2010-03-03, 02:08:29
Hi there, I'm not very good technically which is why I like Get Simple 
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So here's the problem - I built a new site using GetSimple for the first time, for a new client using a new hosting company. Because I was building it with a temporary URL (say NEWHOSTING.COM/~NEWCLIENT) from the new hosting company, that's what I set the Site URL to be while working on it.
Now that the site is complete, client has his domain (say NEWCLIENT.COM) pointing to the new hosting server. At first, I forgot to change the Site URL setting on GetSimple admin and NEWCLIENT.COM loads the frontpage as it should. But all links to pages created were using the temp URL. Eg. NEWCLIENT.COM frontpage is ok. Clicking on say Contact takes me to NEWHOSTING.COM/~NEWCLIENT/contact/ instead of simply NEWCLIENT.COM/contact.
Realizing it must be the Site URL that needs to be changed in GetSimple, I corrected this.
Now NEWCLIENT.COM loads the pages MINUS javascripts, css, etc. Accessing NEWHOSTING.COM/~NEWCLIENT also loads pages minus css, etc. When I changed the Site URL back to NEWHOSTING.COM/~NEWCLIENT, all pages load properly and I left it at that for now. In the meantime, I can't seem to find the answer on why changing the Site base URL to the proper domain URL is serving out unstyled pages and scripts.
Do I need to change the .htaccess as well (not that I know what it is)? If so, what should I change it to.
To add another bit of info that may be useful, the DNS modification was made only today and the re-direction probably needs to propagate. Is this a factor?
My new client may be my new ex-client and it is midnight and I dread to stare at this screen without a clue for the next few hours.
Please help. I'll be happy to make a donation to GetSimple. Not a bribe but total gratitude.
. So here's the problem - I built a new site using GetSimple for the first time, for a new client using a new hosting company. Because I was building it with a temporary URL (say NEWHOSTING.COM/~NEWCLIENT) from the new hosting company, that's what I set the Site URL to be while working on it.
Now that the site is complete, client has his domain (say NEWCLIENT.COM) pointing to the new hosting server. At first, I forgot to change the Site URL setting on GetSimple admin and NEWCLIENT.COM loads the frontpage as it should. But all links to pages created were using the temp URL. Eg. NEWCLIENT.COM frontpage is ok. Clicking on say Contact takes me to NEWHOSTING.COM/~NEWCLIENT/contact/ instead of simply NEWCLIENT.COM/contact.
Realizing it must be the Site URL that needs to be changed in GetSimple, I corrected this.
Now NEWCLIENT.COM loads the pages MINUS javascripts, css, etc. Accessing NEWHOSTING.COM/~NEWCLIENT also loads pages minus css, etc. When I changed the Site URL back to NEWHOSTING.COM/~NEWCLIENT, all pages load properly and I left it at that for now. In the meantime, I can't seem to find the answer on why changing the Site base URL to the proper domain URL is serving out unstyled pages and scripts.
Do I need to change the .htaccess as well (not that I know what it is)? If so, what should I change it to.
To add another bit of info that may be useful, the DNS modification was made only today and the re-direction probably needs to propagate. Is this a factor?
My new client may be my new ex-client and it is midnight and I dread to stare at this screen without a clue for the next few hours.
Please help. I'll be happy to make a donation to GetSimple
. Not a bribe but total gratitude.