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[bwc24jt Friend bwc24jtJoin date: February 2010Posts: 19Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 2]

#150421

The site we’re doing is being developed one level below the root cause the client’s current site is on the root. We are doing ours at http://www.domain.com/new_site

Once its completed I’ll be removing their old site and want to move the new site up to the root. Is that possible and will it work after its moved?

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#340601

Yes thats posible, and in my eyes its also the best way.

After your site is done and you move it to the location you want you only have to open your configuration.php file and change the filepaths in there.

Only a couple minute job 🙂

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[bwc24jt Friend bwc24jtJoin date: February 2010Posts: 19Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 2]

#340956

I checked the config file and I only see these two lines

var $log_path = ‘/home/content/d/g/r/dgrammer/html/new_site/logs’;
var $tmp_path = ‘/home/content/d/g/r/dgrammer/html/new_site/tmp’;

Is this all that has to be changed cause I don’t see anything else?

If so when I move it back up to the root they will look like this

var $log_path = ‘/home/content/d/g/r/dgrammer/html/logs’;
var $tmp_path = ‘/home/content/d/g/r/dgrammer/html/tmp’;

<em>@bennitos 174878 wrote:</em><blockquote>Yes thats posible, and in my eyes its also the best way.

After your site is done and you move it to the location you want you only have to open your configuration.php file and change the filepaths in there.

Only a couple minute job :)</blockquote>

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#340958

Yes you are correct.

Sometimes you also have to change the “live site”

After you move do a quick check to see if you have any broken hyperlinks that still point to the old location.

Instead of completely removing the old site it might be wise to move those file to a old_site folder, so you can always revert back or visit it later. When all is good remove it later.

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#340965

The live site path now says

var $live_site = ”;

What else could it possible be?

<em>@bennitos 175326 wrote:</em><blockquote>Yes you are correct.

Sometimes you also have to change the “live site”

After you move do a quick check to see if you have any broken hyperlinks that still point to the old location.

Instead of completely removing the old site it might be wise to move those file to a old_site folder, so you can always revert back or visit it later. When all is good remove it later.</blockquote>

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#340980

The Live Site is not always required. Joomla normaly detects your root folder so everything works correctly. For when that does not work like it should (usually noticed with SEF failing) then you can use this option for manually give up your root folder.

[bwc24jt Friend bwc24jtJoin date: February 2010Posts: 19Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 2]

#340986

so don’t change that statement at all in the config, leave it as is?

<em>@bennitos 175350 wrote:</em><blockquote>The Live Site is not always required. Joomla normaly detects your root folder so everything works correctly. For when that does not work like it should (usually noticed with SEF failing) then you can use this option for manually give up your root folder.</blockquote>

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#340988

Yeah just leave it as it is.

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#340992

<em>@bennitos 175358 wrote:</em><blockquote>Yeah just leave it as it is.</blockquote>

Ok, thanks.

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#340994

Just changes configurations file

var $log_path = '/home/content/d/g/r/dgrammer/html/new_site/logs';
var $tmp_path = '/home/content/d/g/r/dgrammer/html/new_site/tmp';
TO:

var $log_path = '/home/content/d/g/r/dgrammer/html/logs';
var $tmp_path = '/home/content/d/g/r/dgrammer/html/tmp';
OR

var $log_path = '/logs';
var $tmp_path = '/tmp';
and My Ideas:
If you have Dev folder liek that:
http://www.yourlivesite.com
http://www.youlivesite.com/new_site
when you Installations New_site, remmeber to creat new databse too, so when you to changes on new_site, dont affect to yourlivesite.com
and when you moved to changes database name too.
This way, you have 2 independent websites
GoodLUCK

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