By TheNeeper on

I am converting my static website into Drupal. Can I develop in a new directory such as "root/newsite", then simply copy contents of the "newsite" folder into my root when ready to go live? I am sure I will need to update some paths, although is this possible?
Thanks!

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bmcmurray commented

While you can develop your new drupal site in a subfolder and access it at yourdomain.com/newsite/. It might be better to set up a subdomain (something like dev.yourdomain.com) that points to your drupal directory in your webroot; then you can develop the site as though it were at a top-level domain and when you're happy with it you just have to point yourdomain.com to your drupal directory.

If you can't make subdomains or simply don't want to, you can just move the files out of your new folder and into your webroot when you're done. You'll then need to modify the site url in your settings.php file in sites/default

Hope this helps and I hope you're enjoying Drupal!

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B. McMurray

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Brian McMurray