Moving your Mambo or Joomla Web Site

To move your Mambo or Joomla web site from either one folder to another or one server to another, here are a few basics.

1. Copy over your files, either via ftp or SSH/command line
2. Backup and then restore your database- perhaps using phpMyAdmin or SSH/command line (this step only needed if moving site from one server to another.
3. Edit your configuration.php file to reflect the new values. Specifically the following (remembering to use YOUR settings, not the example ones given here):
   

   $mosConfig_user = 'mambo_mambo';
   $mosConfig_password = 'password';
   $mosConfig_db = 'mambo_mambo';
   $mosConfig_absolute_path = '/home/mambo/public_html';
   $mosConfig_live_site = 'http://www.example.com';
   $mosConfig_cachepath = '/your absolute path/cache';

Note: You may also need to ensure you have configured your .htaccess file in the new location.

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