Setting IPBPortal as your homepage

Please note: This was written for IPB 2.1.x and may not work correctly in other versions.

Did you set up your IPB forum on the root directory of your site? Want to use the IPB Portal but can't because it says you need your forum in a directory?

To do this open your index.php and find

Code:

if (! isset($choice[ $ipsclass->input['_low_act'] ][0]) )
{
    $ipsclass->input['act'] = 'idx';
    $ipsclass->input['_low_act'] = 'idx';
}

and change this to

Code:

if (! isset($choice[ $ipsclass->input['_low_act'] ][0]) )
{
    $ipsclass->input['act'] = 'home';
    $ipsclass->input['_low_act'] = 'idx';
}

Now whenever someone uses the following url's to access your site they will arrive at your portal first (http://yoursite.com, http://yoursite.com/index.php or http://yoursite.com/index.php?)

You will have to make one change to your portal now as it's set to call one of those url's to find the forum.

Open your AdminCP and click on the Tools & Settings tab, then click on the link to IPB Portal.

In the larger text box for the setting Site Navigation Menu Links you will need to change:-

Code:

{board_url} [Forums]

to

Code:

{board_url}act=idx [Forums]

Now the forum link on your portal will point to your board.

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