Dropbox syncing to wrong folder

I have a dropbox account which syncs all my uploaded data to the Dropbox Folder in my home directory. However, recently I had changed the name of my home directory and dropbox syncs my uploaded data into the folder on the old home directory rather than to the dropbox folder in my new home directory. Can anybody help me with how to make dropbox sync the data into my new home directory? By the way, what I did in order to change my home directory name was I used this command in the terminal:
sudo mv /Users/oldname /Users/newshortname
and then in "Users & Groups" in System Preferences I changed my home directory in Advanced Options under my name.

I think the Unlink This Computer button in Dropbox/Preferences/Account should remove it from the old account then Link should add it to the new account.

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Apple has removed over 90 features from Pages 5 and added a lot of bugs.
http://www.freeforum101.com/iworktipsntrick/viewforum.php?f=22&sid=3527487677f0c 6fa05b6297cd00f8eb9&mforum=iworktipsntrick
I wouldn't hold my breathe waiting for Apple to fix anything. It has only said it will do a very short list of fixes in the next 6 months and nothing else beyond that.
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Archive/trash Pages 5 and rate/review it in the App Store, then get back to work.
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So now that's two of us. Hopefully, someone has an answer.

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