Setting up Development or Test Site

[Euchre4Participant Post count: 20]

Now that my site is actually live, I want to setup both a mirror site and a development site while I work on the next major release.

I have tried 2 different options to setup a mirror site.

http://quirm.net/2011/05/05/installing-wordpress-locally-using-easyphp/

I have easyphp running but can’t get it the mysql db to work

This option has been more successful

http://semperfiwebdesign.com/blog/setting-up-a-wordpress-development-environment-on-your-hosted-server/

however when I copied public_html to my  backup site none of my pages copied over.

Anyone out there have suggestions / options?   I imagine this is a fairly common need as I certainly don’t want to blast updates to live without testing them first.

Thanks

 

Mike

 

 

[braddaltonParticipant Post count: 2455]

Use the WP Migrate DB plugin

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WordPress Developer & Consultant
Brad Dalton @ WP Sites – Click Here to Get Genesis Child Theme Tips Delivered.

[Euchre4Participant Post count: 20]

Thanks for the reply Brad.  I was hoping to have my mirror site on the server, and also create a development site for the next rev. on the web.  It appears that installing locally is the preferred method.  I can see the benefit of a local mirror for updates to the existing site, but when you have a client that wants to see progress on your next rev. of the site, a web based copy makes sense.

 

Mike

[braddaltonParticipant Post count: 2455]

No worries.

I think MS Webmatrix enables you to work locally and update back and forth but its not well supported for setup tutorials and a totally system than anything else i have tried to learn how to use for this purpose.

Personally, i use instantwp.com with the entire SP range of themes installed.

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WordPress Developer & Consultant
Brad Dalton @ WP Sites – Click Here to Get Genesis Child Theme Tips Delivered.

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