need some tips in installing vbadvanced - root or folder?

[gards]

hi all,

is it recommended to install vbulletin forum into "forum" folder like w*w.mydomain.com/forum and then install vbadvanced or maybe install vbulletin forum into w*w.mydomain.com and then install vbadvanced "over it"?

thanks for some tips!

gards

p.s. just wanna know what actually happens when installed the one or other way.

[KW802]

It's really just a matter of where do you want the CMPS portal page to be.

Typically if you have vBulletin in a /forum sub-folder than CMPS goes in the root folder as index.php so that your visitors to your main URL will see the CMPS portal page first but really it depends on what your own goals are in regards to using CMPS.

[gards]

and if i have vbulletin in root folder like mydomain.com ?

its just a forum and vbadvanced should be the portal on homepage.

[KW802]

Originally Posted by gards

and if i have vbulletin in root folder like mydomain.com ?

its just a forum and vbadvanced should be the portal on homepage.

If you have vBulletin in your root folder or if you are going to put CMPS in the same sub-folder as vBulletin then make sure you read this thread before installing CMPS....

http://www.vbadvanced.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25

Essentially that FAQ points out that you'll need to rename your existing index.php (your forum home page) to something else, change the value of the forum home page in your ACP, and then you can rename cmps_index.php to index.php to be your new home page.

[gards]

tx for reply.

whats your experince? better to have it separated or in the same root?

[Brian]

It shouldn't really make much of a difference either way.

[gards]

i c,

just installed it on my computer. installation went into the same folder.

forum + vbadvanced. i just renamed index file as it should and everything works fine now.

iam just wondering that i didnt do the mentioned steps though the cp as in the faq stated. everything works fine guys.

[diosrl]

I have this setup

forum is in public_html/forum.

I need the vBadvanced in lets say public_html/vba/ (for a clean root directory), but I want it accesed from mydomain.com. Is this possible? To be in a different directory than forum.

And what will happen when I upgrade vBulletin? I will have to move the VBA files to the new forum directory... (part of the standard upgrade procedure)

[Brian]

If you really want to place the CMPS file in a /vba/ folder then you could do that and then use a .htaccess file to redirect users to that file. I don't think there would be much of a point in that though as the front end of the CMPS only requires one file (cmps_index.php, usually renamed to index.php) and the rest of the files have to be uploaded to the same folder you've installed vBulletin in.
You should not have to move or otherwise alter any vBadvanced files when upgrading your forum, except for major vB upgrades, in which case you may need to also upgrade your CMPS to the latest version.

[diosrl]

Yeah, I already figured it out and I installed in the /forum/ directory. Unfortunately my setup is wiht subdomains, and i have some cookie problems now I think I solved that too in AdminCP for vbulletin, choosing other setting than BLANK. Very nice software you have here, by the way!