moved forums from folder to root issues

[MPinelli]

So i moved the forum to my root and bounced vbadvanced. i hope to eventually get a wordpress homepage or something like that eventually on the site, but maybe not the homepage.

so everything went good, moved files, changed vb settings and created a 301 redirect.

problem is, none of the forums work. they all dont exist, maybe a database issue? i read a lot online and it seemed as though moving the files was all i had to do. also the links at the bottom to log in to admin and mod control panels are gone.

any ideas?

 

[jdk]

What site? The site in your signature doesn't appear to work if that is the one.

 

[MPinelli]

www.guitarheroforum.com

 

[jdk]

Did you screw something up in your .htaccess? The site doesn't load.

edit - Nevermind it was loading really slow.

Ok, it appears you did not update your url correctly in the admin panel. The links are at the bottom but they are white. I am assuming this is because of the path to your .css file and it not being able to load it.

 

[MPinelli]

havent touched a thing, i had vbseo installed today and moved the forums to root about a hour or so ago

at the time i posted this the site worked fine, just the individual forums would go to a 404

i think it has something to do with the vbseo htaccess stuff, bc it was installed when it was in the forums folder

 

[jdk]

Make sure to check your .htaccess file for RewriteBase /forums/ and change it to RewriteBase /

Then, login to your admincp and on the left there should be an option for vBseo - Login to the control panel and make sure the url for your site is correct.

Also, if you are using cache for your forum, try clearing the cached pages.

 

[MPinelli]

this is what my htaccess file says:

# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning)
# to disable mod_rewrite functions.
# Please note: you still need to disable the hack in
# the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites.
RewriteEngine On


# Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be
# enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate)
# Please note: when enabled, you must include the path
# to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums/)
RewriteBase /forums/

#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/forums/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

 

[jdk]

RewriteBase /forums/ change to RewriteBase / (your forum is in the / directory and not /forums anymore)

These are turned off, but if you decide to turn them on by removing the # you would actually need to put your domain where it says yourdomain
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/forums/$1 [L,R=301]

 

[MPinelli]

thanks for the help man, talk about a crash course in htaccess stuff.

i got a crapload of other issues, the icons are all still showing /forums and not showing up. let alone a ton of other stuff im finding little by little

plus in the original post i dont have links for the admincp, i have to go direct

 

[jdk]

After you login to your forum, you should see the admin cp link at the bottom. They are not displayed until you login.

 

[MPinelli]

i have logged in and out a few times and they still dont show

 

[jdk]

Did you login to your admin cp and view the vBseo control panel to see if the /forums path was in the options anywhere?

Care to PM me the admin login details? I will take a look. It has to be in your style vars then.

I think I did some work for you before with the forum and some mods, so I will take a look if you want at this.

 

[MPinelli]

yes i have.