Site Redesign with Joomla
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- evelyn becker
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I have a question for all you guys that are switching over from manually creating your own sites to using Joomla.
When you have a live site that is created from your own design, say, using dreamweaver or other similar program, how do you convert over to Joomla without downtime?
I like Joomla and would like to use it for a site revamp. Normally, I would simply create the site in dreamweaver where I can preview all the pages and then upload a completed site.
Would the only way to do this would be to set up a testing server?
I'd really like to hear from those that have done this before.
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- Dan L
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The easiest way is to setup a localhost server using WAMP or JSAS - this gives you a local PHP/MySQL/Apache environment to create a site in. You then just transfer to your live server when ready.
The other way to do it is to create it in a subfolder on the same server as your live site, develop it, then shift it over when ready (takes about 2 minutes).
The localhost option is best if you are planning to do heavy template work since you can make changes on-the-fly without the need for file uploads. - Toolbox Digital | Dribbble | Forrst
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- evelyn becker
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- Didn't know JSAS even existed - I just downloaded it - thanks!
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- Donna Vincent
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I put the new Joomla site in a subdirectory of the current live site. When it's done I move it over to the root.
I make the subdirectory a weird name so that when I move it over I can search the database, and the site files in Dreamweaver, for that sub name in a url and change it to the root url.
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- Dan L
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Donna Vincent wrote:
I put the new Joomla site in a subdirectory of the current live site. When it's done I move it over to the root.
I make the subdirectory a weird name so that when I move it over I can search the database, and the site files in Dreamweaver, for that sub name in a url and change it to the root url.
The site paths are relative, so there should be no need to do this. All that's needed are a couple of changes in the config file. - Toolbox Digital | Dribbble | Forrst
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- Donna Vincent
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The site paths are relative, so there should be no need to do this.
Should be, but not always. I always find a few URLs that need to be changed.
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- Dan L
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- Weird, I've done dozens of site clones/moves and not had to update a single URL.
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- evelyn becker
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Dan L wrote:
Donna Vincent wrote:I put the new Joomla site in a subdirectory of the current live site. When it's done I move it over to the root.
I make the subdirectory a weird name so that when I move it over I can search the database, and the site files in Dreamweaver, for that sub name in a url and change it to the root url.
The site paths are relative, so there should be no need to do this. All that's needed are a couple of changes in the config file.
What changes need to be made in the config file? Would this be the config file in the root?
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