subdomain redirect?

[rosalouise]

ok so i installed my forum and everything is fine i just want to redirect to my forum to forum.yourdomain.com not yourdomain.com/forum, how would i go about doing this?

[aedges]

in cpanel click subdomains

enter your subdomain name and your folder (in your case they will both be forum)

Your forum will show from yoururl.com/forum and forum.yoururl.com

in your forum settings just change the domain to forum.yoururl.com

this should work as i have only seen 1 forum software that does not accept subdomains

[rosalouise]

in cpanel click subdomains

enter your subdomain name and your folder (in your case they will both be forum)

Your forum will show from yoururl.com/forum and forum.yoururl.com

in your forum settings just change the domain to forum.yoururl.com

this should work as i have only seen 1 forum software that does not accept subdomains

its working but i would like to have the link as forum.yourdomain.com because when i click on forum.yourdomain.com it redirects me to yourdomain.com/forum and i would the url just to be the subdomain url

[cPanelDon]

ok so i installed my forum and everything is fine i just want to redirect to my forum to forum.yourdomain.com not yourdomain.com/forum, how would i go about doing this?

its working but i would like to have the link as forum.yourdomain.com because when i click on forum.yourdomain.com it redirects me to yourdomain.com/forum and i would the url just to be the subdomain url

I recommend to verify which domain name and URI directory path is configured in the forums software. The forums may be configured to use a sub-domain such as "forums.domain.tld" or the parent domain of just "domain.tld". Similarly, it is also possible to configure the URI directory path that is used, such as "/" or none, where no additional path is appended, or one of either "/forums" or "/forums/", where a specific directory is named in the URI path. Forum scripts use this information to construct links.

Please consider the following suggestions:

1. Ensure the forum software is configured to use the full sub-domain, like forum.domain.tld, and not just the parent domain.
2. Ensure the forum software is configured to use a URI directory path like "/" (or none) and not "/forum/" or "/forum".
3. If difficulty persists, consider asking your hosting provider to take a look at the issue as they should have server administrator access and may be able to resolve the issue for you or at least identify the problem.