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By zac-2 on
Right now I am testing Drupal out in http://domain.com/drupal
My question is, when I am ready to move this live, is there anything I need to be aware of, or do I just move up all the files to the root? Thanks!
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even better
Your best bet would be to just modify your httpd.conf (assuming you're using Apache) to make the existing /drupal directory the root of the web site. Then you don't have to worry about moving any files.
-mike
Will I see "drupal" in the
Will I see "drupal" in the address bar though? I'd rather not have it attached to all of my permanent site links.
Check that all the server
Check that all the server requirements are suitable for hosting Drupal. Best thing will be to match the server with your testing server since it's running fine. This way you wouldn't encounter odd problems if it arises.
Next, as you said, just copy all your files (don't forget the .htaccess file too) to the root of your live server. Do a dump of your existing DB and import this to your live server DB.
Go to your drupal install /sites/default/setting.php and update the DB user and password to match your live site.
To make things easy, install this module on dev site so you can just quickly do a DB dump: http://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate
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Silly me, i didn't know you are already on the live server :)
Well, you can just move it to the root, i guess
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Duvien
So there's no absolute path
So there's no absolute path settings that I need to worry about then?
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not unless you created any during content creation. Drupal is very modular in this way.
just ensure you clear the cache in your database so that the cache regenerates itself.
I've got my cache disabled
I've got my cache disabled for preliminary testing like this!
I've got a question, I saw that page-turn thing on the Drupal homepage, how do I create that???
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cache is never completely disabled regardless of your settings. Drupal will always need to cache some things. ie: menus and such.
lastly, I can't be sure I know what you mean by "page turning thing". If you mean the pagination at the bottom of the page. 1,2,3,4,5,6 etc...
You automatically get that when you have more content on yoru front page than the settings in administer -> post settings -> Number of posts on main page:
If you have it set for 10, the moment you get 11 posts promoted to front page, your pager will show.
Nah, there was a nice little
Nah, there was a nice little page corner turn in the top left the page... Seems to be random or based on an event that I'm not sure of, I can't get it back to give you a screenshot now!
Me either, no idea what you
Me either, no idea what you mean about the page turn on d.o ? anyway, perhaps this is what you're after (page peel): http://drupal.org/project/pageear
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Duvien
Yep, that sure was. Thanks!
Yep, that sure was. Thanks!
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odd, i've never seen that on drupal.org front page