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I copied a site to another domain which is almost exactly the same, but they need to be 2 different sites. I used the backup database and restore feature and copied all of my files over. Everything looked good until I started making changes. Every change I make on the new site shows up on the other site, and vice versa. I need to disconnect them from each other, and have each site be independent. They both are connected to the same project page.

Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.
geniewish
 
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PixelFields
The problem is because you’ve copied the site, it has also copied the database details – this is what you need to disconnect to separate the sites.
Start by making a copy of the database using phpmyAdmin/cPanel/whatever then note the new database name, username and password. Then, ftp into one of the sites and navigate through public_html>>application>>config to find database.php which will look something like this:

<?php
return array(
    'default-connection' => 'concrete',
    'connections' => array(
        'concrete' => array(
            'driver' => 'c5_pdo_mysql',
            'server' => 'localhost',
            'database' => '********',
            'username' => '********',
            'password' => '********',
            'charset' => 'utf8'
        )
    )
);


Replace the database, username and password with the details from the newly copied DB and you should be good to go.