Changing the directory of a Joombla installation

[dudeman]

I installed it here : http://www.criticalunity.org/news (not configured yet, info does not reflect the content of http://www.criticalunity.org itself yet, but will soon: I'm wondering; When I do find a theme I like & hack it accordingly, I'd like to change the directory so that what appears here http://www.criticalunity.org/news will appear here: http://www.criticalunity.org


Thanks!

[StarLab]

First off, I moved this to the coding forum.

This is pretty easy to do.

Load up 'configuration.php'

PHP Code:

$mosConfig_absolute_path = '/home/yoursite/public_html/';
$mosConfig_live_site = 'http://www.yoursite.com'; 


These lines should be near the top of that file. Simply change those to point to your new location.

PHP Code:

$mosConfig_cachepath = '/home/yoursite/public_html/cache'; 


That line is down a bit further (line 47 for me) Again, change that to reflect the new path.

That should be all there is to it.

I did exactly what you're trying to do a while ago with Joomla 1.0.x but I'm assuming Joomla 1.5.x shouldn't be all that different.

[dudeman]

Where would the configuration file be located?
Sorry for posting in the wrong section.

[StarLab]

It should be in the root directory.

(And no problem )

[dudeman]

Thank you, m. lady, so... to answer my question; after I get going & ripping with Joomla, I guess I just have to move all those files to the WWW folder?

(in order to have the Joomla be activated, be the indes page when you goto my URL, instead of what you see now, & I'd like to also keep the regular html page intact, & I will simplify it so that users can 'go light' ... Great idea, no?

Have a good weekend, & this is truly a great site, when Mods reply to my posts... That makes my day ;-)

[StarLab]

Originally Posted by dudeman

Thank you, m. lady, so... to answer my question; after I get going & ripping with Joomla, I guess I just have to move all those files to the WWW folder?

Yup, move the files to the WWW root folder and make the changes I mentioned in the config file. Gotta love dynamic scripting.

Originally Posted by dudeman

in order to have the Joomla be activated, be the indes page when you goto my URL, instead of what you see now, & I'd like to also keep the regular html page intact, & I will simplify it so that users can 'go light' ... Great idea, no?

That's up to you. I don't see a real need for that option though. Just ensure that the template you select is fully XHTML and CSS compliant. (W3C standards) There are some horribly coded templates out there.[/quote]

Originally Posted by dudeman

Have a good weekend, & this is truly a great site, when Mods reply to my posts... That makes my day ;-)

Not a problem. Helping each other is what we do here.

PS:

Originally Posted by dudeman

Thank you, m. lady

Don't let the avatar fool you. I'm a guy! lol

[dudeman]

Originally Posted by StarLab

Yup, move the files to the WWW root folder and make the changes I mentioned in the config file. Gotta love dynamic scripting.

Just ensure that the template you select is fully XHTML and CSS compliant. (W3C standards) There are some horribly coded templates out there.

Such as? How are the Rocket templates? Checkout the one I'm using now ;-) ... Can you recommend ones that look like my site currently? And how does Joomla work? I mean..
I like the fact that of my internet gets cut off, I can use Dreamweaver to work on my site, & I don't have to connect to the internet in a Web-Based editor. Is there a way to integrate the two, so I can I guess download the template & install a PHP server on my computer to do testing, but that would be optional.
- My main point here is to integrate Dreamweaver with Joomla, after I of course discover how Joomla operates. I want all of the content that is currently on my site to be on the new Joomla-driven site, & to overwhelm you with another question, LOL; what is the best way to move all of my code, my content, etc, into the new system?

I can't wait! it'll be a whole new site!

PS:

Don't let the avatar fool you. I'm a guy! lol

I laughed REALLY hard when I read that, because I'ts Saturday, first of all, & I'm FREE! ... for 2 days... ANYWAYS, mainly because I had a ... really good feeling that that was the case, & it was just your avatar, LOL, but I forgot to mention that, & l liked the ring of it.. I like to pretend I'm from England sometimes, so I love the 'm'lady' sh*t... I'm going to be a female cat from Mars this Halloween, you you can call ME M'Lady ;-) BTW, my avar here is a female, so I guess some may make the same mistake about me too
Whatever

[StarLab]

Originally Posted by dudeman

Such as? How are the Rocket templates?

RocketTheme templates are pretty good. You shouldn't have any problems using any of their stuff.

Originally Posted by dudeman

And how does Joomla work? I mean..
I like the fact that of my internet gets cut off, I can use Dreamweaver to work on my site, & I don't have to connect to the internet in a Web-Based editor. Is there a way to integrate the two, so I can I guess download the template & install a PHP server on my computer to do testing, but that would be optional.

If you're running Windows, check out WampServer It installs everything you need to run Joomla on your local machine allowing you to work offline. Great for development, test driving other PHP/MySQL apps, and general playing around.

Originally Posted by dudeman

- My main point here is to integrate Dreamweaver with Joomla, after I of course discover how Joomla operates. I want all of the content that is currently on my site to be on the new Joomla-driven site, & to overwhelm you with another question, LOL; what is the best way to move all of my code, my content, etc, into the new system?

I've been through many migrations to Joomla. The only way to truly integrate all your content is to cut and paste from the old site into the new via the backend content editor. There might be migration tools out there to help you in this, but I'm not sure. I've always taken the slow, painful road.

Originally Posted by dudeman

I can't wait! it'll be a whole new site!

Ah, yes. The feeling of getting your first Joomla site up and running. No feeling quite like it! lol

Have fun!

[dudeman]

Can you recommend some places to get good templates? I want one that is kinda like how my site is currently, but here is what I really want; Hints of Orange, & rounded, transparent DIVs

[dudeman]

I'm using Terran Tribune, & If anyone can help me with some pointers on how to best migrate my current site to the Joomla system, please let me know.

My site: http://criticalunity.org/
The Joomla setup area: http://criticalunity.org/joomla

Thanks!

[dudeman]

The new directory is: http://criticalunity.org/joomla/


- And I'm not sure if writing is the most fun you can have by yourself, but I don't want to be rude, so I will not speak what is on my mind right now ;-) And why'd you change your avatar? Now the preceding conversation makes no sense... - But your avatar is more important... Have a good day!

[dudeman]

I'm ready to start putting my content in the template. but what do I do first? create the categories? Do I trash all the demo articles? Or use them to see how the whole Joomla system works? I could just rename the menu items to be what is in my menu on my main domain...

What is the best way to get this done?

[StarLab]

Sorry. I haven't been around much this week...

Originally Posted by dudeman

Can you recommend some places to get good templates? I want one that is kinda like how my site is currently, but here is what I really want; Hints of Orange, & rounded, transparent DIVs

I normally don't use pre-made templates but a couple template sites that stand out in my mind are: SiteGround.com, JoomlaShack.com, and CompassDesigns.net

Originally Posted by dudeman

- And I'm not sure if writing is the most fun you can have by yourself, but I don't want to be rude, so I will not speak what is on my mind right now ;-) And why'd you change your avatar? Now the preceding conversation makes no sense... - But your avatar is more important... Have a good day!

LOL! That's my Halloween Avatar! I'll be back to my old self (avatar) shortly.

Originally Posted by dudeman

I'm ready to start putting my content in the template. but what do I do first? create the categories? Do I trash all the demo articles? Or use them to see how the whole Joomla system works? I could just rename the menu items to be what is in my menu on my main domain...

What is the best way to get this done?

Until you are familiar with the backend editor I would just 'unpublish' all the sample articles and categories so they don't show on the front end. You can then refer to them later if you need to see how to do things such as inserting pics or adding 'read more' prompts, etc.

There are many Joomla tutorials out there that cover most things from adding content to creating your own custom template. CompassDesigns has some great tutorials!

Nice template choice btw... Looks great!

[dudeman]

How do I make it writable?


UPDATE 2: Good grief! That was SO simple! I just enabled 'user' for now. - So don't waste your time reading this, unless you had the same problem. Either way, go checkout my site! LOL
UPDATE: Change Permissions

- I'm not sure about enabling 'Group' so I'm not hitting 'Change' yet in the legacy file manager.

Filename: params.ini
Mode User Group World
Read
Write
Execute

I don't think I should allow 'World' permissions to write, so Just 'User' & 'Group' ?

(I'm not moving the directory yet, I'm just trying to make it writable to remove the copywright, etc)

[dudeman]

I have nothing to do with 'terran Tribune'