Need to change the location of my forum

I have a site where the forum is located in a /forums sub directory.

I want to move it back so that its in the root - ie the forum IS the website when you type in the domain.

How can I do this besides moving all the files back a directory?
I'm sure that would mess around with the links etc which I dont want to happen.

Should I redirect it? I would prefer to do it another way though.

Its a phpBB forum.
Can anyone help me with this?

 

The right thing to do would be to move the forum to root and 301 the popular incoming links to the right place. Instead of a permanent bandaid you could do it right and be done with it.

 

If i just pick up the contents of the forum folder and move it to root, would it have an affect on the database or anything else?

 

I believe you can edit your config file and change the location of the forum, you can also do it in the administration panel. But, after you change that setting, your forum won't work until you move the content to the root folder.

 

In the phpbb Admin control panel?
Hmm I will have to look at that... thanks

 

You don't do anything in the control panel, just move the stuff to your root folder and change the location in config.php

 

lol - it's the same thing, but I guess it would be better just to do it through config.php