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Export Theme - Cannot read from sourcefile or disk

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:14 pm
by biliousfrog
I'm almost finished with editing my webpage & thought that I'd just try out the export function in the theme manager. The idea was to build the site on one server & then export & load everything onto my main server so that there isn't any downtime.

The problem is that when I try to export through theme manager I get an error: "Cannot copy file: Cannot read from sourcefile or disk"

Is there a reason for this? I'm exporting from v.1.0.4 "Lanai" which is probably quite an old version but it was working fine so "if it ain't broke...", although it does seem to be broke ???

It's not a big issue as long as I can copy/paste all the code in the templates & stylesheets...but it will mean that I'll have to test thoroughly before I go live just in case something didn't copy correctly.

Re: Export Theme - Cannot read from sourcefile or disk

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:44 pm
by Dr.CSS
A theme is just the template and everything included in it, CSS, Menu template, Images used in template like the header, etc. you can just copy it all over to another install, just include any images you use also...

Not any content, that is stored in the DB, you may want to upgrade to 1.2.3 as it seems you want to 'go live' and if you have modules that don't work in 1.2.3 then you will need to upgrade those and you'll want to do all this on test bed first...

Using older CMSMS is a security risk in sites exposed to public. it's ok if it sits on your comp. or server not seen by the public...