[drupal-support] moving a site?

[Gerhard Killesreiter]

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, D_C wrote:

> I want to get a Drupal site all up and running in the background, and
> then switch it to live.
>
> If i configure the site on one URL, and then move it to a new URL, is
> the only change needed in the
>
> sites/default/settings.php
>
> -> $base_url =
>
> or are URL entries somehow written into the DB?
> the DB connection URL will remain the same.
>
> Is there another way to do this? eg can i setup the site in a subdirectory?

Changing the base url should be sufficient. You should also clear the
cache table.

Cheers,
	Gerhard