by dcz » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:20 pm
To change the name of the directory where phpBB is installed, you need to edit the phpBB config script path, in the main acp tab, in the server config to match the new folder name used, clear cache, and then rename the physical directory accordingly.
You will as well need to generate a new .htaccess to have the new path acknowledged, but you can simply replace all occurrences of the old dirname with the new one directly in the .htaccess.
There is nothing more to do when dealing with non indexed forums such as test forums, but if you'd do this on a real forum, you'd additionally need to implement the required HTTP 301 redirection to tell bots about the new location to look for for the forum's content.
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