Admin at 18:51, 25 September 2006

2006-09-25T18:51:41Z

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I've gotten far enough that i'm ready to clone it
I need one for waves, one for spirit
looks like i can do this:

copy the joomla directory
copy the joomla database
edit joomla_new/configuration.php

can that be all I need?? let's test and see...
creating hollyspringswaves.com site
cp /usr/local/joomla /home/m/development/tdm_cvs_view/joomla-waves

signed up for hollyspringswaves.com
at 1and1.com for $7/year including DNS mgmt
hollyspringswaves.com

waiting for reply email (m@thedigitalmachine.com)

updated configuration.php
$mosConfig_absolute_path = '/home/m/development/tdm_cvs_view/joomla-waves';
$mosConfig_cachepath = '/home/m/development/tdm_cvs_view/joomla-waves/cache';
$mosConfig_db = 'joomla-waves';
$mosConfig_live_site = 'http://www.thedigitalmachine.com/hollyspringswaves.com';

once 1and1.com gets its act together i will update live_site
ok now they're back, and hollyspringswaves.com is ready
went to do DNS management, there is only space for one A and one MX record, I added tho\
se
looks like you have to ADD subdomains, and you are allowed up to 5
adding www.hollyspringswaves.com
now I can do DNS management, cool, just used the same settings
stupid me put in all my juicy details, including address and phone and m@thedigitalmach\
ine.com
updated official DNS contacts to just have my name and city

now to clone the database... using phpmysql

i guess i need to export, then import, hrmph...
exported joomla using all defaults
[x] include Autoincrement
[-] include complete inserts
[x] save to file
create new database joomla-waves

oops, no need, i found "database copy" under "database->operations", GROOVY!
now it's complaining that i haven't added the tables that mysql wants
- no worries, that's just for additional linking features of some kind

copied to joomla-waves, looking good!
now set up a virtual host!

cd virtualhosts
cp boxcarkid.conf hollyspringswaves.conf
xe /home/m/config/machine_globals.conf
add an include for virtualhosts/hollyspringswaves.conf
then set up hollyspringswaves.conf
well ok, i did it, time to DEBUG ( not like it's going to work first try!! )

1&1 Name Servers are:
ns47.1and1.com
ns48.1and1.com

nslookup
server ns47.1and1.com
hollyspringswaves.com
(that works fine)

adding hollyspringswaves.com to /etc/hosts

bouncing apache... failed
needs this:
mkdir /usr/local/apache/logs/hollyspringswaves.com
whoooooooop apache started up!

it's there! but says "The site is temporarily unavailable." and a "3"
The number following the message indicates a database problem. The error number is generated by jo\
omla/mambo and error numbers 1, 2 and 3 indicate the following:
Error 1 = FATAL ERROR: MySQL support not available.
Error 2 = FATAL ERROR: Connection to database server failed.
Error 3 = FATAL ERROR: Database not found

Sounds like I need to set up PERMISSIONS for that new db, doh.
where is the joomla mysql user specified... I think it is here in the configuration.php...

$mosConfig_user = 'joomla';
$mosConfig_password = '*****';

changing to this:

$mosConfig_user = 'joomla-waves';
$mosConfig_password = '*****';

and creating permissions with this:

mysql -u root -p
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON joomla-waves.* TO joomla-waves@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '*****';

(argee, you'll need to add some single-tick quotes around each part of that)
I ended up adding a global user in phpmyadmin, adding db rights, then revoking global rights

OK THAT DID IT!
next, there's no css, weird.
and when I logged in i got a bad url - need to fix _live_site in configuration.php, that should fix it.

i logged in, said "bad password" but i was in - so i went to profile and updated password
u Coach Mike
p *****

IT IS LIVE! ALL IS FULL OF LIGHT, whoop!!

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Admin at 18:51, 25 September 2006