moving modx installation to different folder

Say I installed and configured modx in

and now I want to move it to


I tried just moving all the files, but things started going funny ...
what else do I need to change?

thanks!

Have a look into the wiki: http://wiki.modxcms.com/index.php/Moving_Site_To_Another_Location

Have you tried doing an upgrade install at the new location (assuming that you copied the install directory)?

You’ll also have to edit the .htaccess file if you have friendly URLs on.

Bob

Quote from: BobRay at Feb 07, 2008, 09:23 PM

Have you tried doing an upgrade install at the new location (assuming that you copied the install directory)?

I’m not sure what you mean by ’assuming that you copied the install directory’ ...

Are you suggesting that I first copy my entire OLD directory to a NEW directory,
then install MODx using upgrade option OVER the new directory?

thanks

What specifically do you mean by "funny"? Other than making sure that your folder permissions and .htaccess file are correct you don’t need to do much else to move a MODx installation to a different directory on the same folder. Clear the site cache as well for good measure.

Quote from: danzg at Feb 28, 2008, 08:24 PM

Quote from: BobRay at Feb 07, 2008, 09:23 PM

Have you tried doing an upgrade install at the new location (assuming that you copied the install directory)?

I’m not sure what you mean by ’assuming that you copied the install directory’ ...

Are you suggesting that I first copy my entire OLD directory to a NEW directory,
then install MODx using upgrade option OVER the new directory?

Yes, copy everything that’s in and below "old" to "new" (including the install directory -- if it’s no longer there, you’ll have to replace it). Then point your browser to new/install and do an upgrade install.

Bob

In my experience you don’t really need to do an upgrade install if your config.inc.php file is correct.

You may also need to change resource paths. I recently did this and the resource paths remained pointing to the old dir. The install will set those automatically, otherwise I don’t see any reason to run the install (and it should have been deleted after the original install so may not be available).

I prefer to turn off FURL when moving or migrating the site and then turning it back on when finished. This eliminates the .htaccess factor when seeing if it is working.

If going from one dir to another the config should remain the same, just make sure that the cache is cleared and check the resource paths.

I copied the old directory to a new one.
I ran the install; all was OK.

But now, e.g., the file manager is still pointing to the OLD directory!

How do I fix this?

thanks

Look in Tools -> Configuration and change the File Manager Path.