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Move/Backup Joomla Site

Friday, 09 November 2007

Sometimes we have the need to move our site from one place to another, may it be from one server to another or just moving it to a different sub folder on the current server, here is a quick quide on how to do this.

* Copy over your files, either via ftp or SSH/command line
* Backup and then restore your database - perhaps using phpmyadmin or SSH/command line
(this step only needed if moving site from one server to another.)
* Edit your configuration.php file to reflect the new values. Specifically the following:

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Quote

$mosConfig_user = 'joomla_joomla';
$mosConfig_password = 'password';
$mosConfig_db = 'joomla_joomla';
$mosConfig_absolute_path = '/home/joomla/public_html';
$mosConfig_live_site = 'http://www.joomlaxtreme.com';
$mosConfig_cachepath = '/your absolute path/cache';

Note: You may also need to ensure you have configured your .htaccess file in the new location.
Of course with the release of Joomla! it will no longer be $mosConfig_ but $josConfig

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