Installation in wrong directory????

[Deblus]

G'day everyone

I have just found this great programme and installed it using FTP as I don't have shell access to my host server

I installed the folder cmsmadesimple and all its contents into my server so my server shows /public_html/cmsmadesimple

The programmes is running fine but only visible at mydomain.com.au/cmsmadesimple

I have tried moving the files out of cmsmadesimple into public_html but that doesn't make anything visible other than a server message saying site has no content loaded yet.

I obviously would like it to be visible at mydomain.com.au

Suggestions to fix this will be most welcome

Thanks

[Pierre M.]

Welcome !

You have done well. It is now tuning time.

You have uploaded a cmsms folder to your /public_html which results in a /public_html/cmsms and site.au/cmsms/
You can upload the content of the cmsms folder to your /public_html folder to achieve site.au/
or you can use URL rewritting to rewrite /cmsms/ to /
(tell us if you want more info on this last option)
Have fun

Pierre M.

[Deblus]

thanks for the kind words

not sure which option is the best for me, also not sure how to upload "content" only
do you mean from my own pc or move it on the host server?

sorry for the simple questions but I am a self taught simpleton in this area 

[Pierre M.]

Hello again,

thank you for asking questions : others will like to read answers too.

I prefer the mod_rewrite option. If your hosting has mod_rewrite, you should try it via pretty URLs. Moreover, once pretty URLs are enabled by mod_rewrite, it becomes trivial to achieve things such as you want (shadowing a /cmsms/ prefix)

If you don't have mod_rewrite, you have to actually install without "being inside a /cmsms folder". As you have allready installed, if you can move on the host, this should be fastest, more robust and easiest, if not you have to reupload everything inside the cmsms folder on your pc to the root (public_html) of your hosting. In all cases, the config.php file need to be updated (as paths have changed). Either you reinstall (without creating the db tables hence keeping content) which refills the empty config.php file or you edit it directly and remove all references to /cmsms/ remplacing them by / After this you need to clear the cache (global settings in admin).

It is simple although my words may not

Pierre M.

[Deblus]

Thanks Pierre

I actually did a move on the server but still could not see the site, but I did not know about updating the config.php.

The reason I installed it in the cmsms folder is the wiki instructions appeared to me to be vague in this area

I will try moving again as it is easiest for me to do and will also try to follow the URL rewrite option so I can learn something new


I have a few more questions as I am a "want to know it myself person" but I don't want to ask questions that have been asked before. Trouble is I have 000's of posts to read to see if the question has been asked before.

[Deblus]

Pierre

thanks for the precise advice I followed your instructions on moving the cmsms content and then modified the confi.php file
but deleted the ' at the end of a couple of commands. But sorted it out.

Now I have learnt about the config.php file and a little bit more coding rules 

This forum is a great asset

Now for some more questions