Domain Name Change

AndyII

AndyII

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Is it possible to just change the domain name to a new one, without having to setup a new account, uploading all the files and then changing all references to that user?
so I have a domain called abc.com and I want to have the site exactly but the domain is xyz.com.
I have decided that the original name didn't suite the content and have chosen a more descriptive name...
I have purchased the new domain name and set the nameservers , Im sure in DA (root) that this info can be changed, I just dont know where lol
 
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Yes. Go to the user level and click Domain Setup, Domain Administration, and Change a Domain Name. Change one of your current domains to a new one.
 
Wow, that simple?, You know I never had seen this feature before lol
of course, I never had the need to do so, but it seems the name I chose wasn't the best choice, so thanks a million :)
 
not sure this works, the name changed but it seem that the rest of the site is messed up and not working.....
the index.html is there but nothing else
 
I had quite the setup, cart, forum, gallery, nothing is working at this point, each were installed in their own folder, and if I try go there, I am getting the site like the cart is not installed and looking for the install files
 
wrong folder?
old site
mydomain.com/shop

new name
yourdomain.com/shop

I dont think this actually changes all the necessary paths in the scripts and mysql to reflect the new name.
I think I will have to change it back (if thats possible) create a new account and do all the changes in the scrips and databases manually
 
So you physically looked on your server to ensure to files are there?

/home/user/domains/domain.com/public_html

The files are missing?
 
AndyII said:
wrong folder?
old site
mydomain.com/shop

new name
yourdomain.com/shop

I dont think this actually changes all the necessary paths in the scripts and mysql to reflect the new name.
I think I will have to change it back (if thats possible) create a new account and do all the changes in the scrips and databases manually
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This is exactly the problem. None of your scripts have been updated to reflect the new paths. Your options are:

A. Edit each script so that the paths are correct.

B. Install a new copy of the scripts and use the same database.
 
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