This guide explains how to change the URL of your website from the Joomla app installed on your Web Hosting Infomaniak (only in the case where you have installed Joomla via the dedicated tools offered by Infomaniak).

Prerequisites

• The domain name you wish to use must first be added as an alias to the main domain on the relevant site.

Change the domain name of Joomla

To change the address of the site created with Joomla to another domain name that is already in the same Organization:

1. Click here to access your site management on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click directly on the name assigned to the relevant product:
   
3. Click on the action menu ⋮ located to the right of the relevant Web Application.
4. Click on Settings for the application:
   
5. Click on Edit to the right of the Joomla:
   
6. Under Site URL, select the desired web address from the dropdown menu:
   1. If you have not followed the prerequisites above, the desired domain will not appear even if it is registered within the same Organization.
   2. If you have added the domain as an alias for the site, the desired domain will appear and you will be able to select it to replace the previous domain.
7. Click on the Save button:
   

Domain “…preview.infomaniak.website”?

Among the URLs present in the dropdown menu, the preview URL allows you to access your Joomla site in case the site's domain name is not yet correctly configured to point to your app.

Change the address or location of Joomla

Prerequisites

• Create an FTP account (need help?).
• Connect via FTP (need help?).

To modify the Joomla installation if it was done in a subfolder…

… and if the latter is visible in the site address each time it is consulted…

… here is how to proceed:

1. On the FTP, move up to the root (in the target folder of the website) all the files of your Joomla currently installed in a subfolder (folder /primary in the example below):
   
2. Delete the now-empty subfolder.
3. Modify the .htaccess file located at the root of your Joomla directory.
4. Replace RewriteBase /primary with RewriteBase /:
   
5. Save the changes.
6. Do not uninstall the Joomla Web Application but simply stop using it and connect directly to the management interface of your Joomla via the URL /administrator: