How do I move Joomla from a subfolder to my root folder?

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davidkanegsberg
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I have created a new website using joomla 1.7 and have it online with the extension /joomla. I now want to remove the /joomla so that the joomla site replaces my old website. Does anyone know how to do this?
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Tim S.
Hi davidkanegsberg, Thanks for posting your question. I'm more than happy to help you today. It's actually easier than you think to move your Joomla website from a subfolder to your web root. Basically, the first thing you'll need to do is copy all the files from the /joomla folder to your public_html folder (or if this is an add-on domain to the root folder for that domain). This can be accomplished by using File Manager in cPanel or a FTP program such as FileZilla. Next, now that you have copied or moved all the files over from the /joomla directory to your root folder, you'll need to make a few changes to the configuration.php file. Edit the configuration file using File Manager (right click on the file and select "code edit") and remove the reference to the /joomla sub folder from the $log_path and the $tmp_path code. Once you've made those changes to the configuration.php file you should be able to access your website without going to the /joomla folder. I hope this helps! If you need further assistance please feel free to contact us. Thanks! Tim S