Setting Up A Forum Question

[DomainOgre]

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]

you cant you need a redirection script?

PM me and ill get it to ya.

 

[Brian]

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

 

[Elefekt]

hmm never thought of that thanks brian

 

[Josh]

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:

<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]

Thanks for the help .

 

[Evilhaider]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[DomainOgre]

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]

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