install cmsms in current site - how to changeover to index.html/php when done?

[Deb]

Hi,

This is my first adventure w/CMSMS.  Looks pretty good from what I'm seeing.

This is probably a very basic ? for some of you but for me it poses an issue ... please humor me.

I have to re-do an existing site into a CMS (thus CMSMS to the rescue! - I hope!).  Anyway, since it's an existing site doing well I have to leave the old site in place while the new is developed.  Then when I'm done w/the new I need to make it so that the CMSMS "takes over". 

So, right now I have www.sitename.com/index.html for the existing site.  I must upload and work on CMSMS in something like www.sitename.com/new/ for development purposes.  When it's ready for prime time ... is there a way to make www.sitename.com/new/ into www.sitename.com/index.html seamlessly so that I'm not going nuts doing .htaccess redirects?  I know I can do this w/a static site but I've never done it w/a site that uses a database and that's where I'm concerned and this is a good sized site as it stands now - going to be bigger when the re-do is completed.

Also, it's my understanding that I will be able to use .html vs .php pages? and that CMSMS has the ability for Friendly URL's

Thank you for any and all help.

Deb

[westis]

Hi Deb & welcome to CMS Made Simple!

We sure hope you have found what you are looking for and will do our best to assist you if any problems arise.

Yes, it is possible to put your CMSMS site in a sub-directory while developing it and then move it to the root folder. When you first upload the files, upload them to the /new directory or whatever you choose to call it. When you install (step 7 in the Quick Install Guide), you navigate to www.sitename.com/new/install/install.php. In your config.php you will then get the path to the /new directory.

Then later, after you have moved the files to the root directory, all you have to do is to change all the paths in config.php, to point to the root directory instead.

About friendly URLs, yes, they are supported (anything friendly is supported here ). Take a look here.

Let us know if there's something else you need to know.

Btw, what's the URL to your current site that you will move to CMSMS?

[Deb]

Thank you for your help =) I think I can handle the root issue now 

I have to changeover http://www.kentuckyadoptionservices.org to a CMS because they want to be able to edit their own site text content and add pages on their own.

Deb

[westis]

Nice!

I have now also added "Move site to another directory" to the Tips & Tricks section. For reference, it is found here.