Change the script location under server settings, rename the folder using FTP and purge phpBB's cache just in case there is any lingering URL's using old script path that are cached.
Open phpMyadmin in your hosting control panel and then open the phpbb_posts table. Click the search tab and then click the find and replace button. Find
Last but not least in the root of domain add 301 redirect from the old folder to the new folder. This way anyone with bookmarks, search engines and links from other sites go to right place. Specifically with search engines they will consider it same content if that is important to you. If you are using Cpanel there is redirect panel for this.
Open phpMyadmin in your hosting control panel and then open the phpbb_posts table. Click the search tab and then click the find and replace button. Find
https://www.yourdomain.com/oldfolder and replace with https://www.yourdomain.com/newfolder .This will fix any posted links, There is other columns in other tables you can apply this too like signatures, private messages etc.Last but not least in the root of domain add 301 redirect from the old folder to the new folder. This way anyone with bookmarks, search engines and links from other sites go to right place. Specifically with search engines they will consider it same content if that is important to you. If you are using Cpanel there is redirect panel for this.
Statistics: Posted by thecoalman — Sun Oct 06, 2024 10:10 pm