Moving some parts of Joomla out of public directory

[JasynL1977]

I am attempting to move some parts of Joomla, like the Control Panel, to a more secure location (Where I would implement SSL). Furthermore, I want to rename the directory of the Control Panel to something other than Administrator.

I was wondering if, as long as Joomla can FTP to the location, does the Control Panel and other such directories have to be in the same location? If it is possible to move these files and folders, which ones am I able to move? And how would I configure the index.php file and include/defines.php in both the front-end and administrator sections so that the application does not break?

I managed to configure the front-end to talk to the necessary files that I put in the protected location. However, I was not able to make the control panel work simply I was not able to get all of the paths to point to the correct locations.

Is this a vain attempt or is there an easier solution that I am overlooking?

I appreciate your feedback!

Thanks and have a good day.

[RussW]

It would probbly be simpler and easier to manage (if you hack core files now, what are you going to do if they change and need to be overwritten in later upgrades?) to just implement .htaccess protection for the Administrator directory.

I believe there is an FAQ on the Help Site to explain this process fully and nost hosting Control Panels have this facility built in.

[JasynL1977]

I can see that you are definitely right about it being much easier. It would be nice if the Control Panel was more loosely coupled, but I will just implement other security measures as you suggest. Thanks!

[RussW]

My understanding is that the coupling of such things is under review and is being planned for in future releases (most likely beyond v2.0) I believe the Dev site might have more information regarding the futures beyond v1.5, FYI.