Is it possible to move the XOOPS installation to another folder on the webserver?

what files need to be configured to tell XOOPS that the ($xoops_site) is another directory/domain?

Mainfile.php is the file you edit when moving a XOOPS installation. Make sure you clean the templates_c and cache folder after editing. Leave the index.html files in both folders for security.

wow, that was fast... :)

thank you very much!

-J

It's possible, but it depends upon a number of things. Here is my short checklist.

How to Deploy Existing Site to New Site
1. Export the entire database
2. TarGzip the entire site (include XOOPS_TRUSTED_PATH if appropriate)
3. Setup database on new site (if not already setup)
4. Change hard-coded local URLs in data (make relative!).
5. Import database to new site
6. UnGzipTar files and move into place
7. Fix mainfile.php with new database login, XOOPS root path/url
8. Fix .htaccess with new domain/url (likely unneeded)

#4 is quite pertinent. Depending on your content, you may have some hardcoded URLs or IMG sources. The depends upon how your server is configured. You may have to do a search and replace of your SQL code prior to importing the database to fix these across your site.

Mainfile has your database login info and XOOPS Root info (two places: URL and file root). If your database hasn't changed, then you don't have to worry about that.

I've done this a number of times for clients because we have a development sandbox, a test/staging sandbox, and then the production environment. Each has to be easy to move. Using the above, makes it easy.