Hi,
I have been playing around with EE for some time now through a sub-folder on my server behind my current site.

I’m now ready to take the plunge and use EE for my main site. Do I need to re-install EE at the root level or can I just move the contents out of the subfolder to the main directory?

You can just move it, and change the paths in your config.php and the control panel.

Ingmar’s right- you can just move it and change paths.  The kblog goes into a bit more detail.  And note- all you really have to move is a copy of path.php and index.php- change the path.php to point one level deeper to get to the system folder.  Purely a matter of preference re: whether you move the system folder itself.

That do the trick?

Thank you both, and for the link to the blog. Before I posted the question I looked all over the place, but my search was flawed.
I will be moving the site this weekend, will let you know.
Thank you again.

  There is a lot of material.  Just let us know if you run into any problems with it.  Usually, it’s a simple job.  And keep in mind- if you run into trouble and can’t login, preferences can always be overridden by edting the config.php directly.

now that would have been too easy. now my CP css is completely gone …

it’s back. yay 8-)

Is it gone, or is it there? =)  Let us know if you still need assistance, klick!

PANIC!

no it’s back.
path confusions … thanks for replying.

Glad you got it all sorted out =)