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Anthony
Anthony Jul 13 '11
Alright. I have looked all over for a topic to fit this request and I hav still not come across one. How do I change the sites URL? like what are the steps?

I want socialforever.net/sn to be socialforever.net

Please give me exact steps lol. I have horrible history or turning the easiest thing and turning it into a month project.


Thanks in advance
Anthony
Anthony Jul 13 '11
Noo, it's already on the site. I just want to change the file locations so it's in the index files.
Anthony
Anthony Jul 13 '11
Yeah.
Anthony
Anthony Jul 13 '11
Ohk. It's installed on the address of http://socialforever.net/sn

I'd like to make it so you can use and access it from http://socialforever.net
Anthony
Anthony Jul 13 '11
Nothing else? Not even go into the admin panel?
Rivu
Rivu Jul 13 '11
To use and access it from http://socialforever.net,
go to your site control panel( like cpanel/directadmin/plesk ) provided by your hosting provider.

There go to file management option, and go to the .../sn directory.
then select all, cut/copy, and paste in to main directory.

you're done. let me know if any problem.
Michael Leader
Michael Jul 13 '11
Like Leo said,
Copy files from yoursite.net/sn to yoursite.net
Then just go into config.php and edit the home location. Longest part will be copying the files across. You could use ftp to download and reupload but like Rivu said, use cpanel filemanager and copy and paste. That will be the quickest.

In all 5 mins work depending on the host copy speed.

Anthony
Anthony Jul 13 '11
Alright. Thanks y'all. I will do it just as soon as I get home. Thanks for all of yalls help. It's much appreciated. I just don't want to have to start back at square one.
Michael Leader
Michael Jul 14 '11
as long as you have your site and database it can be moved in minutes to any folder/compatible host. I do this often for some users who ask.