Migrate, update, and migrate back again…

  • charleshking

    (@charleshking)


    14 years ago

    I’m planning on substantially reworking (including a complete re-theme) of an existing WP3.4 site. I’m used to working with Drupal and custom sites, but less so with WP.

    As I understand it, the workflow should be roughly as follows:

    • Copy the existing site files from the live site
    • Back up the existing site database (phpMyAdmin ‘quick’ export)
    • Restore files and database to development server
    • Run Search’n’Replace script to update links for development server
    • Design new theme, page templates, etc. on development server
    • Get signoff
    • Copy the development site files and database
    • Restore development site files and database to live server
    • Run search/replace script to update links for live server
    • Profit

    Did I miss any obvious gotchas?

    Cheers

    Charlie

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