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1. nylonlover
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I have an WP MU installation. I want a development type installation where I can try new things without messing up the main installation.

   How do I do that?

   I created a folder inside the public_html dir where the default installation is at and called it dev.

   I then copied all the files of the main blog into the dev folder.
   I copied the database and called it devDB.
   I edited wp-config and edited this line: define('PATH_CURRENT_SITE', '/dev/' );
   Changed the .htaccess file so BASE is now /dev

   When i pull up the site, http://www.mywordpresssite/dev, I get the "framework" page, but the content says "You 404’d it.".

   All attempts to go to that dev folder redirect to the main site. Is it the .htaccess file I need to edit?

   thanks,
   nylonlover

2. Shane G.
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi,

   Refer this article:

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress

   Thanks,

   Shane G.

3. nylonlover
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks! That article does help quite a bit, not exactly.

   I don't think I can do what I wanted to do. I don't want to move it, I want to copy the entire site to a new directory. I wanted to copy the entire site, all the content in the root directory and place it in a new folder so I would have a duplicate, working copy of the site to work with.

   I've gone in and changed the entries in the database to the new site_url, disabled the new .htaccess file, etc.
   It still does not work, I get:
   http://mywebsite.com/wp-signup.php?new=dev2
   when I type:
   http://dev2.mywebsite.com.

   I believe because it's in a directory inside the root directory, I would have to edit that .htaccess file in order to "see it" and not redirect it.... ?

   thanx!

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