[Forum] setting up the index.php file

[attroll]

Confused about setting up the index.php file.

If I want someone to be redirect when they log onto my site to the forum, how would I set up the index.php file below? I am not using a /forum directory. Everything falls under public_html.

define('VB_RELATIVE_PATH', 'forum');

// Do not edit anything below //
if (defined('VB_RELATIVE_PATH'))
{
chdir('./' . VB_RELATIVE_PATH);
}

require('forum.php');

[Lynne]

Don't touch that file in 4.2.0. You would set the default tab in the Navigation Manager in 4.2.0

[attroll]

Do you mind if I ask what that files is for then?

[Lynne]

The index.php file? Well, most people have their server set to default to the index.php file. So, it redirects to an actual page in vbulletin.

[attroll]

That is exactly what I want to do. When a user types www.mysite.com, I want it to either redirect them so that it opens forum.php or to content.php. How would I change vb index.php file to do this or should I replace the index file with the codes bellow?

<? 
header("Location: http://mysite.com/content.php"); 
?>

[Lynne]

You would use the Navigation Manager to set the default tab now. Don't change the index.php file.

This is stickied at the top of this forum - Resetting the Default Tab in 4.2.0.

[attroll]

OK, I have set my Navigation Manager to have the Articles as my default tab. But when I type www.mysite.com all I get is a blank page. Is it suppose to open in the Articles tab?

[Lynne]

Here is a page from the manual about troubleshooting blank or 'white' pages: https://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/blank_pages

[attroll]

Let me ask you this question about the vb index.php file. I have my tab manager set to the default of Articles. I have not done any editing of the index.php file. If I type www.mysite.com/index.php, where is that suppose to open up to?

[Lynne]

If you type in mysite.com/index.php , it should forward you to mysite.com/content.php

[attroll]

When I type www.mysite.com/index.php it brings me to a blank page. But if I type www.mysiye.com/content.php the page shows up. To me, this tells me that there is something wrong with the redirect. Like I said, I have not changed anything in the index.php file.

[Lynne]

So the index.php page is a totally default vB4.2.0 file?

Disable all Products except the vBulletin Blog and vBulletin CMS (Admin CP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> Disable) AND uncheck all the plugins except those related to the vBulletin Blog and vBulletin CMS by (Admin CP -> Plugins & Products -> Plugin Manager). You must do BOTH of those steps in order to disable all non vBulletin Modifications. And now see if the index.php file redirects.

[attroll]

I have disabled all products and plugins in both locations that you mentioned. But still get the sam results. I am open to any other ideas?

[Lynne]

Do you have an .htaccess file? Try removing that. (And you are using a totally default style, right?)

[attroll]

I deleted the .htaccess file I had and I am now using a default style and I am still having this issue.