Your website is pointing to a default directory of the server which is /usr/local/apache/htdocs/, so you receive the default cPanel page. You need to check the VirtualHost entry for the domain in /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf. Check the DocumentRoot and place the NameVirtualHost entry above the VirtualHost entry of the domain.
As your site is pointing to the default directory of the server, it is searching the forums directory over there, hence the 404 error.
Once you resolve the first issue, forums will automatically start working.
Thank you for your help but......I am having trouble trying to figure out the direct path. I have read the forums and read the documentation from Apache but just cannot figure it out. I realize that this is probably something as simple as adding or deleting a slash or something like that.
Can someone please help me?
Cheers
This is what I have:
# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
#
DocumentRoot /usr/home/public_html
#
and
NameVirtualHost :222.154.251.183:80
<VirtualHost 222.154.251.183>
ServerName online.media.net.nz
DocumentRoot /home/public_html
</VirtualHost>
ErrorDocument 400 /400.shtml
ErrorDocument 401 /401.shtml
ErrorDocument 403 /403.shtml
ErrorDocument 404 /404.shtml
ErrorDocument 500 /500.shtml
ScriptAlias /cgi-sys/ /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/
Alias /bandwidth/ /usr/local/bandmin/htdocs/
Alias /sys_cpanel/ /usr/local/cpanel/sys_cpanel/
Alias /java-sys/ /usr/local/cpanel/java-sys/
Alias /img-sys/ /usr/local/cpanel/img-sys/
Alias /akopia/ /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/interchange/share/akopia/
Alias /neo-images/ /usr/local/cpanel/base/neomail/neo-images/
ScriptAliasMatch ^/cpanel/(.*) /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/redirect.cgi
ScriptAlias /cpanel /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/redirect.cgi
ScriptAlias /whm /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/whmredirect.cgi
ScriptAlias /securewhm /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/swhmredirect.cgi
ScriptAlias /webmail /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/wredirect.cgi
ScriptAliasMatch ^/webmail/(.*) /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/wredirect.cgi
ScriptAliasMatch ^/kpanel/(.*) /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/redirect.cgi
ScriptAlias /controlpanel /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/redirect.cgi
ScriptAlias /securecontrolpanel /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/sredirect.cgi
Alias /mailman/archives/ /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/archives/public/
ScriptAlias /mailman/ /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/cgi-bin/
Alias /pipermail/ /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/archives/public/
Alias /interchange/ /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/interchange/share/interchange/
Alias /interchange-5/ /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/interchange/share/interchange-5/
<Location /whm-server-status>
SetHandler server-status
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.1
</Location>
ExtendedStatus On
NameVirtualHost 222.154.251.183:80
<VirtualHost 222.154.251.183:80>
ServerAlias
www.xfactor-design.co.nz
ServerAdmin
[email protected]
DocumentRoot /home/wwwxfac/public_html
ServerName xfactor-design.co.nz
User wwwxfac
Group wwwxfac
BytesLog /usr/local/apache/domlogs/xfactor-design.co.nz-bytes_log
CustomLog /usr/local/apache/domlogs/xfactor-design.co.nz combined
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/wwwxfac/public_html/cgi-bin/
</VirtualHost>
NameVirtualHost 222.154.251.183:80
NameVirtualHost 192.168.1.65:80
<VirtualHost 222.154.251.183:80>
ServerAlias
www.onlinemedia.net.nz
ServerAdmin
[email protected]
DocumentRoot /home/wwwonli/public_html
ServerName onlinemedia.net.nz
User wwwonli
Group wwwonli
BytesLog /usr/local/apache/domlogs/onlinemedia.net.nz-bytes_log
CustomLog /usr/local/apache/domlogs/onlinemedia.net.nz combined
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/wwwonli/public_html/cgi-bin/
</VirtualHost>