Comments for How to Lose the Splash Page at http://www.howtojoomla.net , comment 1 to 21 out of 20 comments http://www.howtojoomla.net Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:33:48 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/28/3/#comment-960 Hi IDS, Yes, it is possible. Here are instructions for moving a site from one server to another: [url=http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/17/3/]http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/17/3/[/url] These instructions are for Joomla 1.0, but most of the steps should be the same. Cory - Cory Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:43:44 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/28/3/#comment-958 Hi Cory, Is it possible to use the same instructions above to move Joomla sites from one host to another? I would like to use J1.5 BTW, thank you for your work on this site, it has helped me through many an issue with Joomla. IDS - IDS Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:31:03 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/28/3/#comment-773 Hi Nic, I'm sure there is a way to do that using the .htaccess file, but I am not an expert at that. Another thing you could try is installing an SEF URL component like sh404SEF and creating redirects in that component. Good luck! - Cory Thu, 01 May 2008 22:36:49 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/28/3/#comment-772 Hi Great site! I did option one about six months back, and all went fine, except for Google which still indexed the old pages in the sub-directory. I didn't want to lose these hits so I've left the site there in the subdirectory, but as I've continued to develop the main site, this has got more out of date. What I'd love to know is if there was some way I could do a redirect for all the pages in the subdirectory to the core.. ie something I could put in the template for the subdirectory site which will redirect mysite.com/subdirectory/content/view/28/2/ (or whatever) into mysite.com/content/view/28/2/ irrespective of which page it is. Thanks Nic - Nic Thu, 01 May 2008 18:07:08 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/28/3/#comment-702 Hi I am trying to learn how to run a reseller business in hosting, along with joomla. I have set up my clients test sites as subdomains. When they approve for publishing, I want to move the site to a different domain on the same server. Some queries on movement and redirection: 1. Is there any way I can do the re-direction thing for ALL the pages, so that the old test links arent seen in the address bar? For example: if my clint site is www.client1.mysite.com and the new domain registered is www.client1.com, do I have to do a complete fresh install, including all extensions? Or can I get away with a redirect - for ALL pages - as mentioned above? Or... can I do something else like copy only the files - not the databases - or something like that? My site will have quite a bit of data later, which is one reason for me to make the right choice. 2. Ona related query.....are the MySql databases within the joomla installation directories?? or are they located somewhere else?? Thanks for your time Regards Shiv - Shiv Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:47:23 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/28/3/#comment-669 Hi Justin...This does not apply to 1.5. The process is similar, but the configuration.php file is different in 1.5 than in 1.0.x. - Cory Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:22:00 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/28/3/#comment-668 Do these directions apply for moving a Joomla 1.5 installation? I'm looking in the configuration.php for the 1.5 install I just finished & I'm unable to find any of these in configuration.php: * $mosConfig_absolute_path * $mosConfig_cachepath * $mosConfig_live_site Are these settings kept somewhere else in 1.5? - Justin F. Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:17:54 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/28/3/#comment-603 Hi Doug, In your case, you would take the contents from your "joom" folder, and move them into the root directory. Cory - Cory Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:12:21 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/28/3/#comment-602 Hi there, I'm a newbie to Joomla, so excuse the question, but this is the first site in two days searching I found that has an explanation to my problem......Well done! I have put Joomla in a subdirectory,,www.mydomain.com/joom. So your Option ONElooks like a winner for me. But I'm slighty confused by the Step 1 annotation. ...Move the files from /path/to/your/web/root/subdirectory to /path/to/your/web/root. ....... So with FTP this would me moving the "Joom" folder in its entirety to "root" folder of www.mydomain.com? Then these (* $mosConfig_absolute_path, * $mosConfig_cachepath * $mosConfig_live_sitevariable ) should point to thats same folder right? Also I am using an online website builder, which has its own folder at root level. So I guess any content I have gets wiped? less important. Thanks Doug - Doug Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:32:11 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/28/3/#comment-542 Hi Jeremy, I'm glad it was helpful. :) - Cory Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:44:15 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/28/3/#comment-540 Just used your help to move a developing site from one directory to another. Slick as Elvis' coiffure! Thanks fella. - jeremy Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:38:43 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/28/3/#comment-498 Hi Peculiar One, Thanks for the compliment, and for pointing out my typo. As you can see, I have now corrected the typo. :) - Cory Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:41:30 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/28/3/#comment-497 Hi Cory, Love your site! It's so helpful to have clearly written instructions in plain, non-technical English when you are learning new systems, programs and what have you. I especially appreciate your method of delivering bite-size portions of data. I find them to be much more palatable than long, drawn out, complex diatribes one can read and read and read until one's eyes cross and still come away lacking a solid understanding! My reason for commenting, however, isn't to swell your head with wonderful compliments--I just wanted to let you know that you have a typo in the "Option 1" paragraph. ;D I believe you want the second sentence to read, 'if [i]your[/i] root directory is...' Thanks and keep up the great work (and feel free to delete this then)! - Peculiar One Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:10:24 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/28/3/#comment-455 Hi Pamela, Yes, that is possible. You would just need to use either a different database or a different database prefix during installation. - Cory Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:35:26 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/28/3/#comment-454 Is it possible to install joomla in the same location but differrent folder? - Pamela Mon, 03 Sep 2007 02:14:44 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/28/3/#comment-425 Hi Chris, Unfortunately, there is not an easy way to accomplish what you are talking about. That would require modification to the Joomla core, and you never want to do that. From the user perspective, they do not see all of the files in the root directory. The disorganization you are feeling is only felt by you, and not those visiting your website. I recommend putting it all in the root directory, taking a deep breath, and trying to forget about the disorganization you feel. :) Good luck! Cory - Cory Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:28:16 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/28/3/#comment-423 Is there no way to have the index.php - and maybe a few other files - for joomla in the root (so that it is the first thing that comes up) and have the rest of the joomla files in a subdirectory (like joomla)? I find my site feels very disorganized with joomla all mashed into the root directory. This is the one thing I find really annoying about joomla so if there is a way around it, I'd be grateful to hear about it! - Chris J Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:20:47 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/28/3/#comment-257 Cory, disregard my previous comment, I had the path for the menu items hard coded. I changed this and all worked find. Your article explained it perfectly. Thanks. - Justin Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:41:17 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/28/3/#comment-256 I have had the same issue as Christina following the steps for option 1. Can you please advise Cory. - Justin Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:30:09 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/28/3/#comment-203 I made these changes to pull my entire site out of the sub-directory: /joomla. It seemed to work fine, but when I clicked on a menu item, I got a 500 internal server error "The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, support@supportwebsite.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. Apache/1.3.33 Server at leniche.com Port 80" I think it might be because I have ARTIO JoomSEF installed. I don't know! It doesn't make sense because even when I click on the link it navigates me to the actual URL without the subdirectory info... Please help!! THank you, Christina Freeman - Christina Freeman Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:35:07 +0100