Can I Move My Sytist Installation To Another Url?

I have had Sytist installed on my main website in a folder - and I'd like to move the entire thing to a different website (possibly as the main website for the new URL), and delete from the original website - without losing my data, etc.

Is this easy to do? Is this something I can pay to have PicturesPro do for me once I'm ready?

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Here are the instructions on moving Sytist to another host without losing any data:
https://www.picturespro.com/sytist-manual/installation/moving-sytist-from-one-host-to-another/

If it is the same host but a new domain, you just move all the files into the new domain folder by dragging them within a FTP program.

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Hi there,

I just tried to drag the contents of the folder where Sytist is currently installed to a new domain - old location: sarahduckworthphotography.com/cart new location: shineportraits.com

When I do that - the formatting is messed up - the site seems to function but it doesn't look right. I moved it back and it's fine - but wanted to figure out what I need to change to successfully move it. Attaching what the home page looks like after moving it.

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After you move the files, in your Sytist admin click Settings in the main menu.

Then underneath the left menu click edit config file.

(or edit the sy-config.php file through the file manager in your hosting control panel)

Remove this line and save and it should fix it.

$setup['temp_url_folder'] = "/cart";

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Hello! I did try that, and it didn't change anything... ETA: What I did was download the config file via ftp, edit it, and re-upload it.

Edited Wed Feb 12, 20 10:02 AM by Sarah Duckworth

Hmmm - so I redownloaded the config file and that line was still there - so I edited it and re-uploaded. Now - I can get into my admin panel via shinesportraits.com/sy-admin - but when I try to view the actual website www.shineportraits.com - it's blank.

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My apologies for so many replies - but maybe it'll help someone else seeing the steps... So I hadn't moved the 'index' file - so I did that - and now my site is pulling up (yay!) but no JPG files are coming through, and I can't seem to get folders to come up - for example: shineportraits.com/client-galleries (used to work at sarahduckworthphotography.com/cart/client-galleries). I'm going to look through my folder settings to see if it's a simple fix...

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You will need to make sure any folders like /client-galleries you had created sections or pages for are moved too,

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