Why the forum is on root directory?

[didou]

May i ask why the forum was put in the root directory http://realcent.org/ instead of http://realcent.org/forum/
If you put it in a folder it will allow to build something else that a forum in the future like :

http://realcent.org/wiki-guide/ (a wiki is lot more appropriate place to build guide and make list of coins/composition that anyone can work on the document instead of having to search on year of the forum and putting it all together when you need info, especially for new people to the hobby)

http://realcent.org/blog/ (a blog could be a great tools to announce news that are temporary and will become useless in short term)

http://realcent.org/store/ (a store where members could sell their item, maybe even a auction style ebay-like website in the future)

etc...

Put it in a folder now will have few consequence and allow for easy expansion of the site, a small cost now to a good start that will allow expansion without breaking all the link in the future if the forum is moved. You can install a redirection to anyone who visit http://realcent.org/ get redirect to http://realcent.org/forum/ until you install/build other section of the website.

[Corsair]

I like this idea. A store would be an amazing add on. Although, I think if we had a separate website for sales, the tax folk would come in droves.

[ThePowersThatBe]

There are no immediate plans to add those other features, but subdirectories like /blog or /wiki could be added later regardless of whether or not the forum is installed in the root directory. A simple links menu could be added to the header that would show up on every page. I do appreciate the suggestion, keep 'em coming.