Lost Site After Moving From Catalog to Root

[simbar]

Hello Everyone.

I have completely lost my site after I moved it from catalog folder to the root folder. I have edited the includes/configure.php and the admin/includes/configure.php. Still I get a "Forbidden" page. What else do I have to edit? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[Wendy James]

I may be way off here but it sounds like there is something else going on.

 

You should be seeing errors, not a forbidden page if you messed up something in the config files or didn't move something.

[GraphicsGuy]

I may be way off here but it sounds like there is something else going on.

 

You should be seeing errors, not a forbidden page if you messed up something in the config files or didn't move something.

 

I agree. How did you move the files? Is there any chance file permissions or ownerships got changed?

[simbar]

I agree. How did you move the files? Is there any chance file permissions or ownerships got changed?

 

Hello Wendy and Hello Graphics. I used the control panel provided by my web host. I simply selected all files and folders in catalog and clicked "move." Neither the permissions nor the ownership has changed.

Thanks, and thanks for your prompt reply.

[GraphicsGuy]

Ok. A couple more ideas.

 

Is there a .htaccess file in the domain root from before the move? If so, review it for anything that would either restrict access or redirect it. (although it seems a failed redirect would result in a 404 error, not a forbidden).

 

Did you have any mod rewrites in a .htaccess file (i.e. installed an SEO contribution that used them)? There again, it would seem that a flawed rewrite would generate an error, not a forbidden. But as quoted on the apache website, "Despite the tons of examples and docs, mod_rewrite is voodoo." So I suppose anything could happen.