Website Build Test Environment
Revision as of 22:29, 26 February 2013 by 93.97.90.199 (talk)
To build the test environment, follow these steps:
- Create a backup of the live site.
- Go to Akeeba Backup Control Panel.
- Set the profile to Full backup without large files.
- Click Backup Now.
- Restore the test site.
- Use an FTP client to move backup you want to restore from /backups to /web/new.
- Go to Akeeba Kickstart on the test site and make sure that the back file is selected in ARCHIVE FILE.
- Use the defaults and click Start.
- Wait until all the files have been extracted.
- Enter mysql7.namesco.net as Database server host name, cccjoomla as User name, use the usual password and cccjoomla as Database name, the click Next. The database restore should only take a few seconds.
- On the Site Info tab click Next.
- Use an FTP client to delete the /web/test/installation directory.
- Isolate the test site.
- Use an FTP client to open /web/test/templates/ccc/index.php and remove the Google Analytics script so that Google Analytics stats are not tainted by test site use.