wow, this was exactly what I needed...a day or so ago. Shucks, I just ended up uninstalling concrete5 and then re-installing (using 1-click script, so no biggie on my end).

Newbie to this that I am, I did not know enough to carry out that procedure or sequence you just mentioned. Can you detail, or point me to, how and where one "moves the site", how exactly to "edit the site.php"?

even clear the cache - you mean the regular browser cache?

Thanks in advance,
md

thinking about doing a video on how to do this since it comes up so much.

No one should be "surprised" that this is a frequent question.

Moving a site within a directory structure, or between domains is a fairly normal thing that people will need to do. Whether they are moving between hosting providers or staging a new site.

And ugh, please don't "do a video." It may be easy for you, but it's a poor solution for users. Please instead take the trouble to add this "how to" to the documentation.

Don't "do a video!" - There are a number of steps involved and particular things to look for. Trying to do them while watching and re-watching a video (and trying to take notes and trying to understand the user's accent through what is usually crappy recording technique) is a recipe for frustration.

Thanks.

Mnkras - can you explain a bit more.

is disabling the pretty urls the same as deleting the .htaccess file 2? if not, where is the .htaccess file 2 to delete?

how is the site.php to be edited? what needs to be changed?

Thanks!

I need to redo this video as I am not very good at this yet so it kinda sucks but you are welcome to view. It explains the process.

http://vimeo.com/14442637

Blurry. (-:
But you obviously know your stuff, and I learned something new. (But now I'm wiping my glasses every few minutes. And I've got a headache.) (-;
I am coming up on the need to do a screencast for my site; can you tell me what program you use/like and maybe a couple of things you learned from doing this one?

Thanks,

Rick

Did you ever get the answers or "step-by-step" process? Maybe there is another thread here? In my little work developing websites it was with direct connection to dedicated server farms with dedicated dev, stage, and production. We didn't just slide content around let alone through a web connection. . .but that's what I need to learn now.

I'm wondering if this can be done using the File Manager on the cPanel and/or should I also set up a web disk for other things. Basically I'm curious which of the tools on cPanel are the best/most popular and thus will have more users on the forums.

Thanks!

Mnkras explained it pretty clearly. You only need to change a few configuration files.
In Cpanel I use File Manager(not the legacy file manage if you have the option, as it's often too simple), backup wizard, MYSQL databases, PHPMyAdmin, and occasionally the PHP and Apache Services are useful if you need to mess with site configuration settings.