2.14.2.13. Transfer Joomla!

To correctly transfer site running under the Joomla! CMS, it is usually sufficient to do the following:

  1. Transfer site files and database (if required) using instructions appropriate for your situation.
  2. Edit site configuration file configuration.php and make following changes to it:
    • For Joomla! versions that contain the line class JConfig in the configuration.php file:
      public $log_path = '/home/account_name/your_site.com/www/logs';
public $tmp_path = '/home/account_name/your_site.com/www/tmp';
public $ftp_enable = '0';
public $host = 'host';
public $user = 'login';
public $db = 'database';
public $password = 'password';
public $live_site = 'http://www.your_site.com';
public $sef_rewrite = '1';

      Where:

    • For Joomla! versions that do not contain the line class JConfig in the configuration.php file:
      var $logs = '/home/account_name/your_site.com/www/logs';
var $tmp = '/home/account_name/your_site.com/www/tmp';
var $ftp_enable = '0';
var $host = 'host';
var $user = 'login';
var $db = 'database';
var $password = 'password';
var $live_site = 'http://www.your_site.com';
var $sef_rewrite = '1';

      Where:

      • account_name — hosting account name where the website is hosted.
      • your_site.com is the name of your site (domain).
      • host, login, database and database are taken from the connection data for database.
  3. Delete the cache/page directory with all its contents.
  4. Rename htaccess.txt file to .htaccess.
  5. In .htaccess file, replace FollowSymLinks directive with SymLinksIfOwnerMatch.
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