Alias to forums?

[fringe]

Would it be possible to create an alias (symbolic link) to the forums from /forum? /phpBB3 is non-intuitive and, being on a *nix box, case sensitive. This means that if I type http://chicago-sf.org/phpbb3/ manually in my browser I get a 404 error.

[Redag]

Should be, I'll look into it. I've long considered giving it forum.chicago-sf.org, would that work for you as well?

[fringe]

Should be, I'll look into it. I've long considered giving it forum.chicago-sf.org, would that work for you as well?

Why not do both? There shouldn't be any cost (monetary, processor, or otherwise) to doing both.

[hida_dragonbane]

Will that also allow links like "forum.chicago-sf.org/events" and "forum.chicago-sf.org/general", or would it only affect the index page?

[fringe]

Will that also allow links like "forum.chicago-sf.org/events" and "forum.chicago-sf.org/general", or would it only affect the index page?

Likely not.

[Redag]

Matt's right. Actually, I'm less likely to make an alias than to simply move the forum. Remember, the old forum was at the /forum location, I only used the default phpBB3 path because in the 2.x -> 3.x upgrade I wanted to have a full, working backup sitting behind me, so I actually ported the db to a new install elsewhere.

Building in /events, /general so forth would probably not work, those paths don't exist in how the forum is structured as simple paths.

[Redag]

/forum now aliases to the forums. At some point I'll migrate that so we're back logically _at_ /forum again, but I want to let people change their links slowly.