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#1 2007-09-09 09:13:10
- ultramega
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Copying existing content to newer installation
I’m going to re-create my own personal site from scratch. I’d like to of course have existing content, but newer version of txp. Should I install new version to a subfolder, and use mysql-dump to export/import just content from old? Or install copy of current version and update it to new vs. of txp? What would be the easiest option? I’d like to have the old one running seamlessly until the new one is ready. I only have one database on my host, which should obviously be not messed during re-design.
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Re: Copying existing content to newer installation
- install a new TXP in a subfolder using the prefix
v2_for the tables. - run the setup (this will create tables which you will overwrite later on with the old TXP tables)
- dump the old TXP tables (without the v2_ prefix)
- in the export files, change the table names, so they have a
v2_prefix. For example. txp_category becomes v2_txp_category - restore these renamed TXP tables (overwriting the v2_ tables created during the new TXP setup. You may have to delete the existing v2_ tables first). This should give you two separate sets of TXP tables that don’t conflict due to the prefix.
- in the admin interface for the new TXP install you should correct the file paths to point to the subdirectory where the new TXP is installed.
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#3 2007-09-09 10:07:41
- ultramega
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Re: Copying existing content to newer installation
Great! Thanks for a very clear answer!
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