Change default / root.
# help-with-umbracot
Tom Chance
10/31/2023, 1:28 PMHey all,
Recently published a second root node alongside another (Two sites running in the same instance).
How can I go about changing the default root node to the new root node I published? (By this i mean have the new node be the default "/" url
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Sebastiaan
10/31/2023, 1:37 PMSort it so that it's the first node in the tree 🙂
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Tom Chance
10/31/2023, 1:38 PMYeah. I did 😬
Tom Chance
10/31/2023, 1:38 PMMy second root node is holding onto "/"
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Sebastiaan
10/31/2023, 1:38 PMAh I guess try to unpublish them both, publish the one you want to be first and then the second one
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Tom Chance
10/31/2023, 1:39 PMVery scary seeing:
Tom Chance
10/31/2023, 1:39 PMxD
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Sebastiaan
10/31/2023, 1:40 PMwell it's true
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Tom Chance
10/31/2023, 1:41 PMYeah, just would have thought there might have been an option in cultures / hostnames to say "Hey, this is the new default root node"
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Sebastiaan
10/31/2023, 1:52 PMIs this a live site??
Please test on local first!
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Tom Chance
10/31/2023, 1:53 PMOh i am doing it locally haha
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Sebastiaan
10/31/2023, 1:59 PM😅 good
Sebastiaan
10/31/2023, 1:59 PMwell, sorting the nodes is usually how to do it, did unpublish/publish work
Sebastiaan
10/31/2023, 2:00 PMAnd yes all your URLs WILL change.. depending on the new structure
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Tom Chance
10/31/2023, 2:00 PMSo far no. Just trying various things like deleting and restoring to see if that does it
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Sebastiaan
10/31/2023, 2:00 PMif it's just a straight up copy of the site then the URLs will stay the same of course
Sebastiaan
10/31/2023, 2:00 PMdeleting / restoring what exactly?
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Tom Chance
10/31/2023, 2:00 PMLocally - The original root node and its children
Tom Chance
10/31/2023, 2:00 PMand then restoring it back into the tree
Tom Chance
10/31/2023, 2:01 PMTo see if my second root node becomes "/"
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Sebastiaan
10/31/2023, 2:01 PMIf you unpublish the root node with URL
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Tom Chance
10/31/2023, 2:01 PMCorrect- however upon republishing the original, it seems to take back "/"
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Sebastiaan
10/31/2023, 2:01 PMSo if you then publish the second one again, does it flip back to the one you didn't want to be first?
Sebastiaan
10/31/2023, 2:02 PMalright, that's unexpected. Try rebuilding NuCache as well
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Tom Chance
10/31/2023, 2:03 PMYeah no dice 😅
One of those silly situations where the only reason this needs resolving is to get /umbraco on what is considered the "main" hostname
Tom Chance
10/31/2023, 2:04 PMTypically the client wanted to do the "Non" main website first and add the main one in a year later against our wishes
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Sebastiaan
10/31/2023, 2:12 PMYeah but that's easily solved on live with culture/hostnames.
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Chriztian Steinmeier
10/31/2023, 3:25 PMMaybe add a silly hostname to the one you don’t want to have the / URL…? (E.g. “/dontgohere”)
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