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How to use a test site?
Basara:
Hi.
Check this guide http://docs.abantecart.com/pages/tips/change_domain.html
bppe:
Ok, I will re-explain my question...
I have a test site, and a live site.
The test site is used to test upgrades and new plugins, right? Then when they are tested and working on the test site, how do I put them in the live site?
Do I uninstall the live site to clone the test site on it, or do I simply have to transfer some files?
I read the "how to change domain", I get it, but if I edit my test site 2-3 times in a month, do I have to do that all over every time?
llegrand:
in my above post - I provided links to the Softaculous docs. Here is the complete list link - I recommend you read the docs for details on how to use Softaculous to manage your testing site.
https://www.softaculous.com/docs/Category:Endusers
Here is a quick instruction -
When you cloned your working site - you made an exact duplicate, including your database with a different url. eg. domain.com/store, cloned to domain.com/test. These are two complete and independent installations - what you change and test for in /test will NOT affect /store.
My recommendation - is once you have gotten your changes tested in /test and then you should make a backup (in Softaculous) for /store so you can roll back quickly if things go wrong.
Then depending on your changes to be made in your /store site (the same ones you made in test) you may want to place your /store into maintenance mode so no new orders etc are taking place while you are updating your /store.
Since you tested in /test and believe your changes will work, doing the same thing in /store should work the same. If your /store did not update the way you hoped - then immediately restore to the backup you made just prior to your upgrade.
I am assuming your /store is operational and having ongoing orders etc. If this is not the case, and you are in startup development and your /test changes are what you want - AFTER making the backup of /store, then you could clone your /test back to /store - this will give you /store with all the changes you made in test . THIS SHOULD ONLY BE DONE if /store has not received any customer orders etc while you were working in /test. If your /store is active and you clone /test then all customer activity (orders, etc) will be lost.
bppe:
Thank you very much, this is exactly what I wanted to know!
Arydigital:
--- Quote from: bppe on January 10, 2017, 03:20:50 PM ---Thank you very much for all that! I'll try this on right now... ;)
--- End quote ---
do you have CPanel with Softaculous? If yes, I will provide you some helpful/easy ways to accomplish your test site
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