By reinhota on
I am wanting to create a website for my students and faculty at my school. I have a web host that supports all needed infrastructure for my needs (L.A.M.P etc). However, I am going on an extended trip and will have no web access to work on the site. So a few questions:
* How can I do a drupal install and create content etc offline (I have an intel macbook?
* How do I merge this off line creation back into the live site?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Todd
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set up a local test system
A mention for macs is here
http://drupal.org/node/5338
Another package is mentioned here: http://www.mamp.info/en/home.php
and XAMMP has a Mac package http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-macosx.html
-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide -|- Black Mountain
-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide
Move?
So how do I then merge this off line creation back into the live site?
ahhhh
I wasn't reading it as that. I was thinking of features and site work, not content. For content check into the blogging tools (windows has w.bloggar, not sure what Mac has). You can turn on blogapi and configure it. Then write your content offline and publish to the site when connected.
-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide -|- Black Mountain
-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide
xampp
Ok - site design structure offline w/ xampp - then how do I convert it to live on the remote server?
Your original question is what seems confusing
In your original post, you give the impression that you haven't created the website yet "I am wanting to create a website for my students and faculty at my school."
The confusion is, if you haven't created the website yet, then what do you want to merge it with? "How do I merge this off line creation back into the live site?"
So, to address your questions in the way I am perceiving them:
Q. How can I do a drupal install and create content etc offline (I have an intel macbook?
A. Use Xampp which gives you a fully optimized personal server stack on your computer in one central location to use for creating your website.
Q. How do I merge this off line creation back into the live site?
A. First, I would suggest not making the site "live" until your trip is over and you will have web access. Second, once finished with the site, simply take your drupal folder that you have in xampp and put it on the server space for your domain, then backup the MySQL database on your computer using the phpmyadmin that comes with Xampp, and then upload that database to your MySQL on your school's server (probably using your school server's phpmyadmin). Keep in mind that all data is in the MySQL database, and all design and modules are in your drupal folder.
Perfect!
Perfect! I just tried it on a basic install / base content etc and it worked perfectly!
Your great!!!
Team Design
Hello,
How can I achieve this if we are norking in a team (2 members) and we want to work offline on separate features before uploading to live.
Thanks