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<div align=justify>It is a common pracice to build a website in test folders and when they are ready, to move tthem to the root folder of the hosting accounts. In this article we'll inform you on how to move Joomla from one folder to another and make sure this doesn't affect your website.

Let us take an example. You have a Joomla installation in the '''public_html/joomla''' folder want to move it to the '''public_html''' directory for it to  accessible direxctly through www.yourdomain.com.

The below steps should be folowed in order to make the change:

'''1.''' Move all your files and folders to the new directory. In our case from '''public_html/joomla''' to '''public_html''' (this can be done either via cPanel File Manager or via any FTP client).


'''2.''' Reconfigure your Joomla installation. Make the following changes in your '''configuration.php''' file:

Change: '''var $log_path = '/home/user/public_html/joomla/logs';'''
To: '''var $log_path = '/home/user/public_html/logs';'''

Change: '''var $tmp_path = '/home/user/public_html/joomla/tmp';'''
To: '''var $tmp_path = '/home/user/public_html/tmp';'''

Change: '''var $ftp_root = '/public_html/joomla';''' 
To: '''var $ftp_root = '/public_html';'''

Change: '''var $live_site = 'http://www.yourdomain.com/joomla';''' 
To: '''var $live_site = 'http://www.yourdomain.com';'''

'''3.''' Remove the content of your cache folder (i.e. public_html/cache)

Once the steps above are done, test your website. It should be loading directly from http://yourdomain.com and displaying properly.
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