If you want to move your installation form directory or domain, you need to follow this setps.
1) Delete the content of the folder /var
2) Change the values of the file /app/etc/local.xml
There you can find your connection string data (database user, host and name).
3) Once you got your database uploaded, you need to make some changes.
– Run this query:
SELECT * FROM core_config_data WHERE path = 'web/unsecure/base_url' OR path = 'web/secure/base_url';
You gonna get something like this:
+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+<br /> | config_id | scope | scope_id | path | value |<br /> +-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+<br /> | 2 | default | 0 | web/unsecure/base_url | http://www.techhunts.com/magento/ |<br /> | 3 | default | 0 | web/secure/base_url | http://www.techhunts.com/magento/ |<br /> +-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+ - Now, change that values for your new url. UPDATE core_config_data SET value = 'http://www.techhunts.com/' WHERE path LIKE 'web/%/base_url';
If you run the first query, now you gonna get something like this:
+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+------------------------------+
| config_id | scope | scope_id | path | value |
+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+------------------------------+
| 2 | default | 0 | web/unsecure/base_url | http://www.techhunts.com./ |
| 3 | default | 0 | web/secure/base_url | http://www.techhunts.com./ |
+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+------------------------------+
That’s all.
Of ocurse, the url’s that I’ve used are just examples.