Best way of using C5 offline?
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I want to know if there is a way to use C5 and update content offline. Once online I want to be able to upload the difference or the whole thing to my live web server.
If not, What's the best way of backing up everything (Database and all)?
If not, What's the best way of backing up everything (Database and all)?
Developing with c5 isn't too different from developing with another webapps. I use XAMPP to develop locally, and either sftp or subversion to push to the server. As far as backups go, just do a dump from mysql. If you have phpMyAdmin installed on your server, go to the export screen. If you're doing it from the command line, use mysqldump:
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/backing-up-mysqldump/...
As far as content like page attributes, page types, blocks, etc, if you've got a separate development site and a production site, you'll just have to remember to add any content changes to both places. Good luck.
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/backing-up-mysqldump/...
As far as content like page attributes, page types, blocks, etc, if you've got a separate development site and a production site, you'll just have to remember to add any content changes to both places. Good luck.
Thanks Tony! I appreciate your input, I wasn't too sure if it could be done that way or not. Thank you.
it really works well.
I use Zend Studio but dreamweaver CS4 looks nice. The "intellisense" in php is always helpful in either instance and Zend does a nice job, I haven't tried dreamweaver CS4, Zend is pretty good.
wamp server gives you a locally debuggable install with little fuss. It is MUCH easier than doing an IIS install w/ PHP and MySQL.