Setting Up A Forum Question

DomainOgre · 12-15-2003, 04:08 PM

How do I put the Invision Board script in my main directory (just xxxx.com) if I am hosting the board myself? Invision Board calls for a subdirectory like xxxx.com/invisionboard/

Elefekt · 12-15-2003, 04:10 PM

you cant you need a redirection script?

PM me and ill get it to ya.

Brian · 12-15-2003, 04:25 PM

should be in the config file, just change it to just xxx.com instead of xxx.com/invisionboard/

Elefekt · 12-15-2003, 04:27 PM

hmm never thought of that

thanks brian

Josh · 12-15-2003, 05:45 PM

Quote:

should be in the config file, just change it to just xxx.com instead of xxx.com/invisionboard/

Agreed. You can easily change the setting during installation or later in the config settings.

They put it recomended in a sub dir just in case you have other parts of the website that you dont want to get copied over.

For an easy redirection script, just make a page that has:

Code:

<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content="0;URL=http://www.yourSite.com/subDir">

Change the "0" to however many seconds you want to wait before refreshing, and the domain to the domain and dir you want to redirect to.

Hope this helps!

DomainOgre · 12-15-2003, 05:48 PM

Thanks for the help

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Evilhaider · 12-15-2003, 10:27 PM

Or if you setup the IP dynamic lite feature in IPB, that will be the intro (homepage) to your site which can take the user to the forums.

Elefekt · 12-15-2003, 11:33 PM

You can also use a php redirection code

<?php header("Location: http://www.xxxxx.com/forum"); ?>

add that on top of the html page.

LoL so many choices so little decisions ...

DomainOgre · 12-16-2003, 12:21 AM

Mission accomplished

. I copied all the files into the main directory then I removed the subdirectory everytime it was listed in the config file.

Elefekt · 12-16-2003, 12:24 AM

alright!! what forum by the way was it (url) i like to look at different forums.

DomainOgre · 12-16-2003, 12:50 AM

Well its not finished yet lol. Don't worry, I will announce it when its ready.

I did encounter one problem tho that is in the admin area not the forum itself. For some reason, the menu on the left is having image errors. I can still perform all the functions but I get the red Xs in little boxes now. I copied everything into that directory so no clue what the problem is, unless I was supposed to alter a files besides the config.

After looking at it closer, the images were in the 'sys-img' folder and I am not seeing that folder.

DomainOgre · 12-16-2003, 04:14 PM

Fixed it

. The folder I was looking for was in the html folder so I guess I got one of the paths messed up.

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DomainOgre Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,831	Well its not finished yet lol. Don't worry, I will announce it when its ready. I did encounter one problem tho that is in the admin area not the forum itself. For some reason, the menu on the left is having image errors. I can still perform all the functions but I get the red Xs in little boxes now. I copied everything into that directory so no clue what the problem is, unless I was supposed to alter a files besides the config. After looking at it closer, the images were in the 'sys-img' folder and I am not seeing that folder. __________________ GiantNames.com - Domain Names Above The Rest! Last edited by DomainOgre; 12-16-2003 at 01:33 AM.

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