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By marlowx on
hi guys,
i've got my band website here: http://NoteToSelfDontDie.com/members/
am using 4.7 drupal (yeah i know its too old but am using modules i like/need)
my brothers and i have all our sites hosted together and one of my brothers decided to switch from our current hosting company to godaddy.com hosting...
i am a complete novice at this so forgive me if this is a silly simple question:
i have downloaded all the directories from the old hosting company...
i assume i can now upload everything up to the new host but do i have to run the install process for drupal 4.7 or can i just ftp what was on the old site?
also, i am guessing i can't just upload the old database file? or can i?
godaddy i believe has some kind of mysql admin web-interface so can i use that to upload the old database?
then i have to tell the new install of drupal 4.7 the username of databse etc etc?
if anyone can post a simple instruction of the easiest way to do this i would be very gratefull...
thanks so much...
-gerard
and yes, i will set up a test server with drupal 5 to expirement with and eventual upgrade my 4.7 install...
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There are already dozens of helpful posts on this already in the forums that can easily be found by searching here or using google.
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GoDaddy
What kind of hosting do you have on GoDaddy?? I am on a shared host for F1M.info and it is really, really slow and I have no traffic and almost no information on the site.. also have no SSH/Telnet access.
Eric
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The Formula 1 Modeling Website
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godaddy...
well, my brother did it so not certain on specifics... i think it is the middle package... might be called deluxe or something? unlimited domains, 25 mysql database limit...
does that sound familiar?
the interface for managing the site is the worst i have ever seen... it is so difficult to use just because it is designed so poorly...
or old host had the simplest 1 page interface to do everything...
also, on godaddy if i make a change or install something it can take an hour for it to get installed where the old host it happened instantly...
it is a real pain in the arse...
argh...
but i'm stuck with it... my brother is always doing silly things like this... heh heh...
i went to your site... the first couple pages loaded really slowly... then it pick up a bit... is it caching? is that what its called?
Dunno
I think there is some caching, but I have no content in the site, so there is not much to cache.
One big problem I have with the MySQL access is that you can only import a database dump where the files is less than 2 (or 4) MBytes... pretty sure this has to do with a PHP default...
Eric
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Eric Aitala - f1m@f1m.com
The Formula 1 Modeling Website
www.f1m.com
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Eric Aitala - ema13@psu.edu
Penn State
224b8605113373e086cb27708ff301ba18ce394db1996e7e22928e4555e0d20b1b6cecc7f67c9bd9e536cb915779c485
ok, got drupal working on new server, but...
new server: http://NoteToSelfDontDie.co.uk
old server: http://NoteToSelfDontDie.com
i'm a newbie and i finally got it working... problem i had was found conflicting instructions on how to do this... eventually found a set of instructions that worked...
so, the drupal install on the new server is actually there and working...
what next?
i have uploaded the modules from the old server but haven't enabled them yet... when i migrate the database will it move over details on what modules are enabled and how they are configured or will i have to do that myself and do i do it before or after the database migration/importing...
same question regarding themes...
anyone?
-gerard
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Not sure which instructions you used, you didn't link to them.
the process I use:
OLD HOST:
disable clean urls (if in use)
disable css aggregation (if in use) (not sure if available in Drupal 4.7)
disable cache (if in use) (not sure if available in Drupal 4.7)
set site to offline mode
clear cache tables in DB
clear watchdog table in DB
clear sessions table in DB
export DB
backup drupal files (including themes and modules)
NEW HOST
import DB
move drupal files (including themes and modules)
change $db_url in settings.php to point to new DB
login to your site @ yoursite.com/?q=user
reenable cleans urls (if in use)
reenable css aggregation (if in use) (not sure if available in Drupal 4.7)
reenable cache (if in use) (not sure if available in Drupal 4.7)
check site for anomalies (downloads, images, create a new node, a new user, so on so forth)
if all is well ......
set site back to online mode
Done
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