I have a question about how you would go about syncing your test and production sites databases -- if that's even possible. For instance, I have a blog on the site and people comment on it. I am redesigning stuff on the test site, so what happens to those comments when I move the test site to the production site?
Will the test sites database overwrite everything on the production site?
Is there a certain procedure I need to follow to move from test site to production site?
Right now the test site is being hosted on another server. I basically copied the entire production site and move it to another server so I can work on it. My major concern is for the data that is added to the live site during the time of my updating on the test site. For instance, what if my authors add new blob posts on the live site? What happens to those?
How do other major sites keep their production site's content when they move from their test site to their live site?
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by: j-b-tPosted on 2009-11-06 at 13:18:57ID: 25763148
Assuming both the test and production site are using the same version of Joomla e.g. 1.5 (i.e. that you have not had to migrate or reformat the database in any way.
What I would do when new site is ready I would:
1. back up entire old site including old database
2. back up entire new site including database
3. move new site to subdirectory or similar on server where it will be living for environmental testing
4. when new site is is new setting change the database that it is pointing to in the configuration.php file you will need to change the database name / the db username and password. [all this information will be ine the configuration.php file of the old site]
5. Now your new site will be using the ol d(but current) database
6. Now test back up again and then either redirect domain or move new site to directory(final resting place) as needed