questions about moving to a new domain

Permalink January 07, 2013 at 8:52 PM

I have read the installation instructions that say what does and doesn't need backed up, and how to move the db. I am stuck though. This is my first time moving a Concrete5 site. I used the backup script in cpanel for the data. Then I restored to the new domain. I also made a backup of the mysql db and then created a new blank db and imported that backup. I received errors when opening the site. Here they are...

Warning: require(/home/alleghen/public_html/updates/concrete5.6.0.2/concrete/startup/config_check.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/alleghen/public_html/updates/concrete5.6.0.2/concrete/dispatcher.php on line 17

Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/alleghen/public_html/updates/concrete5.6.0.2/concrete/startup/config_check.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/alleghen/public_html/updates/concrete5.6.0.2/concrete/dispatcher.php on line 17

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Tom.

guruzcom replied on Jan 7, 2013 at 11:21 pm Permalink Reply

After some poking around I found a flaw in my work. I didn't follow the instructions carefully. I didn't copy the contents of update, but I didn't remove the folder and the entry from the site config file either... Now I am getting a connect to db error, but I consider that progress.

Make sure the new site has the right version of the core concrete5 software. To do this, you can download the version of concrete5 listed in your config file and extract it into updates/. If your site was not running off of an update, then you can just use the version that is in your concrete/ folder.

Another option is to copy the version of concrete5 that you site is running into the public_html/concrete/ folder for your new site, and not putting anything in updates, and delete the entry for DIRNAME_SITE_UPDATED in config/site.php