Install Drupal to root or directory?

General discussion · Drupal 4.7.x

Success - May 15, 2006 - 19:23

Do you install Drupal to your root directory or to a sub directory?

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snelson - May 15, 2006 - 20:17

Two very helpful answers.

You can install in either root or a subdirectory, though, if it doesn't matter to you, you should install in the root.

What if I want to change

sungkhum - May 18, 2006 - 03:37

What if I want to change from subdirectory to root after I installed (after testing I want to move it to the root)? Is that hard? How would you do it?

-Nathan

I also want to know how to

EPI1 - November 25, 2008 - 04:34

I also want to know how to move an instal from a subfoder to the root directory. I want build the drupal site in a subfolder as the main folder contains a live site that will eventually be replaced.

Being new to this, could someone provide step-by step notes.

Thanks,
Alex

I found Taking your site

WorldFallz - November 25, 2008 - 17:08

I found Taking your site live to be helpful in the past (be sure to read through all the comments as well).

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