Newbie Setting Up Site / Transferring

[kms]

Hi,

I am just getting into CMSMS and this looks way cool, just what I have been looking for WOAH! So I have a site I want to transfer to CMSMS and I was wondering:

1.) Could I do the development on XAMPP under Mac OS X and then transfer the site when it was ready to my server? What would be the steps to transfer the site?

alternatively

2.) Could I just develop it n a subfolder of the server (hidden from the public, while the old site is live) and then just move it to WWW? Is there anything to consider there, or would it be just as simple as moving the index.php?

THANK YOU!

p.s. what would you recommend as the best way to go? My goal is to get the site running live quickly, there is not a lot of content yet but my main concern is setting up the CSS and making it look as close to the original as possible...

[JeremyBASS]

Welcome

1.) Could I do the development on XAMPP under Mac OS X and then transfer the site when it was ready to my server? What would be the steps to transfer the site?

Yes I know of many that use XAMPP, I'm a wamp person here but I do the same.. set up on local, and export the db and upload the files to the live server when done.  Most everything less the images and what not are in the DB so it's copy db and move file over.. that's all I do

2.) Could I just develop it n a subfolder of the server (hidden from the public, while the old site is live) and then just move it to WWW? Is there anything to consider there, or would it be just as simple as moving the index.php?

If you use a sub folder when you want to move down you need to move it all and readjust you config file as you have a new url and new paths.. Hope this helps.. Cheers Jeremy

[replytomk3]

Move instructions are in my signature

[kms]

Excellent! Thank you folks, I appreciate the info!

[kms]

If you use a sub folder when you want to move down you need to move it all and readjust you config file as you have a new url and new paths.. Hope this helps.. Cheers Jeremy

In regards to the config file, what would I be looking for? Is there a variable that defines a global path, or does it need to be modified in several places?

[replytomk3]

you will see it. many places.

[kms]

you will see it. many places.

Great, thanks for the help!

[alby]

In regards to the config file, what would I be looking for? Is there a variable that defines a global path, or does it need to be modified in several places?

Best tip:
run install again and in step 5 DE-SELECT writing tables in DB and sample contents
This re-write your config.php with all correct paths/urls

Alby