By mikeybusiness on

I would like to do a little maintenance on my old first Drupal site, putting things where they should be etc.

My question is:

If you have a site that you have put non core modules in the modules folder and you would like to move them to your sites/all/modules folder where they should be, can you do this after they have already been activated?

public_html/modules/your_module

move to

public_html/sites/all/modules/your_module

Can you do that on the fly or close the site for maintenance then move it? Are their problems with moving them?

⋅ Categories: Drupal 5.x

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gpk commented

Best way is to disable the modules in question, then move the relevant folders/files, then visit the modules admin page again (Drupal will auto-discover them at the new location), then re-enable.

gpk
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gpk
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mikeybusiness’s picture

mikeybusiness commented

Great! Thank you gpk.

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PhilGillis commented

I discovered sites/all after I had installed 5.7 and played with a few things . .I went ahead and moved everything into those folders and BOOM! . .since then I have learned the art of the rapid re-install. It really didnt take long to learn from my mistake. I am digging learning this stuff.