Creating a copy of a Concrete5 site and database
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I'm new to Concrete5 and am setting out to create a custom theme for an older version of Concrete5.
I need to create a sandbox environment and obviously a new install creates compatability issues with the themes. Copying the files onto a different server then has issues with a clean database. Then "Exporting from old/Importing to new" database files threw compatability errors as well.
Anyone have a good suggestion for mirroring an older site and creating a sandbox environment?
Thanks so much!
I need to create a sandbox environment and obviously a new install creates compatability issues with the themes. Copying the files onto a different server then has issues with a clean database. Then "Exporting from old/Importing to new" database files threw compatability errors as well.
Anyone have a good suggestion for mirroring an older site and creating a sandbox environment?
Thanks so much!
You can then use WAMP for a sandbox.
http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/installation/hosts/installin...
Once your sandbox is setup, import the database then download all the files except what I list below. You will then need to update your config/site.php file to point to your new DB.
Skip these folders:
[root]/concrete/
[root]/files/cache/
If you haven't updated your core, you can also skip [root]/updates/
Just make sure you MySql and PHP versions match your server. You may also need to disable then re-enable pretty URLs on your sandbox server to get your links to work properly.