JoomlaHow2.com - online step by step tutorial » localhost http://www.joomlahow2.com Joomla tips, tricks, instructions Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:02:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 How to move site from server to server http://www.joomlahow2.com/how-to-move-site-from-server-to-server/ http://www.joomlahow2.com/how-to-move-site-from-server-to-server/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:33:44 +0000 Marko http://www.joomlahow2.com/?p=222 If you need to move your site from one server to another, or from one sub folder on the server to another sub folder on same server, follow this few steps.

Step 1.
Copy site files via FTP manager and export database useing phpmyadmin. To do this see also http://www.joomlahow2.com/how-to-backup-joomla-site/ . If you copy files to localdrive you will need to upload files to new server, also using FTP manager.

Step 2.
Import database using phpmyadmin. In phpmyadmin click on Import.

Browse for your database and click on Go button.

Step 3.
Modify configuration.php file and  set the new values.

$host – Usually it is se to “localhost”
$user – This is a name of your database user.
$password – This is the database user’s password.
$db – This is the database name.
$tmp_path – absolute path to the tmp directory on your server, for example  “/root/site/joomla/installation/tmp.”
$log_path – This is the absolute path to the logs directory on your server, for example “/root/site/joomla/installation/logs.”
$live_site – URL of your site. For example “http://www.joomlahow2.com”.

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STEP 1.
First you must have virtual server installed on localdrive. Try WAMP server, it is very good solution. WAMP server you can download from www.wampserver.com/en/download.php

After installation start WAMP server.

STEP 2.
Download from joomla.org the latest version on joomla.

STEP 3.
In WAMP www directory create an folder and export downloaded joomla installation. This folder will be root on you localhost Joomla site. For example we will create My Site folder.

STEP 4.
In browser type 127.0.0.1 and in Your Projects click on your folder that you have created in STEP 3.

STEP 5.
Now in next 7 steps you will install Joomla.

1. Choose Languge and click on Next
2. IF Pre-installation Check is OK click on Next
3. License … after reading click on Next
4. Database Configuration
After WAMP installation HostName is set as localhost and default user is root.You can add a new user but for now use this parametars. For root user password is no need. Choose   Database Name and click on Next.

5. FTP Configuration … just click on Next
6. Main Configuration
Now you will need to enter Site name, Admin e-mail and pass, and Click on Install Sampe Data. After that click on Next.
7.  Congratulations! Joomla! is now installed. But before you can log in, you must delete installation folder.


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