[support] Changing Install Directory; Pre-Move Questions

[Larry Garfield]

You may find this thread of use:

http://drupal.org/node/46389

In general, though, if you're just moving up a level, turn everything off, 
move the files, tweak settings.php and .htacess, and turn it back on.  The 
database shouldn't need to know the difference.

On Thursday 27 April 2006 09:56, Gary (Lists) wrote:
> As I spent a number of months comparing CMS tools, I initially set up my
> directory for Drupal as a sub-directory.  I did this, in fact, with each of
> the CMS tools we explored.
>
> i.e.,
>
>     <root>/dru
>     <root>/pmachine   [1]
>     <root>/spip
>     <root>/geeklog
>
>
> Before I go about the process of moving my primary site content from
> "/dru", up to the site root:
>
>     1. What pitfalls might I encounter?
>     2. What should I be on the look-out for?
>     3. What databases replaces should I perform?
>             (just URL paths in appropriate table columns?)
>     4. What am I not asking?
>
> I can handle re-directing incoming pre-linked traffic to back up to the
> root, using Apache's tools to do so, so this doesn't worry me very much.
>
> If there are other considerations that you would recommend or caution,
> please share them with me before I make a mess of things (which might
> happen anyway. ;)
>
>
> I do have some "path-sensitive" modules installed, such as:
>
>     Image Assist + FileManager
>
>     Attach
>
>     Image
>
>     Project     [* I note that the Project help says that changing
>                    the location of directories can cause problems,
>                    but I believe I can solve this in the DB itself,
>                    if so.]
>
>
> These are not all of the modules I've installed, of course, just the ones
> that seem very path-centric.
>
>
> I appreciate your time, in advance.
>
> --
> Gary
>
>
> [1] As a side-note, I'd like to let others know (I read a few online user
> questions about whether this would work):
>
> pMachine blends very nicely with Drupal.  This is especially useful if:
>
>     one has legacy content,
>     one prefers the very clean interface of pMachine entries (I do),
>     one has a large number of images already in well-known directories,
>         (because pM's FileBrowser system is excellent and easy, and
>          works much better than any Drupal module I've found)
>     one has a preference for pMachine's 'bookmarklet' tool
>
> Just FYI...it works very well and we will continue to use this combo.

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