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[daveashton75 Friend daveashton75Join date: June 2013Posts: 23Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 13]

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Hi Folks,

I am just finishing the development of the template in a folder on my server (puresite) therefore the site currently is located at:-

http://www.ashtonphotographics.co.uk/puresite

When I move everything to the root of my server what settings will I need to change in Joomla?

Thanks in advance,
Dave

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#497521

You can use Akeeba Backup Component to make your site to go live.

And this docs may help you more: http://docs.joomla.org/Moving_the_site_among_directories/sub-directories

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1. daveashton75

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The following is also how you can manually move your site . . . .

STEP ONE: BACKUP EVERYTHING
The first thing you want to do is backup all files within your Joomla! installation. Create a folder on your local system, and download all files to that folder using your ftp client application. I used FileZilla as my ftp client application to download all of my files to a folder on my desktop I named “howtojoomla”.

STEP TWO: EXPORT YOUR DATABASE
Note: For this step, it really helps if you have phpMyAdmin installed on your server. Most hosting companies have phpMyAdmin already installed. If you are unsure, ask your hosting provider.

The second thing you need to do is export your Joomla! database. The best thing to do is to export it into an SQL file, which makes importing it easier in a later step. An SQL file will contain all of the necessary SQL commands for creating your database tables and filling them with your data. Be sure you export the entire database.

STEP THREE: MODIFY configuration.php
This step is very important. Go to the folder on your local system to which you downloaded all of your Joomla! files. In the first level folder, you will find the file named “configuration.php”. Open this file with a text editor and make the necessary changes. At the very least, you will probably need to change the following parameters:

• $mosConfig_absolute_path: This is the absolute server path to your new Joomla! installation. It will probably look something like “/path/to/joomla/installation”.
• $mosConfig_cachepath: This is the absolute server path to the cache for your Joomla! installation. It will probably look something like “/path/to/joomla/installation/cache”.
• $mosConfig_live_site: This is your website’s url. It will be something like “http://www.yoursite.com”.
• $mosConfig_host: This is the location of the server that hosts your MySQL database. For most instances, this value will be “localhost”. If you are unsure, ask your hosting provider.
• $mosConfig_db: This is the name of your MySQL database.
• $mosConfig_user: This is the database user name. Make sure this user has all privileges on your database.
• $mosConfig_password: This is the password for your MySQL database user.

STEP FOUR: UPLOAD YOUR FILES TO NEW SERVER
Using an FTP client application (like FileZilla), upload all of your files to the location on your new server where you want to install Joomla!.

STEP FIVE: IMPORT YOUR DATABASE TO YOUR NEW MySQL SERVER
Using phpMyAdmin (or console commands if you are an advanced database administrator) and the SQL file you generated in STEP TWO, import your old database into your new database.

STEP SIX: TEST YOUR NEW INSTALLATION
Your move should now be complete, but please don’t take my word for it. Test your site to make sure that everything is in it’s proper place and working the way you expect it to. For example, if you did not use relative url’s for your links on your old site, they will not work properly on your new site.

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1. daveashton75

[daveashton75 Friend daveashton75Join date: June 2013Posts: 23Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 13]

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Thanks Guys big help as always

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