# Converting to Subfolder

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/converting-to-subfolder/37236>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [December 29, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/converting-to-subfolder/37236 "2015-12-29T21:58:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Andy\_Rothfusz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/andy_rothfusz/32/116974_2.png) [@Andy\_Rothfusz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andy_Rothfusz)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/converting-to-subfolder/37236/1 "2015-12-29T21:58:49Z")

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If I have an existing Discourse and would like to move it to a subfolder, what steps do I need to take to keep my existing articles/topics/etc?

I’m comfortable with _external_ links breaking because topics moved from `my.discourse.com` to `my.discourse.com/subfolder`. But will internal links break? Should I expect anything else to break and are there steps to fix these things? Or does moving to a subfolder require a fresh start?

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**Author:** ![Andy\_Rothfusz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/andy_rothfusz/32/116974_2.png) [@Andy\_Rothfusz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andy_Rothfusz)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/converting-to-subfolder/37236/3 "2015-12-29T22:54:26Z")

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The [solution proposed by Sam](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subfolder-support-with-docker/30507/34) is to re-bake (re-render the HTML) on all the posts. According to [https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-re-generate-all-topics/24142/2?u=andy\_rothfusz](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-re-generate-all-topics/24142/2) this can be done by:

```
cd /var/discourse
./launcher enter app
rake posts:rebake
logout
logout

```

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**Author:** ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/converting-to-subfolder/37236/4 "2024-06-08T12:45:59Z")

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