Moving Store to Folder

[Guest]

Hi I need to move my store to a folder and need some help.

I need a step by step set of instructions on how to do this.

I know I saw some somewhere but I now cannot find them.

Anyone have such a thing?

[fbrace]

using the servers control panel should have a select button for the entire "catalog" directory, then a move button to the "new folder"

 

Once that is done you need to make changes to two different file:

 

1. catalog/includes/config.php

 

and

 

2. catalog/admin/includes/config.php

 

Every instance in both of these files that have the "catalog" directory listed, you must replace catalog with "new folder"/catalog. ("new folder" is the name of the new directory you have named it, you do not need to include the quotation marks to the folder name.)

 

This will redirect the shop to the "New folder."

 

Fred

[Guest]

using the servers control panel should have a select button for the entire "catalog" directory, then a move button to the "new folder"

 

Once that is done you need to make changes to two different file:

 

1. catalog/includes/config.php

 

and

 

2. catalog/admin/includes/config.php

 

Every instance in both of these files that have the "catalog" directory listed, you must replace catalog with "new folder"/catalog. ("new folder" is the name of the new directory you have named it, you do not need to include the quotation marks to the folder name.)

 

This will redirect the shop to the "New folder."

 

Fred

 

 

OK Fred - although I really appreciate that you are trying to help me - I am really lost now. Since you have replied I have been trying to figure out where and how to do as you suggested. Call me stupid or whatever but I really don't know how to go about this. Any chance you would be willing to let me call you if you are in North America, to ask you a couple of, which I am sure you will consider stupid, questions?

[Guest]

using the servers control panel should have a select button for the entire "catalog" directory, then a move button to the "new folder"

 

Once that is done you need to make changes to two different file:

 

1. catalog/includes/config.php

 

and

 

2. catalog/admin/includes/config.php

 

Every instance in both of these files that have the "catalog" directory listed, you must replace catalog with "new folder"/catalog. ("new folder" is the name of the new directory you have named it, you do not need to include the quotation marks to the folder name.)

 

This will redirect the shop to the "New folder."

 

Fred

OK Fred - although I really appreciate that you are trying to help me - I am really lost now. Since you have replied I have been trying to figure out where and how to do as you suggested. Call me stupid or whatever but I really don't know how to go about this. Any chance you would be willing to let me call you if you are in North America, to ask you a couple of, which I am sure you will consider stupid, questions?

[Guest]

Rae,

 

 

It really isn't that difficult if you follow the steps that Fred noted about.

 

1) Change your domain name to point to the new folder. You can do this by forwarding the domain to the new folder or if your domain registrar allows you to point to the folder that is always best.

 

2) edit the catalog>includes>configure.php so that the new folder is included in the path

 

3) edit the catalog>admin>includes>configure.php to also point to the new folder.

 

 

Chris

[Guest]

Rae,

 

 

It really isn't that difficult if you follow the steps that Fred noted about.

 

1) Change your domain name to point to the new folder. You can do this by forwarding the domain to the new folder or if your domain registrar allows you to point to the folder that is always best.

 

2) edit the catalog>includes>configure.php so that the new folder is included in the path

 

3) edit the catalog>admin>includes>configure.php to also point to the new folder.

 

 

Chris

 

I have a similar question but I want to move my entire site from the catalog directory to the root directory - will I be able to do this with the above instructions? Domain registrar only allows redirect rather than pointing to a folder on the site so I presume moving it would be better for SEO?

Site is currently at www.loveyourrocks.com/catalog

 

Gaynor

[♥ecartz]

I have a similar question but I want to move my entire site from the catalog directory to the root directory - will I be able to do this with the above instructions? Domain registrar only allows redirect rather than pointing to a folder on the site so I presume moving it would be better for SEO?

Yes to both. Move the files and then edit the configure.php files to have the correct values.

 

Remember to backup first. :)