Working on a Site Locally

[wickedstangs]

How can you move a site to my server to work on locally? I have a full cpanel backup of a site that is still live. Before I move it, I would like to attempt an upgrade. Its a SMF forum which I like to upgrade to vB then to Xenforo. Hope I explained this correctly.

 

[rdn]

This http://xenforo.com/community/resources/how-to-install-xenforo-locally-to-your-pc-using-xampp.355/ ?

 

[wickedstangs]

This http://xenforo.com/community/resources/how-to-install-xenforo-locally-to-your-pc-using-xampp.355/ ?

you don't by chance know how to convert SMF to Xenforo? That is what I am trying to do..

 

[BoostN]

you don't by chance know how to convert SMF to Xenforo? That is what I am trying to do..

Maybe use MyBB (since it's free).

Convert from SMF --> MyBB and then from MyBB --> XenForo

Xenforo has a MyBB importer built in.

http://xenforo.com/help/importing/

 

[wickedstangs]

Maybe use MyBB (since it's free).

Convert from SMF --> MyBB and then from MyBB --> XenForo

Xenforo has a MyBB importer built in.

http://xenforo.com/help/importing/

I have vBulletin 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, and 4.x. may try that see how it goes.. Only issue is I have a cpanel backup and the site is live.

 

[BoostN]

You don't have to have the CPANEL backup.. Basically all you need is two things:

1.) Database Dump (SSH is the best way to do this)
2.) Tar.GZ of your forum/ directory.

Do you actually have a local "server" or are you using XAMPP to run it on your PC?

I'm running local copy on my PC in XAMPP and it works perfect (exact copy of my live site).

 

[wickedstangs]

You don't have to have the CPANEL backup.. Basically all you need is two things:

1.) Database Dump (SSH is the best way to do this)
2.) Tar.GZ of your forum/ directory.

Do you actually have a local "server" or are you using XAMPP to run it on your PC?

I'm running local copy on my PC in XAMPP and it works perfect (exact copy of my live site).

I have a knownhost VPS but, the site is at bluehost.com I did a cpanel backup and installed it fine on my server.

I had to edit my "hosts" file to see it .. When I try and do the upgrade to VB it takes me to a broken URL...

 

[wickedstangs]

I'm running local copy on my PC in XAMPP and it works perfect (exact copy of my live site).

I started to run XAMPP and got errors and decided not today..

 

[BoostN]

When I try and do the upgrade to VB it takes me to a broken URL...

I thought you was upgrading to XenForo, I don't understand why you're upgrading VB(vBulletin).

 

[wickedstangs]

I thought you was upgrading to XenForo, I don't understand why you're upgrading VB(vBulletin).

because Xenforo has a importer from VB to Xenforo and VB has an importer from SMF so I hope it should be easier. I am trying to go from SMF > vB > Xenforo

 

[wickedstangs]

so far so good..

 

[BoostN]

My XenForo forum is located here on XAMPP

C:\xampp\htdocs\forum

Launch phpMyAdmin by going to the Admin button on the MySQL row. create a new Database by going Users --> insert Username, Password, and check create database ( BLUE X).

 

[wickedstangs]

Can a backup be installed?

 

[rdn]

Can a backup be installed?

Not directly, you need to extract it first.
Copy the ftp files and also upload the database on phpmyadmin.

 

[DRE]

Does the database you create locally in phpmyadmin have to be the same name of the database you're uploading?

 

[Paul B]

No.

 

[wickedstangs]

Very Cool, I got it to work.. Now how do I upload a database on phpmyadmin

 

[AdamD]

If the database is large, it'd be easier to use the command line to import it.
If not, you'd need to increase the php file upload limits to import via phpmyadmin

 

[wickedstangs]

If the database is large, it'd be easier to use the command line to import it.
If not, you'd need to increase the php file upload limits to import via phpmyadmin

yes, it bigger than allowed do you know how to increase it?

 

[wickedstangs]

; Maximum allowed size for uploaded files.
; http://php.net/upload-max-filesize
upload_max_filesize=2M

Found the above in the php.ini file