Dustin: I always learn from your webinars. I tried the free version of ServerPress but discovered it doesn’t support Duplicator. You need the premium version.
Note Comparison Matrix at http://serverpress.com/products/desktopserver/ .
Here is how I imported a production site using the free version. (Probably more trouble than it was worth)
1) Create a new site
2) Test the site
3) Backup wp-config.php
4) Go to phpmyadmin
5) Drop all the tables
6) Import mysql backup from production site
7) Update wp_options values for site and home url
8) FTP files from production site to local web folder
9) Copy/paste DB_NAME, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD to new wp-config.php from wp-config.php backed-up (Item #3) and update tableprefix wp_ if needed
10) Browser to yourlocaldomain.dev/wp-admin
11) Use the same admin login as on production site.
12) Reset Permalink settings
13) Browse to home page. (your caching program my complain)
Hi Dustin, Sitepoint recently posted this (http://bit.ly/1dEJDNP) to enlighten us that sharing your local server IS possible.
I have not tried any of them and when I tried downloding Windows version of ngrok, my McAfee alerted that there are possibility of malware in this, although I suspect it’s a false alarm.
I’m not techie or brave enough to experiment but am wondering whether your friends could review these “secure tunnel” services.
Cooriesmum thanks for the comment. I haven’t had a chance to check into this, nor contact the folks from DesktopServer. I know they are hard at work at the latest version and this might be included in the new version.
Dustin: I always learn from your webinars. I tried the free version of ServerPress but discovered it doesn’t support Duplicator. You need the premium version.
Note Comparison Matrix at http://serverpress.com/products/desktopserver/ .
Here is how I imported a production site using the free version. (Probably more trouble than it was worth)
1) Create a new site
Jan 11, 20142) Test the site
3) Backup wp-config.php
4) Go to phpmyadmin
5) Drop all the tables
6) Import mysql backup from production site
7) Update wp_options values for site and home url
8) FTP files from production site to local web folder
9) Copy/paste DB_NAME, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD to new wp-config.php from wp-config.php backed-up (Item #3) and update tableprefix wp_ if needed
10) Browser to yourlocaldomain.dev/wp-admin
11) Use the same admin login as on production site.
12) Reset Permalink settings
13) Browse to home page. (your caching program my complain)
CharlieSasser great step-by-step list. That’s exactly how I’d to it too!
I didn’t realize that duplicator wouldn’t work with the free model.
Jan 12, 2014Hi Dustin, Sitepoint recently posted this (http://bit.ly/1dEJDNP) to enlighten us that sharing your local server IS possible.
I have not tried any of them and when I tried downloding Windows version of ngrok, my McAfee alerted that there are possibility of malware in this, although I suspect it’s a false alarm.
I’m not techie or brave enough to experiment but am wondering whether your friends could review these “secure tunnel” services.
Cheers,
Mar 23, 2014Maki
Cooriesmum thanks for the comment. I haven’t had a chance to check into this, nor contact the folks from DesktopServer. I know they are hard at work at the latest version and this might be included in the new version.
Mar 28, 2014