[SOLVED] Will Prestashop still work if I remove Joomla?

[Clipjack]

Hi, I'm building my Prestashop and all is going well. At the moment it resides in my domain/prestashop. I want www.mydomain.co.uk to go straight to my Prestashop. At the moment it goes straight to my default Joomla Frontpage. I'm not really using Joomla at all. Can I safely remove Joomla, and if I do will my Prestashop folder move to the top of the directory? (I'm using Siteground)

[rocky]

Prestashop doesn't depend on Joomla, so it should work without it. Just delete the Joomla files or move them to a separate directory. Go to the Preferences tab, then change the "PS directory" from "/prestashop/" to "/", then click Save. You can then move all the files in the prestashop folder to the root directory and Prestashop. You'll need to remove the old "/prestashop" path from your .htaccess file. You can go to Tools > Generators and regenerate your .htaccess file or do it manually. Once you've done this, Prestashop should work the same way as it did in the prestashop directory.

[Clipjack]

Hi Rocky,

Thank you so much for your reply. I have successfully removed Joomla with Fantastico. I've changed the PS directory to / and saved. I've moved the prestashop ( it was in another folder called presta) to the public_html folder at which point it appears in the www folder. Okay so far, but now my admin panel gives me a 404 message. I presume this will be cured by sorting out the .htaccess file of which I have several e.g. - /public_html/presta/prestashop/download/.htaccess. So, which bits to I remove?

Many many thanks

Eamonn

[rocky]

You only need to regenerate the .htaccess file in the root directory. There is no need for the other .htaccess files. Is there a reason why you have a .htaccess file in the download directory?

[Clipjack]

Hi again!

Thanks so much for your help. Unfortunately you are dealing with an idiot! Got in a bit of a mess with my database so as I'm not too far down the road with the shop (not open yet, thank God) decided to start again from scratch. Love learning but I hate the curve! Found your site very interesting by the way. Some great tips which I hope to incorporate at a later stage and I like the look of the carousel (looks mighty good value ;o). Townsville looks great too, but I'm a bit worried about the size of that spider!

Big thanks

Have a great weekend