Installed at /catalog want to change to root

**ontarget** · 02-21-2010, 06:51 PM

When I installed osCMax, I selected the option to install it so you have to go to www.domainname.com/catalog to get to it. When it is ready to go, I want to be able to go to DomainName.com -- Reserve Your Place In Cyberspace with DomainName.com Domain Name Registration Services! and have it come up. Is there a real easy way to do this, or should I just move all the files out of the catalog folder to the root on my server?

**pgmarshall** · 02-22-2010, 01:05 AM

There are several ways to do this ...

1) 301 Redirect (Recommended)

Edit your .htaccess file and add this line

DirectoryIndex /catalog/index.php

2) Reinstall your whole site (not recommended)

3) Meta Tag redirect (not recommended)

Create an index.html file in your root directory like this:

<html>
<head>
<title>Redirect<title>
<META http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=http://www.mydomain.com/catalog/index.php">
</head>

<body>
</body>
</html>

4) PHP Header Redirect (not recommended)

Create an index.php file in your root directory like this:

<?php
Header("Location: catalog/index.php");
?>

I would definitely use the 301 redirect in .htaccess as this should allow the search engine to crawl your site correctly.

Regards,

**ridexbuilder** · 02-22-2010, 02:23 AM

Interesting...
I always use option 4 (with FDQN) and don't have crawler issues. Also, I create an index.html.down file, which is renamed whenever I need to bring the complete site down.
Must give option 1 a try.

**ontarget** · 02-22-2010, 06:41 AM

Thanks! Will do.

**Waidesworld** · 03-08-2010, 06:00 PM

worked a charm...thanks

**mad_dexter** · 07-19-2010, 03:32 AM

I too have just installed a fresh 2.0.25 into catalog (previously in the root) and added option 1, but was no longer able to log into admin.

What do I need to do now?

**ridexbuilder** · 07-19-2010, 04:38 AM

I still use Option 4 - no issues (that I'm aware of

).
Otherwise you will have to explicitly use the FQDN/path eg. http://yourdomain.com/catalog/youradmin/index.php to access Admin. (not such a bad thing)