By jim0203 on

I've set up Drupal 5.2 on my local machine using WAMP, and I would now like to transfer it to a live site on the web. Drupal 5.1 has been installed on the live site. I've had a look through drupal.org but can't seem to find a guide on how to transfer - I'm sure there must be one, so could someone post a link pls?

Thanks, Jim

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gpk commented

First of all backup your local site and upgrade it to 5.3 and test it's working, unless you are sure that none of the security holes with 5.2 poses a risk.

To get it running on your live server, you will just need to a) upload all the files in and under your local drupal installation directory (e.g. use FTP) to the server (first of all remove or move the existing Drupal 5.1. stuff - you won't need this) b) create a DB dump of your local site e.g. using phpMyAdmin, and then upload this on your server. You will probably need to edit settings.php but apart from that it should all work fine.

You could always combine the transfer with the upgrade, but if things don't work it may be hard to work out if it is the upgrade or the transfer that caused the problem.

HTH

gpk
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pcmeissner commented

Also, keep in mind that when you do your dump (export), use the same mysql version number as your host.

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jim0203 commented

gpk, pcmeissner:

thanks for the info - proved very useful!