Comments for How to Move Your Joomla! Site to a New Server at http://www.howtojoomla.net , comment 1 to 168 out of 20 comments http://www.howtojoomla.net Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:28:17 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006092217/how-tos/installation/how-to-move-your-joomla-site-to-a-new-server#comment-2037 Hi cory i'm on the bug since two day, because my image of the login session as went i have deleted then reloaded my site and I get this famous error: Warning: require_once() [function.require-once]: Unable to access /var/www/crashdebug.fr/htdocs/includes/defines.php in /var/www/crashdebug.fr/htdocs/index.php on line 21 Warning: require_once(/var/www/crashdebug.fr/htdocs/includes/defines.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /var/www/crashdebug.fr/htdocs/index.php on line 21 Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/var/www/crashdebug.fr/htdocs/includes/defines.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /var/www/crashdebug.fr/htdocs/index.php on line 21 everything working nice on a local copy using Xampp, i don't understood, i have deleted, re uploaded the site same error for security purpose i dont post the configuration.cfg you can look at the site www.crashdebug.fr please can you tell me if i have done an error or if its a problem from the hosting company I have to call them tomorrow but they are not joomla specialist ;) Thanks in advance, Folamour, - Folamour Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:38:47 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006092217/how-tos/installation/how-to-move-your-joomla-site-to-a-new-server#comment-2013 Hi one question? after that I have completed my new site and uploded, now i want to make a new site with joomla...do i have to reinstall it?probably not... or do u have to create a new database with mysql and then adding content as usual? and on more thing, when uploading joomla site from my pc to A HOST server, what are the files to be uploaded? the whole joomla catalog? - arash mojahedin Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:39:35 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006092217/how-tos/installation/how-to-move-your-joomla-site-to-a-new-server#comment-1971 Good instructions in case you have to do it manualy. But using JoomlaPack is much easier. Now this tool comes with desktop application (Native tools) which enables you to make backups of various sites from one place pressing one button. - inkanet Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:21:59 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006092217/how-tos/installation/how-to-move-your-joomla-site-to-a-new-server#comment-1934 Ok, this my first time using Joomla. As a newbie there are a few things not spell out that well maybe I did wrong. Reason why this is not working for me. I site up a site with Xampp and Joomla, the folder was default Joomla15 (dont know if I can put whatever name I want. suppose i have 2 sites). I already have a website w yahoo so I want to test this one out live. I tried to follow the, "How do you copy a site from localhost to a remote host?" First off I Activated Mysql on yahoo and installed into www.domain.com/phpMyAdmin (its not specified where to install this so I place in its own folder) Is this a mistake? Does this affect my next step? here goes the steps from site: 1. Created a Subdomain -Folder name - www.domian.com/Sub - (refer to question above. should this be install under the phpMyAdmin folder since that is where i install Mysql?) 2. Copied all the files in the C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\joomla15 folder to 'Sub' folder via Filezilla 3.Log into phpMyAdmin (local) and EXPORT to my_export.sql 4.Log into phpMyAdmin (host - yahoo) import my_export.sql Ok everything looks fine so far..... 5. here is where I sort of lost it My changes: var $log_path = '/var/www/vhost/domainname.com/Sub/log'; var $tmp_path = '/var/www/vhost/domainname.com/Sub/tmp'; var $live_site = 'http://www.Sub.domainname.com'; /* Database Settings */ var $dbtype = 'mysql'; (this was already set) var $host = 'mysql'; (I search yahoo and it says the host is mysql) var $user = 'admin'; (is this username my host yahoo or the local - I assume yahoo) var $password = 'password'; (is this pw my host yahoo or the local - I assume yahoo) var $db = 'mysql'; (again yahoo db name mysql) var $dbprefix = 'jos_'; Example: var $log_path = '/var/www/vhost/domain.com/subdirectory/html/logs'; var $tmp_path = '/var/www/vhost/domain.com/subdirectory/html/tmp'; var $live_site = ''; var $host = 'name your remote host'; var $user = 'your_user_db_name'; var $db = 'your_db_name'; var $password = 'your_db_password'; RESULTS: jtablesession::Store Failed DB function failed with error number 1146 Table 'mysql.jos_session' doesn't exist SQL=INSERT INTO `jos_session` ( `session_id`,`time`,`username`,`gid`,`guest`,`client_id` ) VALUES ( '5c3dea9a99ad460af6d7f4ca8787efb6','1260415479','','0','1','0' ) Can someone please please point me in the right direction. Thanks, Carl - Carl Diaz Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:53:49 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006092217/how-tos/installation/how-to-move-your-joomla-site-to-a-new-server#comment-1926 JohnK, I came up against the same issue. Assuming that you have a similar setup, you will need to create the user from your cpanel (MySQL Databases) first, then give this user the relevant permissions. After this you should then be able to do your import. Hope that helps. - MarkC333 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:17:10 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006092217/how-tos/installation/how-to-move-your-joomla-site-to-a-new-server#comment-1837 Although from an IT background, this site was developed for me and I haev self learned some joomla stuff. I have followed these intructions and have tekan my live site off the hosted server and now created a test bed on my laptop, whcih now gives me total control to develop my sites. Thank You Chris - Chris Hallett Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:27:25 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006092217/how-tos/installation/how-to-move-your-joomla-site-to-a-new-server#comment-1789 thanks friend.. i start move my web to new server - sijagur Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:05:58 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006092217/how-tos/installation/how-to-move-your-joomla-site-to-a-new-server#comment-1738 Hi Cory, sorry for being persistent but I haven't found any answer for my issue. I wasn’t aware about dotfiles being hidden from FTP programs so finally I managed to get the .htaccess file from my old server and I moved it to the new one. What I’ve done is the following; I enabled the SEF at Global Configuration/SEO at Joomla Administration. I made sure that .htaccess is in the list of files. Also, I replicated the permissions to match what I had in the old site. By the way, mine is Joomla 1.0.8 and using PHP 5.2.6 under Apache 2.2. Hosting company is LunarPages. Even trying any possible combination of settings at .htaccess (like commenting/uncommenting ‘RewriteEngine On’ or setting ‘RewriteBase’ to the proper directory) I’m still getting 404 error on all pages other than the homepage. Somebody suggested me to clean the cache so I did too. What do you think is going on here? I’m really, really frustrated. Thank you. - Raul Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:40:31 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006092217/how-tos/installation/how-to-move-your-joomla-site-to-a-new-server#comment-1715 Thank you much Cory for responding. I inherited this website from somebody else so I'm not familiar with the friendly URLs you are talking about. What's the implication of that approach and what can I do to fix the issue? Also, I performed a search through the old site and I couldn't find any sign of the .htaccess file :-( - Raul Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:17:07 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006092217/how-tos/installation/how-to-move-your-joomla-site-to-a-new-server#comment-1714 One more thing. . . I exported and then imported my database into a new server. Probably this maybe another's forum's discussion but, anyway, it's part of the process. Even when both, the old and new databases and tables look similar to me, including collation, the new site is displaying symbols instead of the Spanish accents. I copied the same template, which is using charset=iso-8859-1, by the way, and all the tables in the new database are set to Type MyISAM and Collation latin1_swedish_ci as the original. Any idea about it? Thanks much! - Raul Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:33:18 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006092217/how-tos/installation/how-to-move-your-joomla-site-to-a-new-server#comment-1713 Hi Raul, It sounds like you are using SEF URL's, and your .htaccess file didn't get moved over to the new server. Cory - Cory Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:27:08 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006092217/how-tos/installation/how-to-move-your-joomla-site-to-a-new-server#comment-1712 I just moved all my files and export/import database into a new server. It seems like everything went smooth since, looking at the administrator section, everything seems to be in there (content, products, users, etc). However, only the homepage is being displayed. All the rest is broken links. Am I missing something? - Raul Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:20:13 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006092217/how-tos/installation/how-to-move-your-joomla-site-to-a-new-server#comment-1706 A very easy to follow and useful article. I followed each step and had my duplicate site up and running in 30 mins Thanks - web design glossop Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:52:37 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006092217/how-tos/installation/how-to-move-your-joomla-site-to-a-new-server#comment-1677 When I go to restore my site, I import the database using the Import file.sql from phpMyAdmin and properly use the file, etc. I receive the following error: #1044-Access denied for user 'username'@'localhost' to database '_jo151' Now I know that the user hasn't been created yet when I go to import it, however, the phpMyAdmin panel doesn't allow me to create a user as named above. (I've substituted username for the actual user name). How do you get around this to allow the import to work correctly? - JohnK Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:51:38 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006092217/how-tos/installation/how-to-move-your-joomla-site-to-a-new-server#comment-1676 Hi, I had followed your tutorial and it worked for me, i can view my website at: [i]http://mywebsite.com/old1/[/i] however when i tried to access the the administrator panel at: [i]http://mywebsite.com/old1/administrator/[/i] i have get this error. [i]Warning: require_once(/home/xxx/public_html/myfolder/old1/administrator/templates/joomla_admin/login.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxx/public_html/myfolder/old1/administrator/index.php on line 238 Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/xxx/public_html/myfolder/old1/administrator/templates/joomla_admin/login.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/xxx/public_html/myfolder/old1/administrator/index.php on line 238[/i] i have check on the file [i][b]administrator/index.php[/b][/i] this is present there. Can you help me fix this? :'( Best of Regards, Igo - Igo Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:31:56 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006092217/how-tos/installation/how-to-move-your-joomla-site-to-a-new-server#comment-1630 Fantastic, I've been able to point many lost and lonely Joomla users here, where you're helped them out perfectly. Great Job! - Joomla Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:00:05 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006092217/how-tos/installation/how-to-move-your-joomla-site-to-a-new-server#comment-1610 Hi Bill, Unfortunately, if you can't get access to your old server, all of your data is lost. Even setting up a new database will not get your data back. Is there any way you can talk to your old host and see if there is a backup of that data anywhere? That's really the only way that it would be possible. Cory - Cory Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:21:13 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006092217/how-tos/installation/how-to-move-your-joomla-site-to-a-new-server#comment-1609 Hi, Thanks for the informative article. My problem is that I found it too late. I've already uploaded the site files to the new server and now don't have access to the old server. I didn't copy the database - didn't realize I needed to. I thought that just downloading the site files would cover everything. Is there any way to deal with that, like starting a new db with the same name? How would that work? Thanks in advance for any assistance. - bill Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:14:31 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006092217/how-tos/installation/how-to-move-your-joomla-site-to-a-new-server#comment-1583 Thank you for this. It worked like a dream for me :) - Caroline Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:15:05 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006092217/how-tos/installation/how-to-move-your-joomla-site-to-a-new-server#comment-1554 I've seen once that it is possible to have a testing site and a production one. How can you do that? thanks - Ayurveda Sat, 23 May 2009 11:17:24 +0100