Consequences of changing domain name

Question

We are considering to change our domain name from:

reallylongandnotuserfriendly.example.com

to:

you.example.com

We have a Drupal 7 site. What are the consequences / fixes we need to be aware of, to not harm our CiviCRM installation?

Andie Hunt · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-20 14:21:52Z

4

Aside from any customizations, you should:

Check your civicrm.settings.php file to fix the base URL. (And double-check that your path hasn't changed).
Go to Administer - System Settings - Clear Caches and Update Paths and clear your caches and update your paths.
Confirm that the Resource URLs look right (they should be fine as a result of step 2).
Make sure you get a SSL certificate for your new domain name if you had one for your old domain name.

answered Oct 20, 2015 at 14:21

Andie Hunt

7,46215 silver badges35 bronze badges

It probably goes without saying, but also make sure to forward any traffic from the long URL to the new URL.
– Laryn
Commented Oct 22, 2015 at 14:09

Add a comment |

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-13 12:53:13Z

3

In addition to Andrew's answer, be aware that this may break your IPNs. See here for how to mitigate this.

CommunityBot

1

answered Oct 20, 2015 at 14:37

39.5k2 gold badges31 silver badges111 bronze badges

Add a comment |

2 Answers 2