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When do I need to change my Joomla url?
The advantage of this approach is that no changes need to be made if you change the name of your joomla site or domain, such as moving from a development environment, via testing to live, and particularly if you want to display absolute URLs on your live site.
How to enable HTTPS on a Joomla site?
In Global Configuration there is a “Force HTTPS” option which allows you to force HTTPS either in the Administrator area only or for the entire site. You’ll pretty much always want the latter. As an example, to switch from HTTP to HTTPS on any page that has ‘abc/def’ or ‘ghi’ in the URL, add something like this:
When do I need to fill in live site value in Joomla?
$live_site : In the newest versions this should not have a value. There may be times you do need to fill in a value. If you are redirecting a url you need to put the actual url to the live site on this line. Or if you are creating a copy of a site for testing and modification.
When to use hosts file modification in Joomla?
The HOSTS file modification is what developer typically use when moving from one location to another. It lets you use a domain name that may still be pointing elsewhere. The HOSTS file modification only applies to the computer where you make the modification.
How do I get access to my Joomla files?
If you’d rather use a hosting panel such as CPanel, then inside of CPanel you’ll want to click on “File Manager”, which will now give you access to your files. You should now see a screen such as the one below:
Which is the root of the Joomla url?
base () and root () are static functions which return key URLs. Uri::root ($pathonly) is a static function which returns the URL to the root of the Joomla site. It may or may not be the same as the HTTP domain, depending upon how your webserver is configured.
Where do I change the permissions in Joomla?
Login to your server with your FTP client and go to your webroot directory. Find the directory of which you’d like to change the permissions and click on it. The Change File Attributes dialog will let you check the different options or you can type a numeric value yourself; such as 755.