydomain.net after I have created the subdomain.

Well, if you've already created the subdomain it should be accessable through 'forums.mydomain.net'. You might want to check your file and folder structure to make sure everything is in its right place.

The thing is though your subdomains are always accessable by use of the '/' from your main domain. If you create the subdomain 'ilikecookies.mydomain.net' it can also be accessed by typing in 'mydomain.net/ilikecookies'. You can not make the latter go away because the subdomain is a folder within your public_html folder.

[dvessel]

Think add-on domains. Sub-domains behave the same way. Once you create the sub-domain, an new folder will appear in your public_html directory with that exact name. So, if you already have that 'forums' folder in there and make the sub-domain with that same name, they will clashing and prevent it from working properly.. -I believe.

You can try this but if something goes wrong I take no responsibility. If you don't feel comfortable with this then call tech and ask them to help you out.

1. Rename your forums folder. -the one with all the files.
2. delete the subdomain and then recreate the sub-domain as 'forums'.
3. At this point you'll see the new directory named 'forums' in your public_html space. It will be mostly empty. Just a few invisible files to keep track of the domain.
4. From there copy all the files over from that forum directory you renamed earlier to the new 'forums' directory.

One thing to watch out for is invisible files. If your forum contains an .htaccess file then you should copy that too.

It's convoluted but it should work.

Good luck.

[Vladd44]

One other thing would be to add something like this to your .htaccess file.

redirect 301 http://www.mydomain.net/forums forums.mydomain.net
redirect 301 http://mydomain.net/forums forums.mydomain.net

If you have any pages ranked in google this will allow you to make the switch without losing any. It will also allow users to get to where they want as well, without having to deal with any 404 pages.

I know this thread is a bit old, but figured if someone else was looking through it they could use the info.

[probedb]

One other thing would be to add something like this to your .htaccess file.

redirect 301 http://www.mydomain.net/forums forums.mydomain.net
redirect 301 http://mydomain.net/forums forums.mydomain.net

If you have any pages ranked in google this will allow you to make the switch without losing any. It will also allow users to get to where they want as well, without having to deal with any 404 pages.

I know this thread is a bit old, but figured if someone else was looking through it they could use the info.

Hi Vlad,

Would this redirect go in a .htaccess file in the /forums folder or in the root of the mydomain folder?

Cheers!!!!!!

Paul.

[jimsolt]

I know this thread is a bit old, but figured if someone else was looking through it they could use the info.

You are quite right. I was looking for it. Like the previous poster, I would like to know exactly where and how to place the items.

Thanks.