diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 83a3ec661a2c420357bc307ce23bc0bc1820545f..6f700179a66ea7576294c368fe5fbcbd7cefad4c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ stages:
 # !!!!!!!      README      !!!!!
 # We are in the transition period - and the website is deployed two times - to gitlab pages and to a separate VM
 # In order to migrate to a new deployment:
-#  1) remove "Old deployment section" - build_pages, generate the search index and pages tasks
-#  2) rename "new pages" to "pages" in the new deployment section, and "new_public" to "public"
+#  1) remove "Old deployment" section - build_pages, generate the search index and pages tasks
+#  2) rename "new pages" to "pages" in the new deployment section, and "new_public" to "public"; you might also rename directories (skip "new" part)
 #  3) remove ".ci/deploy.sh", ".ci/build_indices.sh"
 
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ deploy to production:
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "master" && $CI_PROJECT_PATH == "R3/howto-cards"'
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "16-deploy-to-staticpages-vm"'
   script:
-    - ssh -p $SSHPORT $SSHCONNECT "mkdir -p ~/sources/public/$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH/$CI_JOB_ID ~/master/public ~/develop/public ~/$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH/public"
-    - scp -P $SSHPORT -r new_processed_build/* $SSHCONNECT:~/sources/public/$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH/$CI_JOB_ID
-    - ssh -p $SSHPORT $SSHCONNECT "cd ~/$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH/public && ln -fs ~/sources/public/$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH/$CI_JOB_ID/* . && cd ~/sources/public/$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH && find . -type d -not -newermt '-1 minutes' -exec rm -rf {} +;"
+    - ssh -p $SSHPORT $SSHCONNECT "mkdir -p ~/$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH/sources/public/$CI_JOB_ID ~/$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH/public"
+    - scp -P $SSHPORT -r new_processed_build/* $SSHCONNECT:~/$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH/sources/public/$CI_JOB_ID
+    - ssh -p $SSHPORT $SSHCONNECT "cd ~/$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH/public && ln -fs ../sources/public/$CI_JOB_ID/* . && cd ~/$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH/sources/public/ && find . -type d -not -newermt '-1 minutes' -exec rm -rf {} +;"