Domain name change for a 5.1 Drupal Site
amaree - July 1, 2008 - 07:24
Hi,
I have looked throughout the Drupal documentation and forums and i can not find much in relation to actual domain name change, my issue is that i have a web site www.aaa.edu.au which needs to become www.bbb.edu.au
Does any one know of a page or node which goes through the process of renaming the domain name and what needs to be done ie modules etc. I have been told that it is a process of turning all the modules etc off before the rename and then turning them back on after the rename.
any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
refresh modules and themes
Other than apache, dns changes, if the directory structure of drupal was default
/sites/default/settings.php
Then I think it should just work.
If the domain name was used, e.g.
/sites/aaa.edu.au/settings.php
then a rename of the folder aaa.edu.au is needed to bbb.edu.au and to reload the /admin/build/modules and /admin/build/themes pages.
Also, imagecache may need to be cleared, and the paths used in the files table checked.
If aaa.edu.au is not going to be re-purposed, I suggest to link bbb.edu.au to aaa.edu.au
Thanks for your comments, i
Thanks for your comments, i was after some official Drupal documentation on the matter, as i have been told that renaming of the site can cause issues with serialization in the database, sounds a bit wired to me and i can not seem to replicate any issues. i have found some discussions about issues and bugs with serialization and the forum module which we do use (heavily customized site) anyways if someone has had experience with serialization issues and drupal would be great to hear about it, otherwise i will update this post once the rename occurs to let people know of any issues experienced,