What else are you going to have on the domain? If not much, than you should definitely go with subdirectory. Otherwise your main domain will not have much content and search engine ranking.
Google looks at subdomains as separate websites and differentiates between them when it comes to indexing, ranking, and other aspects of SEO.
I agree, for SEO if you want them to be integrated for the purposes of Search engines, folder is probably better in many cases. But depends on whether they both have quality content.
True, although the forum will be closely related to the theme of the site, it will be used primarily for discussions. On the other hand, the CMS will already have its own user interaction system, with profiles, comments and other data, thus managing its specific interaction dynamics.if your forum 'supports' your cms/content, folder wins.
in terms of management and probably also resources, a subdomain is the most effective choice. This approach would allow differences in design to be more easily managed and the separation of credentials between CMS and forum would be more "acceptable" to end users. I think choosing a subfolder in my case might complicate the integration, making the interface more confusing.Sub domains can be pointed at different hosting providers with relative ease, whereas hosting in different locations across directories is a lot more complex.
I asked the guy who I purchased my site from (and runs the server for me) about this as I am more familiar with WordPress and was wanting to have a nicer landing page. He said the /forum was a built in link, but if I saw more than that, there was an issue currently since xenforo was in my home location and I had made some changes.I'm wondering, is there a way to remove ../forum/forums... repetition in URLs? Since it is a subdomain or a subdirectory, both would be called "forum".
Example 1: Changing a Route Prefix#
The default URLs in XenForo are in English. You may wish to change these to be in your preferred language. For example, in Spanish, "forums" is "foros". To setup a route filter to do this you would enter:
Find route: forums/
Replace with: foros/
This will automatically match all URLs within the forums route prefix, such as forums/example.1/ which would become foros/example.1/
As another example, you may have our Resource Manager add-on installed and you prefer to call it Downloads. You could simply change resources/ to downloads/
From what I understood from what my friend told me, /forum/forums could not be replaced by a route? He specifically said if I wanted to use WoredPress (which I am familiar with) and put the forum under it, I really needed to use a subdirectory other than forum (he recommended community or discussions).You can create a replacement route for /forums I believe and rename it to /f/ or something.
Use XenPorta or bob’s articles for the CMS.Users navigating from the cms to the forum in the subfolder expect a cohesive design and a unified login system.
Which one ?I'm planning to use a CMS
JoomlaWhich one ?
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