I just am finishing my first joomla web site and am ready to make it 'public'. My question: How do I go about doing that? I know for now it's in a subdirectory, Joomla, and my web site seems to go to index.php to pull it up. Yet I want someone to simply to go to my domain name to pull it up and not have to type joomla at the end. I know other web pages don't require you to type /joomla at the end so how is it done? Do I have to pull a simply html line or something as a index.html file to refer to the index.php and if so how do I do this or do I most my joomla installation over to my root directory?

You'll want to move it to the root, that will be the best. Move all the files, then edit condiguration. Remove /joomla from $mosConfig_live_site, $mosConfig_absolute_path and $mosConfig_cache_path.

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I ended up using the following php url redirect so that when someone hits my domain name it goes straight to the Joomla subdirectory. I like having this so that if I put some type of HTML intro page in the future I have the root directory for that and it keeps my Joomla files in their own directory. Here it is:

<?php header("Location: http://www.avcconsulting.info/Joomla"); ?>

My question: Will this affect me being listed on search engines such as google and yahoo. Since this is a commercial web site it's really important that my web site along with information on it is searchable on Google and other search engines.

No, it won't effect it in any way. They'll just index your site as normal.

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Yep, that's right Kelliix. Great reply.

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Yeah, I can agree... that's good recommendation!

Well done!

Well, try to search in some online site that had my tutorial in how to make the web site in public. Like the other member says here just follow what he says he is right.SEO Services

Once we know that IIS is working, we can make it public. This step involves opening (or forwarding) port 80 in the firewall.
The exact steps for this depends on what firewall(s) you use. The machine used in this article is protected by two firewalls; a hardware NAT router and Windows Server 2003’s built-in firewall.
To open port 80 in Windows Server 2003’s firewall:
Click Start -> Control Panel -> Windows Firewall
Click on the Exception tab
Click “Add Port…” button.
As Name, write “IIS HTTP” (or something else) and Port Number should be 80.
Click OK twice. The NAT router is a typical consumer product (D-Link DI-624+) and to forward data sent to the public IP on port 80 to the web server, click on the "Advanced" tab and then on the "Virtual Server" tab, and edit the pre-defined virtual server HTTP. In the "Private IP" text box, write the private IP of the web server.
If you have another firewall, please consult the manual of that firewall to find out how you do this, if you do not know. When, you should be able to access the website by using the public IP.

Submit your site to dmoz.org - all good search engines check it regularly for new listings. Also, consider making a site map.XML file for your site using the link below. Then save the file as site map.XML in your root HTML directory. Both Google and yahoo have interfaces where you can submit your site map. Good luck!