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You are using phpFox version earlier than 4.6.0? Please refer instruction for this article here.

If you find that you need to change your domain for your license, please follow these steps. Please ensure you are only having one website per license, as the license terms state though, as changing the domain will disable authorization for the original domain and can cause your host to delete your site as it will show unlicensed.

To Change Your License in Your Account

  • Log into your account
  • On the rightOnce you are in your account, you will see a block and the top item in that block is an input box showing the current domain used for that license. You can type in that input box to put a different domain.

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  • Click Update Domain once you've entered the "Your Active Services/Products" block:

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  • Click your license you see in the list and you will be brought to the page that shows your license ID, Key, domain name and download link:

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  • Click Change to change the domain name.

To Change Your Website Files to Use the New Domain

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  • Either log into Cpanel or use an FTP program to connect to the server.
  • Find the PF.Base/file/settings/server.sett.php file and download a copy to keep as a backup. Then, on the original file, open it in a text editor. 
  • From lines 33 - 35, you will see the following codes:

 

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$_CONF['core.host'] = 'oldsite.com';
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$_CONF['core.folder'] = '/oldsubfolder/';

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  • Using Cpanel or FTP find the .htaccess file in your foot root folder where the phpFox files are installed. You will need to select to See Hidden Files or View Hidden Files as this file is a hidden file on the server. Make a copy of this file in case you need it.
  • Open the original file in a text editor and find the following line around line 4

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