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    How to work on a new template without being live

    Posted 12 years 8 months ago
    • There must be an easy way to do this, but how can one work on upgrading to a different template without having to do it live? There's so much work involved to get many of RT's templates functioning properly that it's impractical to do it on a live, existing installation.

      Any tips would be appreciated.
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    Re: How to work on a new template without being live

    Posted 12 years 8 months ago
    • well you can either use your local machine using XAMPP or WAMP for windows or MAMP for MAC.

      Or you can use a subdirectory on your hosting account.

      Then use akeeba backup to make a copy of the site when you are ready to take it live.
      www.akeebabackup.com/
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  • Re: How to work on a new template without being live

    Posted 12 years 8 months ago
    • Exactly what cd stated.

      I personally work on XAMPP because it is a very simple process to get the dev site live in a 'as is' status.

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    Re: How to work on a new template without being live

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    • Whichever you choose, make sure that you have the same settings, user rights and software versions as the live server.
    • Please reply with a direct link to the issue & create a new thread for each new issue.

      A template is only as good as the content that goes into it ;) - DanG
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    Re: How to work on a new template without being live

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    • Thanks all. I've never been able to get XAMPP to work, but I'll try again.

      Then I would assume you simply upload it all to the root of the site on the server?
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    Re: How to work on a new template without being live

    Posted 12 years 8 months ago
    • You can also try The Uniform Server, also know as UniServer 8)
    • Please reply with a direct link to the issue & create a new thread for each new issue.

      A template is only as good as the content that goes into it ;) - DanG
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    Re: How to work on a new template without being live

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    • rgreeniwa wrote:
      Thanks all. I've never been able to get XAMPP to work, but I'll try again.

      Then I would assume you simply upload it all to the root of the site on the server?
      if you use Akeeba backup to make a copy of the site then you can follow the well documented method to deploy the Akeeba Backup archive of the site on a live server.
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