Drupal for DummiesMoving Site from Test to Public Domain
Submitted by LLLynchJr on Sun, 05/16/2010 - 20:30
Website is up and running in "Test" domain. How can it be moved to "Public" domain?
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Moving Site from Test to Public Domain
Submitted by LLLynchJr on Sun, 05/16/2010 - 20:30
Website is up and running in "Test" domain. How can it be moved to "Public" domain? |
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It depends
Do you have admin rights and an FTP account for your "Public" domain?
Also some tweaking might be needed depending on your host.
Generally you need to copy the entire "public_html" folder from your test site to your new site. Then you will need to transfer the database as well.
Don't forget to change the settings.php file to point to your new database.
I actually just finished doing this myself with a client's site.
It can be trying, especially with different php versions.
Here is a pretty decent write-up from Drupal.org
Let me know if you have anymore questions.
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Moving Site
Thanks for the info; I will try it using your helpful hints.
L L Lynch Jr
One more thing, and this is a
One more thing, and this is a pain sometimes. Your .htaccess file needs to be there too. Depending on what ftp program you use, you may not even know it exists! If you get funny errors and other issues this may be the culprit.
Filezilla shows it and transfers it, but make sure the setting for hidden files is set properly.
On the macintosh, this is a system file and is set hidden by default.
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