CMS Made Simple Forums

Hi,
As part of my hosting package on http://hostpost.co.uk/ I have CMSMS 1.6.6 on a self installer. To assist my users in any evaluation of the script before installing it I have set up a demo version here http://hostpost.co.uk/scripts/cmsmadesimple/index.php

Although the default version front end has a lot of great info which is very useful it is of course only half the picture. What I would like to do is have a way that my users can log in as admin and really have a play with it. This obviously presents a few security issues and no guarantee that the install will returned to its original state.

Maybe this is a tall order but has anyone put a demo up which does the above or am I dreaming?

many thanks

David

Search. http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php/topic,38901.msg184261.html#msg184261

typically this is done with a shell script run by cron that:

a) takes the site off line
b) restores the database and file structure from a known good backup
c) puts the site back online

then all you need to do is have a page where you provide links to the site, and the admin with the admin password.

you can even get fancy and configure the install to have a countdown timer so that people know when the site will be refreshed
but this would take a bit (but not much) of development.l