FTP new webby stupid question

Shicky · 9 Sep 2010 at 11:46

Going to stick a site up live so people can see it and help me work out what the problem is with some functionality. Problem is that a site already exists at the address and I wish to put my site in a hidden subsection so normal customers can access it. In this case the site is www.lisclare.com, I wish to put it in www.lisclare.com/hidden or something to that affect.

Got the FTP details and see the index of the current joomla site in /htdocs. So where exactly do I put my wordpress site without overwriting some of the current stuff that conflicts? (and making sure its accessed by the correct url)

Or should it just be in a location such as /htdocs/wordpress and the details in settings etc on wordpress will take care of the url?

apologies for the tard question

Tripnologist · 9 Sep 2010 at 11:55

In your example, you'd create a folder inside of htdocs named hidden.
You'd then access that folder at domainname.com/hidden

Shicky · 9 Sep 2010 at 11:57

thank you mate I thought so but thought best double checking

Shicky · 9 Sep 2010 at 13:47

Sorry another idiot question. Used MySQL administrator to create the database for my site, im wondering how to transfer that database over, well I could just copy and paste it but just wondering where I should put it via the FTP

FabienO · 9 Sep 2010 at 14:40

Is it a joomla site going into wordpress or the opposite? or you're just cloning your current site in a new directory /hidden/ ? what CMS is it using or moving to?

Shicky · 9 Sep 2010 at 15:03

A joomla site is currently active, im putting a wordpress site into the /hidden folder in order to get some troubleshooting help before moving it for the launch when ready.

Unfortunately I wasnt allowed much freedom, thats why i've been left confused with some parts, forced to use certain programs etc. So do I just copy the database over, if so where do I put it?

Pho · 9 Sep 2010 at 15:37

You need to export the database from MySQL administrator as an SQL file (I assume it's possible) and then re-import that into your testing site via PHPMyAdmin (most hosts will have this installed under your control panel).

Shicky · 9 Sep 2010 at 17:15

All sorted, was getting a permissions error which made me think i was doing it entirely wrong. Thanks for the help