How to move my board from /forum to root?

[Divvy]

Hello buddies,

I have my forum at domain.com/forum
And want to move him to domain.com

Is there any way of changing /forum directory to root?
I mean, without redirecting and loosing any kind of information.

I also don't want to loose my urls indexed by search engines.

Waiting for your help.
Thank you!

Divvy Reviewed by Divvy on 13th Feb 2012. How to move my board from /forum to root? Hello buddies, I have my forum at domain.com/forum And want to move him to domain.com Is there any way of changing /forum directory to root? I mean, without redirecting and loosing any kind of information. I also don't want to loose my urls indexed by search engines. Rating: 5

[Loonycgb2]

just move the forum files to the root directory and editing either your config or database to point to the root directory not the folder...

It depends on what forum software ur useing...

IPB has the forum root directory listed in the config file

[jSx@ECD]

Just move the directory to the root bro, easy stuff !

[Divvy]

My main problem is the urls at google... dont want to loose traffic
Is there any chance to redirect old urls to the new ones?

[ynj]

which version are you using

[inject0r]

you could make a simple redirect by htaccess, there's was a tuto somewhere here ^^

[sceneguy]

you have to do a permanent 301(correct me if i am wrong) traffic so that you dont loose serp for the url and domain

[Divvy]

ynj, Im using 4.1.5

inject0r, can you point me to that tutorial? I made a search but couldn't find It.

sceneguy, can you tell me how?