Ok. Newbie here. I have searched forums, but could not find a complete answer.
I will be developing a new drupal site for an existing html site.
If I install and develop the drupal site on tmp.example.com and leave html site as is while developing, then when it is time for the drupal site to go live. How hard would it be to move from tmp.example.com to www.example.com? If i copy the entire drupal folder to the root of the normal domain, would everything JUST WORK? Will I need to change any .htaccess or other files?
Where do you change the site url that is visible in admin/settings/site-information from tmp.example.com to www.example.com?
I know that I can just point the normal domain to the subdomain, but clients would not accept that. Drupal site must be accessible from www.example.com once developed.
obviously, no hard coded links during development.
Any clarity on this issue would be appreciated
developing with version 5
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Just copy files
If it's the same database than you should be fine just copying it over to the new directory. I think the site url is read from the path the installation is found in.