Answers.Body: <p>No need to go through the installation process again.</p>
  
  <p>I assume that <code>/dev</code> is a folder under your public html folder that Craft's public index.php file lives in.</p>
  
  <p>So Craft's index.php lives in something like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>/path/to/public_html/dev/index.php
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And what you want to do is change the site to live in:</p>
  
  <pre><code>/path/to/public_html/draft1/index.php
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If that's the case, you'd just need to move anything in the <code>public_html/dev</code> folder over to <code>public_html/draft1</code> and update your <code>siteUrl</code>.  That's either been defined in your <code>craft/config/general.php</code> file or under Settings->General in the control panel, depending on how your site is setup.</p>
  
  <p>If you've defined any custom environment paths in <code>craft/config/general.php</code>, they might need to be updated as well.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I would like to change the root folder name where my Craft install is currently at.  for example: website.com/dev to website.com/draft1.  When changing the folder name on my server and the site URL in the Craft admin settings to match, I get an error.  What am I missing?  Will I need to reinstall Craft from scratch under the new URL?</p>
  
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Title: Changing root folder name
ThreadText: # Changing root folder name
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-07-09)
  
  I would like to change the root folder name where my Craft install is currently at. for example: website.com/dev to website.com/draft1. When changing the folder name on my server and the site URL in the Craft admin settings to match, I get an error. What am I missing? Will I need to reinstall Craft from scratch under the new URL?
  
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  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: What is the error that you are getting?  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2015-07-12. Score: 4
  
  No need to go through the installation process again.
  
  I assume that `/dev` is a folder under your public html folder that Craft's public index.php file lives in.
  
  So Craft's index.php lives in something like:
  
  ```
  /path/to/public_html/dev/index.php
  
  ```
  
  And what you want to do is change the site to live in:
  
  ```
  /path/to/public_html/draft1/index.php
  
  ```
  
  If that's the case, you'd just need to move anything in the `public_html/dev` folder over to `public_html/draft1` and update your `siteUrl`. That's either been defined in your `craft/config/general.php` file or under Settings->General in the control panel, depending on how your site is setup.
  
  If you've defined any custom environment paths in `craft/config/general.php`, they might need to be updated as well.
  
  
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