How to move a production site to a staging server
Installation and Configuration
Making a "clone" of an existing site is just a few steps:
1) Download the entire public_html directory for the source site, and upload it to the clone site - now you have an exact copy of the files
2) Export the source site database using a DB manager such as phpmyadmin, sequel pro or the built in Adminer - then import this into a NEW database created for the clone site
3) modify the data/config/config.php file on the CLONE site to use the new database name (and user/password if different)
4) Log into the CLONE site and go to ACP -> Communication -> Email Support and set the "active email system" to "Log sent email to activity log" - this is so you don't send emails from your clone system to existing users of your live system.
Quote:I cant run an integrity check because I cant log in...but i have run repair.php bit changes nothing
This means you are missing either keys files or the database.
The main reason we've been avoiding 3rd party developments is that ultimately the support of the module or skin ends up falling to us, and without us developing it we end up having to support something we may never have built in the first place. What does your module do?