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January 23, 2013
Change site from sites/default to site/customDirectory
h/t to Eric London for another another useful post.
1. Install and patch the Site Directory Migrate module.
$ cd sites/all/modules/sitedir_migrate
$ wget http://drupal.org/files/1568538-d7_fix-2.patch
$ git apply 1568538-d7_fix-2.patch
- enable submodules as appropriate
2. Visit admin/config/system/sitedir_migrate and set From and To values accordingly. Example From:default To:newDir > Save Configuration
3. Create newDir in sites folder
$ sudo mkdir sites/newDir
4. Update file systems settings admin/config/media/file-system. Example: sites/newDir/files > Save
5. Copy file directory and settings.php over to newDir
$ cd sites
$ sudo cp -rfp default/settings.php newDir/
$ sudo cp -rfp default/files/ newDir/
6. Clear site cache
$ drush cc
Posted by kkwaiser at January 23, 2013 10:20 AM