Is there a tutorial or anyone successfully moved their WHMCS from a sub folder to the root folder?

[Web Host Pro]

Right now our WHMCS is in the /whmcs/ folder, Our new design will have WHMCS running from the root folder.

 

Can I just move all the files and update something in the config section?

 

Thanks!

[WHMCS ChrisD]

Hey Charles,

 

Thanks for your post theres a few things to note i've included an extract of the Moving WHMCS Below:

 

Moving WHMCS

 

When you move your WHMCS system, if the domain, IP or directory you use it in is changing then you will need to have your license updated. How this is done depends upon the license you have. There are 2 different scenarios as below.

1. You purchased your license directly from us

If this is the case then you are able to reissue your license from our client area @ http://whmcs.com/members without any manual intervention from us. Just login, go to Services > My Licenses, select your license key and click Reissue under the Management Actions tab - then visit your WHMCS installation in the new location and it will save the new valid access details for it

2. You obtain your license from your web host

If this is the case then you won't be able to reissue your license from our client area because the domain and IP are not allowed to change. Please contact your hosting provider to have them update the licence for use at the new location. If you are moving to a different hosting provider it will not be possible to take you licence key with you, a new licence key will be required for use at the new location.

Moving WHMCS is straight forward:

• Take a backup of your database following these instructions,
  
• Transfer the files across to the new server,
  
• Restore the database via phpmyadmin on the new server and make any changes to the database settings in configuration.php.
  
• You'll then need to re-issue your license as described above.
  
• Login to your WHMCS admin and update the system URLS in Setup > General Settings.
  
• Check that your cron jobs, payment gateway callbacks and any email forwarders are modified accordingly.
  
• Finally, delete the WHMCS files and cron from the old location.
  

 

 

You can probably skip the restore Database part however, you will need to update your URLs because in the New Location you wont be able to access your admin login you'll need to run the following SQL Execute script:

 

Replace "yourdomain.com" with your new WHMCS URL

 

[color=#333333][font=Arial]UPDATE `tblconfiguration` SET value ='[/font][/color][url="http://www.yourdomain.com/whmcs/'"]http://www.yourdomain.com/'[/url][color=#333333][font=Arial] WHERE setting='SystemURL';[/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial]UPDATE `tblconfiguration` SET value = '' WHERE setting = 'SystemSSLURL';[/font][/color]
[color=#333333][font=Arial]UPDATE `tblconfiguration` SET value = '' WHERE setting = 'AdminForceSSL';[/font][/color]

 

[dimitrifrom31]

I did that couple of years ago and I also had to use rewrite rules to not break the paypal callbacks for subscriptions.

If you have no subscriptions that should be fine but even for SEO I suggest you to use a rewrite rule to redirect requests using the old path to the new one.

[Web Host Pro]

Oh wow, I forgot about Paypal. Thanks for reminding me. Losing all those call backs would be murder.

 

Do you have happen to have an example rewrite that worked for this? I also am trying to make a rewrite for affiliate links.

 

Thanks!

[WHMCS ChrisD]

Hey Charles,

 

Open a support ticket and ask for a copy of the Callback Redirect Script this will allow the redirects to be pointed from your old to new