Move forum to root directory?

I installed Woltlab core in http://www.mydomain.com/forum/

I installed Woltlab forum in http://www.mydomain.com/forums/

My vbulletin installation is currently in the root directory http://www.mydomain.com/

I did it this way to test the migration. Now I want to move Woltlab forum to the root folder. How do I do this?

EDIT - You can read down but this is the solution:

Quote from dan1

1. Change forum directory path in ACP - Manage Apps - WoltLab Suite Forum (Burning Board) FROM /forums/ TO /
2. Confirm the changed setting in the database table wcf1_application - row `packageID = 4` Value should be /
3. Move the forums to the domain root. In my case from http://www.mydomain.com/forums/ to http://www.mydomain.com/
4. Update the packageDir of the forum changing the setting in the database table wcf1_package TO packageDir = '../' WHERE package = 'com.woltlab.wbb';

5. Edit the `app.config.inc.php` in the forums directory. Change the last line with the "RELATIVE_WCF_DIR" (assuming the Core is in /forum/) TO:

if (!defined('RELATIVE_WCF_DIR')) define('RELATIVE_WCF_DIR', RELATIVE_WBB_DIR.'forum/');
6. Delete PHP files in core cache. In my case located in http://www.mydomain.com/forum/cache/

Frustrating, I followed all instructions to the letter and now everything's gone and I can't get into acp. I didn't even move the core.

Two different threads, one about moving the forum to root directory, the other about enabling friendly urls. I have more than one forum BTW and they are in different stages of migration. In any case since when does 2 = 100 in Stuttgard?

As I already stated I moved WSF to the root directory following the instructions in the link. Obviously the vbulletin installation was moved to a backup folder together with the htaccess file (so htaccess is out of the picture). I confirmed in phpmyadmin and the database table wcf1_application has the correct paths. Yet nothing is displayed when I go to my domain. Cache has been emptied.

I can't access acp but the last two errors in error_log are:

[02-Sep-2017 20:47:39 America/New_York] PHP Warning: require_once(../forum/global.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/user/public_html/mydomain.com/global.php on line 13

[02-Sep-2017 20:47:39 America/New_York] PHP Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '../forum/global.php' (include_path='.:/opt/alt/php56/usr/share/pear:/opt/alt/php56/usr/share/php') in /home/user/public_html/mydomain.com/global.php on line 13

Quote from TheSonic

this will resullt in a complicated htaccess-Configuratetion,,,

(BTW configuration)

I thought Woltlab would be happy with English content in this forum that leads to solving end user problems.

Yes the cache in the core, in my case /forum/cache/.

Wow some good old fashioned flaming. Are you like 14 years old?

I can reverse everything I did and it works fine from the old directory. I think it's time to start a ticket.

A ticket is in progress thanks. So far I got these instructions that have steps that are not in the tutorial, but it's still not working.

(1) Move the Core into the domain root.

(2) Update the `packageDir` for the forums:

UPDATE wcf1_package SET packageDir = 'forums/' WHERE package = 'com.woltlab.wbb'

(3) Edit the `app.config.inc.php` in the forums directory, in particular the last line with the "RELATIVE_WCF_DIR" needs to read this:

if (!defined('RELATIVE_WCF_DIR')) define('RELATIVE_WCF_DIR', RELATIVE_WBB_DIR.'../');

(4) Delete the *.php files in the /cache/ directory in your domain root (where the Core is now located).

Yes wcf1_application was updated correctly when I changed the path in acp.

I'm not using Memcached.

Deleting the files in /templates/compiled/ did not make a change.

Support provided the correct settings and my site is now working correctly. Initially there was confusion because of the similarity between my /forum/ and /forums/ directories. I rewrote the steps as I did them, hope this helps someone. Thanks for your help everyone.

1. Change forum directory path in ACP - Manage Apps - WoltLab Suite Forum (Burning Board) FROM /forums/ TO /

2. Confirm the changed setting in the database table wcf1_application - row `packageID = 4` Value should be /

3. Move the forums to the domain root. In my case from http://www.mydomain.com/forums/ to http://www.mydomain.com/

4. Update the packageDir of the forum changing the setting in the database table wcf1_package TO packageDir = '../' WHERE package = 'com.woltlab.wbb';

5. Edit the `app.config.inc.php` in the forums directory. Change the last line with the "RELATIVE_WCF_DIR" (assuming the Core is in /forum/) TO:

if (!defined('RELATIVE_WCF_DIR')) define('RELATIVE_WCF_DIR', RELATIVE_WBB_DIR.'forum/');

6. Delete PHP files in core cache. In my case located in http://www.mydomain.com/forum/cache/