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Asked: 2026-06-09T10:25:33+00:00

I recently downloaded a fully functional drupal(6) site using FTP. Though I installed the

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I recently downloaded a fully functional drupal(6) site using FTP. Though I installed the Drupal instance, I got the modules and the themes that were in the sites/all folder, but wasn’t able to get the actual site configuration ( Configuration and Settings of those modules )

Any help in this regard would be greatly appreciated.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Assuming this is a follow-on of: Drupal Site install on localhost after downloading source using FTP

    If you get the Drupal install screen when accessing a site you’ve just migrated to your localhost, it’s likely because you’re trying to access the site locally using a URI that’s different than the remote site AND this URL does not fall within the directories that Drupal searches when looking for a settings.php file (see comments starting about line 20 in the default.settings.php file of the sites/default folder).

    You have two options:

    Option 1: Create a symbolic link on your localhost that points requests to your local URI to the directory hosting the live site. This would look something like this:

    ln -s /path/to/webroot/sites/default/ /path/to/webroot/sites/mydevsite.dev

    Option 2: Create a sites/sites.php file that maps URI’s to the correct folder hosting your settings.php file. For example, you’d add this to sites/sites.php if you left your settings.php file in the sites/default folder:

    $sites['mysite.dev'] = 'default';
$sites['www.mysite.dev'] = 'default';
$sites['mysite.com'] = 'default';
$sites['www.mysite.com'] = 'default';

    Simply put, this translates into: “Serve sites mysite.dev, http://www.mysite.dev, mysite.com, and http://www.mysite.com from the folder located at sites/default.”

    I usually use the second option. It’s more sustainable, OS independent, and can be committed to source control.

    Update based first 5 comments:

    You need to edit the .htaccess file in your Drupal install. Look for this section:

      # Modify the RewriteBase if you are using Drupal in a subdirectory or in a
  # VirtualDocumentRoot and the rewrite rules are not working properly.
  # For example if your site is at http://example.com/drupal uncomment and
  # modify the following line:
  # RewriteBase /drupal
  #
  # If your site is running in a VirtualDocumentRoot at http://example.com/,
  # uncomment the following line:
  # RewriteBase /

    And do as it says, uncomment out the line and set it to your subdirectory.

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