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Move from dev to live server

March 01, 2009 at 9:14 PM Permalink 2 users found helpful

Hello. I apologize if someone already answered this but i can't seem to find it. Is there an easy way to push my site from my dev server (local windows xp machine running apache) to my live server (linux machine)? I am uploading the entire directory and backup/restore the database but I suspect there are settings that need to be changed. Anyone have a one, two, three approach to moving a site to another server?

Thanks!

Matt replied on Mar 2, 2009 at 12:26 am Permalink Reply

--- see the settings in config/site.php ---

1-Import your database to your new server.
2-Upload your public_html (htdocs) files to your new server. (if you want to: compress local then uncompress on server side using ssh or cPanel or similar)
3-Change the following code located in config/site.php to match your needs.

(usually 'localhost' doesn't need changing.)

<?php 
define('DB_SERVER','localhost');
define('DB_USERNAME', 'changeme');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'changeme');
define('DB_DATABASE', 'changeme');
define('BASE_URL', 'http://changeme.com');
define('DIR_REL', '/concreteinstallfolderIfExsists');
define('PASSWORD_SALT', 'somecrazyalphanumericstringLeaveAlone');
?>

If you are installing concrete5 in to your root (public_html) directory, then use / as the DIR_REL

Hopefully that helps :)
It's really late so if this is neither correct or complete, please excuse. :) Someone can chime in to confirm though.

Matt replied on Mar 2, 2009 at 12:32 am Permalink Reply

in the previous post's code the base url should just behttp://changeme.com (without all <a href> stuff, it got bejangled somehow. :)

Matt replied on Mar 2, 2009 at 12:39 am Permalink Reply

<?php 
define('DB_SERVER','localhost');
define('DB_USERNAME', 'changeme');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'changeme');
define('DB_DATABASE', 'changeme');
define('BASE_URL', 'http://changeme.com');
define('DIR_REL','/concreteinstallfolderIfExsists');
define('PASSWORD_SALT','somecrazyalphanumericstringLeaveAlone');
?>

Matt replied on Mar 2, 2009 at 12:41 am Permalink Reply

...it keeps throwing in that extra stuff. hopefully you get the idea :)

karenalenore replied on Mar 4, 2009 at 9:28 am Permalink Reply

Thanks for your help with this - i'm getting the following error when i try to access the site. any ideas?

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'ADODB_Exception' with message 'mysql error: [1146: Table 'fcaangel_concrete5.Packages' doesn't exist] in EXECUTE("select pkgID, pkgName, pkgIsInstalled, pkgDescription, pkgHandle, pkgDateInstalled from Packages order by pkgID asc") ' in /home5/fcaangel/public_html/concrete/libraries/3rdparty/adodb/adodb-exceptions.inc.php:78 Stack trace: #0 /home5/fcaangel/public_html/concrete/libraries/3rdparty/adodb/adodb.inc.php(918): adodb_throw('mysql', 'EXECUTE', 1146, 'Table 'fcaangel...', 'select pkgID, p...', false, Object(ADODB_mysql)) #1 /home5/fcaangel/public_html/concrete/libraries/3rdparty/adodb/adodb.inc.php(893): ADOConnection->_Execute('select pkgID, p...', false) #2 /home5/fcaangel/public_html/concrete/libraries/3rdparty/adodb/adodb.inc.php(645): ADOConnection->Execute('select pkgID, p...', false) #3 /home5/fcaangel/public_html/concrete/libraries/database.php(62): ADOConnection->Query('select pkgID, p...') #4 [internal function]: Database->__call(Array, Array) #5 /home5/fcaangel/public_ht in /home5/fcaangel/public_html/concrete/libraries/3rdparty/adodb/adodb-exceptions.inc.php on line 78

My site.php looks like this:

define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost');
define('DB_USERNAME', 'fcaangel_fca');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password');
define('DB_DATABASE', 'fcaangel_concrete5');
define('BASE_URL', 'http://66.147.240.162');
define('DIR_REL', '/');
define('PASSWORD_SALT', 'blahblahetc');

The domain isnt transfered yet, hence the IP. could that be my problem?

nitrokev replied on Mar 9, 2009 at 7:49 am Permalink Reply

I had to delete the Cache folders in Files to get it to work when I moved my site

windhack replied on Mar 10, 2009 at 5:11 pm Permalink Reply

I had the EXCACT same error when I moved a clients site from my localhost to the actual server. Look in PHPmyadmin on your localhost and then again on your live server. You will notice one big really annoying difference. On your localhost (if your setup is the same as mine, wamp) all the table names are in lowercase. On the live server they have to be upper and lower (example: Packages instead of packages). I do not know the cause of the problem, but how I solved it for my client was to rename all the tables to upper and lower. The site is now functioning flawlessly.

If anyone else knows a quicker way to solve this problem please let me know but that is the surefire way that I found.

bluesun replied on Mar 24, 2009 at 4:01 am Permalink Reply

Hi There!

Just wanted to know what sql statement you executed to get this done. Or did you actually change the names on all the tables manually. I have the exact same problem .

Remo replied on Mar 24, 2009 at 4:10 am Permalink Reply

RENAME TABLE areagroupblocktypes TO AreaGroupBlockTypes;
RENAME TABLE areagroups TO AreaGroups;
RENAME TABLE areas TO Areas;
RENAME TABLE blockrelations TO BlockRelations;
RENAME TABLE blocks TO Blocks;
RENAME TABLE blocktypes TO BlockTypes;
RENAME TABLE btcontentfile TO btContentFile;
RENAME TABLE btcontentimage TO btContentImage; 
RENAME TABLE btcontentlocal TO btContentLocal;
RENAME TABLE btexternalform TO btExternalForm;
RENAME TABLE btfile TO btFile;
RENAME TABLE btflashcontent TO btFlashContent;
RENAME TABLE btform TO btForm;
RENAME TABLE btformanswers TO btFormAnswers;
RENAME TABLE btformanswerset TO btFormAnswerSet;

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RENAME TABLE areagroupblocktypes TO AreaGroupBlockTypes;
RENAME TABLE areagroups TO AreaGroups;
RENAME TABLE areas TO Areas;
RENAME TABLE blockrelations TO BlockRelations;
RENAME TABLE blocks TO Blocks;
RENAME TABLE blocktypes TO BlockTypes;
RENAME TABLE btcontentfile TO btContentFile;
RENAME TABLE btcontentimage TO btContentImage; 
RENAME TABLE btcontentlocal TO btContentLocal;
RENAME TABLE btexternalform TO btExternalForm;
RENAME TABLE btfile TO btFile;
RENAME TABLE btflashcontent TO btFlashContent;
RENAME TABLE btform TO btForm;
RENAME TABLE btformanswers TO btFormAnswers;
RENAME TABLE btformanswerset TO btFormAnswerSet;
RENAME TABLE btformquestions TO btFormQuestions;
RENAME TABLE btgooglemap TO btGoogleMap;
RENAME TABLE btguestbook TO btGuestBook;
RENAME TABLE btguestbookentries TO btGuestBookEntries;
RENAME TABLE btnavigation TO btNavigation;
RENAME TABLE btpagelist TO btPageList;
RENAME TABLE btrssdisplay TO btRssDisplay;
RENAME TABLE btsearch TO btSearch;
RENAME TABLE btslideshow TO btSlideshow;
RENAME TABLE btslideshowimg TO btSlideshowImg;
RENAME TABLE btsurvey TO btSurvey;
RENAME TABLE btsurveyoptions TO btSurveyOptions;
RENAME TABLE btsurveyresults TO btSurveyResults;
RENAME TABLE btvideo TO btVideo;
RENAME TABLE btyoutube TO btYouTube;
RENAME TABLE collectionattributekeys TO CollectionAttributeKeys;
RENAME TABLE collectionattributevalues TO CollectionAttributeValues;
RENAME TABLE collections TO Collections;
RENAME TABLE collectionversionblockpermissions TO CollectionVersionBlockPermissions;
RENAME TABLE collectionversionblocks TO CollectionVersionBlocks;
RENAME TABLE collectionversions TO CollectionVersions;
RENAME TABLE config TO Config;
RENAME TABLE dashboardhomepage TO DashboardHomepage; 
RENAME TABLE groups TO Groups;
RENAME TABLE jobs TO Jobs;
RENAME TABLE jobslog TO JobsLog;
RENAME TABLE logs TO Logs;
RENAME TABLE packages TO Packages;
RENAME TABLE pagepaths TO PagePaths;
RENAME TABLE pagepermissionpagetypes TO PagePermissionPageTypes;
RENAME TABLE pagepermissions TO PagePermissions;
RENAME TABLE pages TO Pages;
RENAME TABLE pagestatistics TO PageStatistics;
RENAME TABLE pagethemes TO PageThemes; 
RENAME TABLE pagetypeattributes TO PageTypeAttributes; 
RENAME TABLE pagetypes TO PageTypes;
RENAME TABLE pilecontents TO PileContents;
RENAME TABLE piles TO Piles;
RENAME TABLE userattributekeys TO UserAttributeKeys;
RENAME TABLE userattributevalues TO UserAttributeValues;
RENAME TABLE usergroups TO UserGroups;
RENAME TABLE users TO Users;
RENAME TABLE uservalidationhashes TO UserValidationHashes;

not sure if it's complete..

myregistration replied on Mar 24, 2009 at 3:26 pm Permalink Reply

I have the same problem. I installed Concrete 5 in a subdirectory to test it out and decided to use it. I moved the file structure into the document root directory and changed the value for DIR_REL in config/site.php to '/'. This should have been easy, but I continue to get errors about files not being found and references to the OLD file paths. I assume it's was due to cache, but even when I renamed the cache folder and created new one I still get the errors. Maybe there's a cache for previous database query results? I've searched the database and text files for the name of the old directory but no occurences. I'm stumped, any ideas? Thanks!

tcsllc replied on Apr 8, 2009 at 6:25 pm Permalink Reply

I'm having the same issue... What is needed to move from a \test dir to a \ dir?

tcsllc replied on Apr 20, 2009 at 3:27 pm Permalink Reply

I tried what you suggested and my site comes up but the links all point to the old site, I can't sign in, the link sayshttp://index.php/login. Anything else I need to change?

fikelfikel replied on Apr 11, 2009 at 3:26 am Permalink Reply

To move concrete5 from a test directory to root, or vice versa, you must first move ALL concrete5 files that you are working on in the folder that you want, then, to check that it worked, go to your website where you put it. It should display a 404 error message. Don't worry, it's normal. Then, open config/site.php in notepad, or some text editor you like, or even in your administration panel for your website and remove the code:
(This code will ONLY work if you are moving it to the root:

define('DIR_REL'yourdirectory '');

... and replace it with:

define('DIR_REL'/ '');

And, if you are moving it to another directory, replace the forward slash after: define('DIR_REL' :with your sub directory, excludinghttp://www.yourdomain.com. eg. If you were putting it inwww.www.yourdomain.com/test/concrete5... then you would replace the forward slash with /test/concrete5 .

Hope it helps,
fikelfikel

AltaPlanning replied on Apr 16, 2009 at 9:13 pm Permalink Reply

I beat my brain over this one for far too long today... moving my dev site to a live site from primary.com/addon/ to addon.com

The configuration that finally worked (flawlessly) for me was:

define('BASE_URL', 'http://www.addon.com');
define('DIR_REL', '');

as in no / is the DIR_REL line.

Anyone visiting the naked domain (addon.com) will automatically redirect tohttp://www.addon.com

zenfu replied on Nov 10, 2009 at 9:36 pm Permalink Reply

This one (getting rid of the "/") worked for me. Does that mean something else is configured wrong?

hac replied on Jul 7, 2009 at 3:44 pm Permalink Reply

You need to clear your cache in the Debug tab of Sitewide Settings in your Dashboard.

invision replied on Apr 21, 2010 at 9:06 am Permalink Reply

I had to change the
define('DIR_REL', '/');

setting to
define('DIR_REL', '');

to get my moved c5 site to work.

edward replied on Feb 8, 2010 at 7:49 am Permalink Reply

Remo, thanks! I've adjusted your SQL to include all the tables in my (5.3.3.1) installation.

ALTER TABLE areagroupblocktypes RENAME _areagroupblocktypes;
ALTER TABLE areagroups RENAME _AreaGroups;
ALTER TABLE areas RENAME _Areas;
ALTER TABLE ataddress RENAME _ataddress;
ALTER TABLE atboolean RENAME _atboolean;
ALTER TABLE atbooleansettings RENAME _atbooleansettings;
ALTER TABLE atdatetime RENAME _atdatetime;
ALTER TABLE atdatetimesettings RENAME _atdatetimesettings;
ALTER TABLE atdefault RENAME _atdefault;
ALTER TABLE atfile RENAME _atfile;
ALTER TABLE atnumber RENAME _atnumber;
ALTER TABLE atselectoptions RENAME _atselectoptions;
ALTER TABLE atselectoptionsselected RENAME _atselectoptionsselected;
ALTER TABLE atselectsettings RENAME _atselectsettings;
ALTER TABLE attributekeycategories RENAME _attributekeycategories;

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ALTER TABLE areagroupblocktypes RENAME _areagroupblocktypes;
ALTER TABLE areagroups RENAME _AreaGroups;
ALTER TABLE areas RENAME _Areas;
ALTER TABLE ataddress RENAME _ataddress;
ALTER TABLE atboolean RENAME _atboolean;
ALTER TABLE atbooleansettings RENAME _atbooleansettings;
ALTER TABLE atdatetime RENAME _atdatetime;
ALTER TABLE atdatetimesettings RENAME _atdatetimesettings;
ALTER TABLE atdefault RENAME _atdefault;
ALTER TABLE atfile RENAME _atfile;
ALTER TABLE atnumber RENAME _atnumber;
ALTER TABLE atselectoptions RENAME _atselectoptions;
ALTER TABLE atselectoptionsselected RENAME _atselectoptionsselected;
ALTER TABLE atselectsettings RENAME _atselectsettings;
ALTER TABLE attributekeycategories RENAME _attributekeycategories;
ALTER TABLE attributekeys RENAME _attributekeys;
ALTER TABLE attributesetkeys RENAME _attributesetkeys;
ALTER TABLE attributesets RENAME _attributesets;
ALTER TABLE attributetypecategories RENAME _attributetypecategories;
ALTER TABLE attributetypes RENAME _attributetypes;
ALTER TABLE attributevalues RENAME _attributevalues;
ALTER TABLE blockrelations RENAME _BlockRelations;
ALTER TABLE blocks RENAME _Blocks;
ALTER TABLE blocktypes RENAME _BlockTypes;
ALTER TABLE btcontentfile RENAME _btContentFile;
ALTER TABLE btcontentimage RENAME _btContentImage;
ALTER TABLE btcontentlocal RENAME _btContentLocal;
ALTER TABLE btexternalform RENAME _btExternalForm;
ALTER TABLE btflashcontent RENAME _btFlashContent;
ALTER TABLE btform RENAME _btForm;
ALTER TABLE btformanswers RENAME _btFormAnswers;
ALTER TABLE btformanswerset RENAME _btFormAnswerSet;
ALTER TABLE btformquestions RENAME _btFormQuestions;
ALTER TABLE btgooglemap RENAME _btGoogleMap;
ALTER TABLE btguestbook RENAME _btGuestBook;
ALTER TABLE btguestbookentries RENAME _btGuestBookEntries;
ALTER TABLE btnavigation RENAME _btNavigation;
ALTER TABLE btpagelist RENAME _btPageList;
ALTER TABLE btrssdisplay RENAME _btRssDisplay;
ALTER TABLE btsearch RENAME _btSearch;
ALTER TABLE btslideshow RENAME _btSlideshow;
ALTER TABLE btslideshowimg RENAME _btSlideshowImg;
ALTER TABLE btsurvey RENAME _btSurvey;
ALTER TABLE btsurveyoptions RENAME _btSurveyOptions;
ALTER TABLE btsurveyresults RENAME _btSurveyResults;
ALTER TABLE btvideo RENAME _btVideo;
ALTER TABLE btyoutube RENAME _btYouTube;
ALTER TABLE collectionattributevalues RENAME _CollectionAttributeValues;
ALTER TABLE collections RENAME _Collections;
ALTER TABLE collectionsearchindexattributes RENAME _collectionsearchindexattributes;
ALTER TABLE collectionversionblockpermissions RENAME _CollectionVersionBlockPermissions;
ALTER TABLE collectionversionblocks RENAME _CollectionVersionBlocks;
ALTER TABLE collectionversionblockstyles RENAME _collectionversionblockstyles;
ALTER TABLE collectionversions RENAME _CollectionVersions;
ALTER TABLE config RENAME _Config;
ALTER TABLE dashboardhomepage RENAME _DashboardHomepage;
ALTER TABLE downloadstatistics RENAME _downloadstatistics;
ALTER TABLE fileattributevalues RENAME _fileattributevalues;
ALTER TABLE filepermissionfiletypes RENAME _filepermissionfiletypes;
ALTER TABLE filepermissions RENAME _filepermissions;
ALTER TABLE files RENAME _files;
ALTER TABLE filesearchindexattributes RENAME _filesearchindexattributes;
ALTER TABLE filesetfiles RENAME _filesetfiles;
ALTER TABLE filesetpermissions RENAME _filesetpermissions;
ALTER TABLE filesets RENAME _filesets;
ALTER TABLE filestoragelocations RENAME _filestoragelocations;
ALTER TABLE fileversionlog RENAME _fileversionlog;
ALTER TABLE fileversions RENAME _fileversions;
ALTER TABLE groups RENAME _Groups;
ALTER TABLE jobs RENAME _Jobs;
ALTER TABLE jobslog RENAME _JobsLog;
ALTER TABLE logs RENAME _Logs;
ALTER TABLE mailimporters RENAME _mailimporters;
ALTER TABLE mailvalidationhashes RENAME _mailvalidationhashes;
ALTER TABLE packages RENAME _Packages;
ALTER TABLE pagepaths RENAME _PagePaths;
ALTER TABLE pagepermissionpagetypes RENAME _PagePermissionPageTypes;
ALTER TABLE pagepermissions RENAME _PagePermissions;
ALTER TABLE pages RENAME _Pages;
ALTER TABLE pagesearchindex RENAME _pagesearchindex;
ALTER TABLE pagestatistics RENAME _PageStatistics;
ALTER TABLE pagethemes RENAME _PageThemes;
ALTER TABLE pagethemestyles RENAME _pagethemestyles;
ALTER TABLE pagetypeattributes RENAME _PageTypeAttributes;
ALTER TABLE pagetypes RENAME _PageTypes;
ALTER TABLE pilecontents RENAME _PileContents;
ALTER TABLE piles RENAME _Piles;
ALTER TABLE signuprequests RENAME _signuprequests;
ALTER TABLE userattributekeys RENAME _UserAttributeKeys;
ALTER TABLE userattributevalues RENAME _UserAttributeValues;
ALTER TABLE userbannedips RENAME _userbannedips;
ALTER TABLE usergroups RENAME _UserGroups;
ALTER TABLE useropenids RENAME _useropenids;
ALTER TABLE userprivatemessages RENAME _userprivatemessages;
ALTER TABLE userprivatemessagesto RENAME _userprivatemessagesto;
ALTER TABLE users RENAME _Users;
ALTER TABLE usersearchindexattributes RENAME _usersearchindexattributes;
ALTER TABLE usersfriends RENAME _usersfriends;
ALTER TABLE uservalidationhashes RENAME _UserValidationHashes;
 
 
ALTER TABLE _areagroupblocktypes RENAME AreaGroupBlockTypes;
ALTER TABLE _areagroups RENAME AreaGroups;
ALTER TABLE _areas RENAME Areas;
ALTER TABLE _ataddress RENAME atAddress;
ALTER TABLE _atboolean RENAME atBoolean;
ALTER TABLE _atbooleansettings RENAME atBooleanSettings;
ALTER TABLE _atdatetime RENAME atDateTime;
ALTER TABLE _atdatetimesettings RENAME atDateTimeSettings;
ALTER TABLE _atdefault RENAME atDefault;
ALTER TABLE _atfile RENAME atFile;
ALTER TABLE _atnumber RENAME atNumber;
ALTER TABLE _atselectoptions RENAME atSelectOptions;
ALTER TABLE _atselectoptionsselected RENAME atSelectOptionsSelected;
ALTER TABLE _atselectsettings RENAME atSelectSettings;
ALTER TABLE _attributekeycategories RENAME AttributeKeyCategories;
ALTER TABLE _attributekeys RENAME AttributeKeys;
ALTER TABLE _attributesetkeys RENAME AttributeSetKeys;
ALTER TABLE _attributesets RENAME AttributeSets;
ALTER TABLE _attributetypecategories RENAME AttributeTypeCategories;
ALTER TABLE _attributetypes RENAME AttributeTypes;
ALTER TABLE _attributevalues RENAME AttributeValues;
ALTER TABLE _blockrelations RENAME BlockRelations;
ALTER TABLE _blocks RENAME Blocks;
ALTER TABLE _blocktypes RENAME BlockTypes;
ALTER TABLE _btcontentfile RENAME btContentFile;
ALTER TABLE _btcontentimage RENAME btContentImage;
ALTER TABLE _btcontentlocal RENAME btContentLocal;
ALTER TABLE _btexternalform RENAME btExternalForm;
ALTER TABLE _btflashcontent RENAME btFlashContent;
ALTER TABLE _btform RENAME btForm;
ALTER TABLE _btformanswers RENAME btFormAnswers;
ALTER TABLE _btformanswerset RENAME btFormAnswerSet;
ALTER TABLE _btformquestions RENAME btFormQuestions;
ALTER TABLE _btgooglemap RENAME btGoogleMap;
ALTER TABLE _btguestbook RENAME btGuestBook;
ALTER TABLE _btguestbookentries RENAME btGuestBookEntries;
ALTER TABLE _btnavigation RENAME btNavigation;
ALTER TABLE _btpagelist RENAME btPageList;
ALTER TABLE _btrssdisplay RENAME btRssDisplay;
ALTER TABLE _btsearch RENAME btSearch;
ALTER TABLE _btslideshow RENAME btSlideshow;
ALTER TABLE _btslideshowimg RENAME btSlideshowImg;
ALTER TABLE _btsurvey RENAME btSurvey;
ALTER TABLE _btsurveyoptions RENAME btSurveyOptions;
ALTER TABLE _btsurveyresults RENAME btSurveyResults;
ALTER TABLE _btvideo RENAME btVideo;
ALTER TABLE _btyoutube RENAME btYouTube;
ALTER TABLE _collectionattributevalues RENAME CollectionAttributeValues;
ALTER TABLE _collections RENAME Collections;
ALTER TABLE _collectionsearchindexattributes RENAME CollectionSearchIndexAttributes;
ALTER TABLE _collectionversionblockpermissions RENAME CollectionVersionBlockPermissions;
ALTER TABLE _collectionversionblocks RENAME CollectionVersionBlocks;
ALTER TABLE _collectionversionblockstyles RENAME CollectionVersionBlockStyles;
ALTER TABLE _collectionversions RENAME CollectionVersions;
ALTER TABLE _config RENAME Config;
ALTER TABLE _dashboardhomepage RENAME DashboardHomepage;
ALTER TABLE _downloadstatistics RENAME DownloadStatistics;
ALTER TABLE _fileattributevalues RENAME FileAttributeValues;
ALTER TABLE _filepermissionfiletypes RENAME FilePermissionFileTypes;
ALTER TABLE _filepermissions RENAME FilePermissions;
ALTER TABLE _files RENAME Files;
ALTER TABLE _filesearchindexattributes RENAME FileSearchIndexAttributes;
ALTER TABLE _filesetfiles RENAME FileSetFiles;
ALTER TABLE _filesetpermissions RENAME FileSetPermissions;
ALTER TABLE _filesets RENAME FileSets;
ALTER TABLE _filestoragelocations RENAME FileStorageLocations;
ALTER TABLE _fileversionlog RENAME FileVersionLog;
ALTER TABLE _fileversions RENAME FileVersions;
ALTER TABLE _groups RENAME Groups;
ALTER TABLE _jobs RENAME Jobs;
ALTER TABLE _jobslog RENAME JobsLog;
ALTER TABLE _logs RENAME Logs;
ALTER TABLE _mailimporters RENAME MailImporters;
ALTER TABLE _mailvalidationhashes RENAME MailValidationHashes;
ALTER TABLE _packages RENAME Packages;
ALTER TABLE _pagepaths RENAME PagePaths;
ALTER TABLE _pagepermissionpagetypes RENAME PagePermissionPageTypes;
ALTER TABLE _pagepermissions RENAME PagePermissions;
ALTER TABLE _pages RENAME Pages;
ALTER TABLE _pagesearchindex RENAME PageSearchIndex;
ALTER TABLE _pagestatistics RENAME PageStatistics;
ALTER TABLE _pagethemes RENAME PageThemes;
ALTER TABLE _pagethemestyles RENAME PageThemeStyles;
ALTER TABLE _pagetypeattributes RENAME PageTypeAttributes;
ALTER TABLE _pagetypes RENAME PageTypes;
ALTER TABLE _pilecontents RENAME PileContents;
ALTER TABLE _piles RENAME Piles;
ALTER TABLE _signuprequests RENAME SignupRequests;
ALTER TABLE _userattributekeys RENAME UserAttributeKeys;
ALTER TABLE _userattributevalues RENAME UserAttributeValues;
ALTER TABLE _userbannedips RENAME UserBannedIPs;
ALTER TABLE _usergroups RENAME UserGroups;
ALTER TABLE _useropenids RENAME UserOpenIDs;
ALTER TABLE _userprivatemessages RENAME UserPrivateMessages;
ALTER TABLE _userprivatemessagesto RENAME UserPrivateMessagesTo;
ALTER TABLE _users RENAME Users;
ALTER TABLE _usersfriends RENAME UsersFriends;
ALTER TABLE _usersearchindexattributes RENAME UserSearchIndexAttributes;
ALTER TABLE _uservalidationhashes RENAME UserValidationHashes;

This SQL code works for me on my Windows box; without the additional rename to "_{$table}" MySQL wouldn't do a rename at all.

You probably have to add "lower_case_table_names=2" to the [mysqld] section of your my.ini first, though - as suggested below. And don't forget to restart your MySQL-server :)

grant replied on Nov 8, 2009 at 10:03 am Permalink Reply

If you have installed onto your local dev sever using Wamp, then try the following. It corrects the naming of the tables in the database.

Left-click the wamp gauge, then select Apache → Apache Modules → Rewrite Module. The gauge will flick to yellow, and then return to white.

Left-click the gauge, then select MySQL → my.ini. At the very bottom of the file, and add the following to a new line (without the quotes): “lower_case_table_names = 2”. Save the file, close Notepad and left-click the gauge, and selected ‘Restart all services’

johndorsay replied on Apr 23, 2010 at 10:13 am Permalink Reply

I've just spent too long moving a site from dev to live, so here is the way to do it. No really!!!!

Copy all files to the new server,
Copy the database over (Navicat, phpMyadmin)
Delete everything in the cache folder, THEN MAKE SURE IT IS CHMOD 777

Then update your config/site.php file (if the c5 install is at the root)
<code>
define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost');
define('DB_USERNAME', 'username');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password');
define('DB_DATABASE', 'databasename');
define('BASE_URL', 'http://www.domain.ca');
define('DIR_REL', '');
define('PASSWORD_SALT', 'Ezbx1Q0tJfyAcXCUTi4LYDoNHn5Kej8mvG9SWZhskMulFp3a7I62rgqBwPRVO');</code>

Then make sure you clear your cookies

This is finally what worked for me.
C5 rules !!!!

nivle replied on May 28, 2009 at 10:17 am Permalink Reply

hi!

I've already entered the right configuration but when I view the site, it shows only white page or blank.

Why is that happening? what is the solution?

Thanks
-vin

daniela replied on Jul 20, 2009 at 1:45 am Permalink Reply

If you have pretty urls turned on, you gotta edit the .htaccess file to change the rewrite rule base. So in this example, if the site was originally set up in the /c5 off the site root, .htaccess would have this:
RewriteBase /c5/

which would need to change to:
RewriteBase /

or, of course, vice versa if you're moving from the site root to a subdirectory. Or you could just turn off pretty urls then turn them on again & cut and paste the revised text for your .htaccess file.

xsastre replied on Aug 11, 2009 at 3:21 am Permalink Reply

After serveral problems trying to move from one server to another (from one Linux to another), I got it work!
Just in case it helps, I'll explain briefly the steps I followed:
1.- Concrete full DB Backup (I did it from phpMyAdmin)
2.- Copy all concrete dir structure with all files
3.- Restore DB in the new server (creating a new schema if necessary)
4.- Restore all files and directories of Concrete in the new File System.
5.- Change owner of concrete file structure. Owner should be the same that runs Apache(ie. www, www-data, etc.)
6.- Change group accordingly to step 5.
7.- Finally modify config/site.php in order to specify all new parameters. (In my case I changed all of them, except for DB_DATABASE as I restored the DB creating the same schema as the original).

An with this, it worked. I hope for you too!

petertan77 replied on Sep 29, 2009 at 8:53 pm Permalink Reply

I'm new to Concrete. I tried moving from test to root dir and changed the site.php. Initially the home page worked when I tried the other pages, it gave me this error:
mysql error: [-32000: Cache write error]. I went back to the test dir and clear the cache and now I get this error from root home page:

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'ADODB_Exception' with message 'mysql error: [-32000: Cache write error] in CacheExecute(/var/www/html/docs/server.com/files/cache/05/adodb_055c9a641e111c50d1caaf6b29c64685.cache, select ctID from PageTypes) ' in /var/www/html/docs/server.com/concrete/libraries/3rdparty/adodb/adodb-exceptions.inc.php:78 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/docs/server.com/concrete/libraries/3rdparty/adodb/adodb.inc.php(1819): adodb_throw('mysql', 'CacheExecute', -32000, 'Cache write err...', '/var/www/html/d...', 'select ctID fro...', Object(ADODB_mysql)) #1 /var/www/html/docs/server.com/concrete/libraries/database.php(34): ADOConnection->CacheExecute(10, 'select ctID fro...') #2 /var/www/html/docs/server.com/concrete/models/permissions.php(461): Database->querycache(10, 'select ctID fro...') #3 /var/www/html/docs/server.com/concrete/models/permissions.php(72): CollectionPermissions->CollectionPermissions(Object(Page)) #4 /var/www/html/docs/server.com/concrete/models/permissions.php(116): PermissionsProxy:: in /var/www/html/docs/server.com/concrete/libraries/3rdparty/adodb/adodb-exceptions.inc.php on line 78

Appreciate some help. Thanks.

clairec replied on Nov 3, 2009 at 6:01 pm Permalink Reply

Did you solve this? normally I have no problems with my own server as I'm working on another providers server I now have this issue. If you solved it could you post to how you did

Thankyou

petertan77 replied on Nov 3, 2009 at 7:18 pm Permalink Reply

I didn't get it to work by moving the test to root directory. I changed the virtual domain root (httpd) path to the test dir.

No answer to date from the forum or anyone. Good luck!

nteaviation replied on Feb 18, 2010 at 2:39 pm Permalink Reply

I am having the same issue when trying to copy from 1 directory to another. I have tried all the above procedures, but I still get in my browser "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" and an "[apc-error] Cannot redeclare class object" entry in my log/httpd/error_log. Thanks in advance!

nteaviation replied on Feb 18, 2010 at 3:52 pm Permalink Reply

I got it to work finally. I cleared the cache using the concrete debug tool. Copyied my database to a new one using phpMyAdmin. Copied all my files to a new directory using "cp -rp c5 c5new". Edited my config/site.php. Here is the kicker, I then had to restart my apache server. That one mystifies me, but I guess php needed to be reset for some reason.

jasjoneswa replied on Apr 24, 2010 at 2:20 pm Permalink Reply

.htaccess needs to be changed in order for permalinks to be properly used.

# -- concrete5 urls start --
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /NEWDIRNAME/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
# -- concrete5 urls end --

theartist replied on Sep 16, 2010 at 4:50 pm Permalink Reply

Hi all

First post here but I found this thread really helpful. I just moved my site from Dev to live and had to do all the config/site.php changes mentioned in this thread. These are straight forward so I won't go over them again, but I DID need to change ALL my database table names from lowercase to uppercase (yikes! all 111 of them)...but everything now works beautifully...

So to save anyone else the trouble here is the SQL I used that you can put into phpMyAdmin (I'm using concrete 5.4.0.5).

RENAME TABLE areagroupblocktypes TO AreaGroupBlockTypes ;
RENAME TABLE areagroups   TO    AreaGroups   ;
RENAME TABLE areas   TO    Areas   ;
RENAME TABLE ataddress   TO    atAddress   ;
RENAME TABLE ataddresscustomcountries   TO    atAddressCustomCountries   ;
RENAME TABLE ataddresssettings   TO    atAddressSettings   ;
RENAME TABLE atboolean   TO    atBoolean   ;
RENAME TABLE atbooleansettings   TO    atBooleanSettings   ;
RENAME TABLE atdatetime   TO    atDateTime   ;
RENAME TABLE atdatetimesettings   TO    atDateTimeSettings   ;
RENAME TABLE atdefault   TO    atDefault   ;
RENAME TABLE atfile   TO    atFile   ;
RENAME TABLE atnumber   TO    atNumber   ;
RENAME TABLE atselectoptions   TO    atSelectOptions   ;
RENAME TABLE atselectoptionsselected   TO    atSelectOptionsSelected   ;

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RENAME TABLE areagroupblocktypes TO AreaGroupBlockTypes ;
RENAME TABLE areagroups   TO    AreaGroups   ;
RENAME TABLE areas   TO    Areas   ;
RENAME TABLE ataddress   TO    atAddress   ;
RENAME TABLE ataddresscustomcountries   TO    atAddressCustomCountries   ;
RENAME TABLE ataddresssettings   TO    atAddressSettings   ;
RENAME TABLE atboolean   TO    atBoolean   ;
RENAME TABLE atbooleansettings   TO    atBooleanSettings   ;
RENAME TABLE atdatetime   TO    atDateTime   ;
RENAME TABLE atdatetimesettings   TO    atDateTimeSettings   ;
RENAME TABLE atdefault   TO    atDefault   ;
RENAME TABLE atfile   TO    atFile   ;
RENAME TABLE atnumber   TO    atNumber   ;
RENAME TABLE atselectoptions   TO    atSelectOptions   ;
RENAME TABLE atselectoptionsselected   TO    atSelectOptionsSelected   ;
RENAME TABLE atselectsettings   TO    atSelectSettings   ;
RENAME TABLE attextareasettings   TO    atTextareaSettings   ;
RENAME TABLE attributekeycategories   TO    AttributeKeyCategories   ;
RENAME TABLE attributekeys   TO    AttributeKeys   ;
RENAME TABLE attributesetkeys   TO    AttributeSetKeys   ;
RENAME TABLE attributesets   TO    AttributeSets   ;
RENAME TABLE attributetypecategories   TO    AttributeTypeCategories   ;
RENAME TABLE attributetypes   TO    AttributeTypes   ;
RENAME TABLE attributevalues   TO    AttributeValues   ;
RENAME TABLE blockrelations   TO    BlockRelations   ;
RENAME TABLE blocks   TO    Blocks   ;
RENAME TABLE blocktypes   TO    BlockTypes   ;
RENAME TABLE btcontentfile   TO    btContentFile   ;
RENAME TABLE btcontentimage   TO    btContentImage   ;
RENAME TABLE btcontentlocal   TO    btContentLocal   ;
RENAME TABLE btexternalform   TO    btExternalForm   ;
RENAME TABLE btflashcontent   TO    btFlashContent   ;
RENAME TABLE btform   TO    btForm   ;
RENAME TABLE btformanswers   TO    btFormAnswers   ;
RENAME TABLE btformanswerset   TO    btFormAnswerSet   ;
RENAME TABLE btformquestions   TO    btFormQuestions   ;
RENAME TABLE btgooglemap   TO    btGoogleMap   ;
RENAME TABLE btguestbook   TO    btGuestBook   ;
RENAME TABLE btguestbookentries   TO    btGuestBookEntries   ;
RENAME TABLE btnavigation   TO    btNavigation   ;
RENAME TABLE btpagelist   TO    btPageList   ;
RENAME TABLE btrssdisplay   TO    btRssDisplay   ;
RENAME TABLE btsearch   TO    btSearch   ;
RENAME TABLE btslideshow   TO    btSlideshow   ;
RENAME TABLE btslideshowimg   TO    btSlideshowImg   ;
RENAME TABLE btsurvey   TO    btSurvey   ;
RENAME TABLE btsurveyoptions   TO    btSurveyOptions   ;
RENAME TABLE btsurveyresults   TO    btSurveyResults   ;
RENAME TABLE btvideo   TO    btVideo   ;
RENAME TABLE btyoutube   TO    btYouTube   ;
RENAME TABLE collectionattributevalues   TO    CollectionAttributeValues   ;
RENAME TABLE collections   TO    Collections   ;
RENAME TABLE collectionsearchindexattributes   TO    CollectionSearchIndexAttributes   ;
RENAME TABLE collectionversionarealayouts   TO    CollectionVersionAreaLayouts   ;
RENAME TABLE collectionversionareastyles   TO    CollectionVersionAreaStyles   ;
RENAME TABLE collectionversionblockpermissions   TO    CollectionVersionBlockPermissions   ;
RENAME TABLE collectionversionblocks   TO    CollectionVersionBlocks   ;
RENAME TABLE collectionversionblockstyles   TO    CollectionVersionBlockStyles   ;
RENAME TABLE collectionversions   TO    CollectionVersions   ;
RENAME TABLE config   TO    Config   ;
RENAME TABLE customstylepresets   TO    CustomStylePresets   ;
RENAME TABLE customstylerules   TO    CustomStyleRules   ;
RENAME TABLE dashboardhomepage   TO    DashboardHomepage   ;
RENAME TABLE downloadstatistics   TO    DownloadStatistics   ;
RENAME TABLE fileattributevalues   TO    FileAttributeValues   ;
RENAME TABLE filepermissionfiletypes   TO    FilePermissionFileTypes   ;
RENAME TABLE filepermissions   TO    FilePermissions   ;
RENAME TABLE files   TO    Files   ;
RENAME TABLE filesearchindexattributes   TO    FileSearchIndexAttributes   ;
RENAME TABLE filesetfiles   TO    FileSetFiles   ;
RENAME TABLE filesetpermissions   TO    FileSetPermissions   ;
RENAME TABLE filesets   TO    FileSets   ;
RENAME TABLE filestoragelocations   TO    FileStorageLocations   ;
RENAME TABLE fileversionlog   TO    FileVersionLog   ;
RENAME TABLE fileversions   TO    FileVersions   ;
RENAME TABLE groups   TO    Groups   ;
RENAME TABLE jobs   TO    Jobs   ;
RENAME TABLE jobslog   TO    JobsLog   ;
RENAME TABLE layoutpresets   TO    LayoutPresets   ;
RENAME TABLE layouts   TO    Layouts   ;
RENAME TABLE logs   TO    Logs   ;
RENAME TABLE mailimporters   TO    MailImporters   ;
RENAME TABLE mailvalidationhashes   TO    MailValidationHashes   ;
RENAME TABLE packages   TO    Packages   ;
RENAME TABLE pagepaths   TO    PagePaths   ;
RENAME TABLE pagepermissionpagetypes   TO    PagePermissionPageTypes   ;
RENAME TABLE pagepermissions   TO    PagePermissions   ;
RENAME TABLE pages   TO    Pages   ;
RENAME TABLE pagesearchindex   TO    PageSearchIndex   ;
RENAME TABLE pagestatistics   TO    PageStatistics   ;
RENAME TABLE pagethemes   TO    PageThemes   ;
RENAME TABLE pagethemestyles   TO    PageThemeStyles   ;
RENAME TABLE pagetypeattributes   TO    PageTypeAttributes   ;
RENAME TABLE pagetypes   TO    PageTypes   ;
RENAME TABLE pilecontents   TO    PileContents   ;
RENAME TABLE piles   TO    Piles   ;
RENAME TABLE signuprequests   TO    SignupRequests   ;
RENAME TABLE systemnotifications   TO    SystemNotifications   ;
RENAME TABLE taskpermissions   TO    TaskPermissions   ;
RENAME TABLE taskpermissionusergroups   TO    TaskPermissionUserGroups   ;
RENAME TABLE userattributekeys   TO    UserAttributeKeys   ;
RENAME TABLE userattributevalues   TO    UserAttributeValues   ;
RENAME TABLE userbannedips   TO    UserBannedIPs   ;
RENAME TABLE usergroups   TO    UserGroups   ;
RENAME TABLE useropenids   TO    UserOpenIDs   ;
RENAME TABLE userprivatemessages   TO    UserPrivateMessages   ;
RENAME TABLE userprivatemessagesto   TO    UserPrivateMessagesTo   ;
RENAME TABLE users   TO    Users   ;
RENAME TABLE usersearchindexattributes   TO    UserSearchIndexAttributes   ;
RENAME TABLE usersfriends   TO    UsersFriends   ;
RENAME TABLE uservalidationhashes   TO    UserValidationHashes   ;

Good luck anyway if you're having problems like I had! Next time I think I'll do all development directly on the live server, just in a Test folder and change the config/site.php afterwards when I move it to the root (much easier!)

Nikolaj7 replied on Sep 16, 2010 at 5:04 pm Permalink Reply

We have just tried to move a concrete5 site from an old server to a new server and adjusted site.php accordingly.

Further the old path on the old server was:

/www/sitename/

Path on the new server is:

/usr/home/wwwhomes/sitename/

When loading the front page we get:

display($c);?>
display($c); ?>
display($c); ?>

We are able to access the backend allright.

Any suggestions to make this work?

Thanks.

Mnkras replied on Sep 16, 2010 at 8:02 pm Permalink Reply

#1 really old thread

#2 did you follow the following guide:http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/installation/moving_a_site...

jordanlev replied on Sep 16, 2010 at 8:18 pm Permalink Reply

You may be using php short tags (like "<?=" instead of "<?php") in your page type templates, but have short tags disabled on your server.
If this is the case, then you need to either change this setting in the php.ini file on your server, or change your page type templates to use normal php tags ("<?php" instead of "<?=").

jordanlev replied on Sep 16, 2010 at 8:15 pm Permalink Reply

This is probably because you developed on a Windows machine and then installed on a linux server.

To prevent this from happening in the future, you want to add this line to your mysql config file ("my.ini"):

lower_case_table_names=2

That only helps if you do it before creating a new database, though -- so if you've already created it then yes you need to run a query like the one you have there. Someone wrote a script for this a while back as well
-- sorry you had to recreate this all on your own :(

http://www.concrete5.org/community/forums/installation/move-site/#2...

http://www.concrete5.org/community/forums/installation/uncaught_exc...

Nikolaj7 replied on Sep 17, 2010 at 6:27 am Permalink Reply

Hi,

Setting "short_open_tag = On" in php.ini solved this.

Thanks for the answers.

Regards,
Nikolaj

mixedpixel replied on Nov 30, 2010 at 7:07 pm Permalink Reply

If you have any problems after moving your site and have to use "RENAME TABLE smallcases TO upperCases" check this add-on:
http://www.concrete5.org/index.php?cID=97513...

how it works:
http://www.concrete5.org/files/1112/9040/0018/MySQLCaseInsensitiveH...

intrax replied on May 16, 2011 at 6:06 pm Permalink Reply

SPAM ! Free scripts available...

robic replied on Jan 3, 2011 at 12:46 am Permalink Reply

hey guys ,

i have untested idea about moving concrete5 site from development server to production server but its simple and easy to do for everyone:

You should:
create a backup sql file through "System & Maintenance" -> "Backup & Restore" -> "Run Backup" on you local/development server.

step 1:
create a fresh mysql database on you live server.

step 2:
download concrete5 installation package from c5 download section into production server.

step 3:
unzip it wherever you want in live/production server. ( off course in public_html or every directory that should be your servers root http dir.)

step 4:
browse the location/domain/ip your extracted c5 package , from you browser.

like :http://your-address-domain-or-ip/c5-dir/...

step 5:
follow installation instruction and enter database information and ...

step 6:
login into you new installation

step 7:
goto "System & Maintenance" -> "Backup & Restore" -> "Run Backup" on you new installation on production server.
this will create a folder named "backups" on "file" folder in c5 root directory.

step 8:
upload your database sql file you created on your local/development server to "files/backups" on production server and give it right permissions for web server access.

step 9:

goto "System & Maintenance" -> "Backup & Restore" -> and restore sql file you uploaded ( not sql file created on step 7 ).

step 10:
upload/Synchronize local folder with production one i suggest you do it manually
and upload any directory to their location in production server ( not c5 main files , just files and folders you created on local machine installation) .

step 11 : almost finished , enjoy.

RoBiC

jordanlev replied on Jan 3, 2011 at 3:31 am Permalink Reply

I have a similar method, although with a few modifications to your list:

* You'll want to clear the cache via the dashboard on your local system before backing up the database.

* I wouldn't bother with steps 4-9. Instead, just create the database on your server via PHPMyAdmin and import the backup sql file directly there.

* I would add a little more detail to step 10:

~You'll want to remove the "cache" directory from inside your "files" directory before copying that up to the server (also "tmp" and "trash", although they're usually empty). Depending on how many files you have, it may be best to ZIP this directory and UNZIP it on the server (but this requires SSH access or futzing with CPanel, which I've found is not worth the trouble for non-programmers).

~Generally you should only need to copy "blocks", "config", "files", "packages", and "themes" (although if you have made more complex customizations to your site, there could be others).

~After copying up to server, modify config/site.php and change BASE_PATH, DIR_REL, and the database connection info. Even if you don't do this step (and you just use the config file that was created by a fresh C5 install), at the very least you'll want to copy the PASSWORD_SALT value from your local machine up to the server's config/site.php file -- otherwise you won't be able to log in!

~If you had pretty url's turned on in your local machine, edit the RewriteBase value in the .htaccess file on the server.

* Once you're done, make sure you test out the site -- navigate to different pages while not being logged in.

* Log in, go to the dashboard, do the following:

~Re-index site for search and sitemap.xml (Dashboard -> System & Maintenance -> Run Checked)

~Enable Production Mode (Dashboard -> Sitewide Settings -> Debug)

~Go to Dashboard -> Sitewide Settings -> General, and set the desired cache level (in Speed Settings), turn on Pretty URL's if desired, and paste in Google Analytics code if desired. And don't forget a favicon!

MrNiceGaius replied on Apr 20, 2011 at 9:07 pm Permalink Reply

Viewing your site before the domain name DNS stuff resolves requires the use of a preview url in the format of

http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xx/~username/

There is a simple trick to getting the C5 config file setup in order to view the site with the above preview url format.

//in config/site.php
define('BASE_URL', 'http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xx');
define('DIR_REL', '/~username');

I just found this out today when being frustrated by a 'page not found' error just to realize that my URL needed a second backslash at the end for C5 to detect 'root' level e.g. 'http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xx/~username//'.
By dropping the last backslash "/" from the DIR_REL setting C5 properly resolves to the root folder. Yea, it works :) Hope this helps.

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