Original Issue:AntonTkachov wants to move his Discourse setup from a subdomain to a sub URL (/community) on the same domain as his Laravel site.
Challenges:JimPas notes that installing Discourse in a sub-folder can be problematic and suggests reviewing the meta discourse topics on the subject.
Concerns:pfaffman questions the decision to move from a subdomain to a sub URL, warning of potential SEO implications and upgrade issues.
Response:AntonTkachov appreciates the concerns but notes that he is not the decision-maker. He later clarifies that he is looking for a solution that doesn’t necessarily involve a sub-folder approach, considering a proper server setup could provide alternative solutions.
I had a discourse setup that was hosted on a subdomain and everything works smoothly. Right now we decided to move discourse from subdomain to a sub URL. So the very same domain will be used for both the Laravel site and /community sub URL will be used for discourse. Can you suggest to me what settings and where I should change to make it work? I’m technical and I have decent experience with Rails but I’m not quite sure where should I start and what hidden difficulties I can face.
Thanks, everybody in advance for any assistance and hope to hear from you
While you can install Discourse in a sub-folder, there are some problems that come up. I would suggest you use this link to look at what issues have come up with sub-folder installations. It can be done, but there are challenges.
Is that because you want to lose SEO juice when all of the links change or because the forum is running too smoothly and you need extra work?
Free advice is worth what you pay for it, but I’d think twice about making the change. There are enterprise sites that use sub-folders, so the subfolder code is pretty well maintained, but you’ll still want to be a extra careful with upgrades.
Actually, I haven’t initially thought about sub url as a sub folder approach. That’s why I haven’t focused on sub-folder topics. For me it looks like a proper server setup can allow us a multiple way to handle that and sub-folder is only one of them. Am I missing something?
