That is correct,
It is designed to be used on an empty host within it’s own folder. So running it in http://myblog.com/restore will restore your blog to http://myblog.com.
The tool is still in beta so I am still ironing out some of the kinks.
Cheers,
MIkey
Here’s the problem with your plan. If you look at many shared hosting providers, they give you web space – inside which there is a folder claled “public_html” or “www” … that is where your actual website resides. The Root level folder is NOT where the website resides, but a dropbox restore using your tool will put the site in the wrong place EVEN if it’s a “fresh” or “empty” host.
The website says “Just upload and unzip the restore wizard on your server in the directory you wish to restore your site to.” … I think that is the right plan.
Scott
Gday Scott,
You are correct, even on normal Ubuntu Linux servers the default wwwroot for Apache is /var/www/.
As mentioned it is designed to run in its own directory. So, in your circumstance you would just drop it in the ‘public_html” inside it’s own directory. Eg /path/to/public_html/restore/
Then all you need to do hit the restore directory from your browser and follow the steps to restore your blog to ‘public_html’.
The reason I opted for this approach is because leaving any of the restore files on your server afterwards is a security risk. Ergo deleting an entire folder afterwards is easier then locating all the individual files.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
MIkey
I understand.
Would you please update the instructions?
The website says “Just upload and unzip the restore wizard on your server in the directory you wish to restore your site to.
… may need to say something like:
The website says “Just upload and unzip the restore wizard folder inside the directory you wish the WordPress install to reside. For example, if you want to install to /path/to/public_html, you would put the restore folder in /path/to/public_html/restore/”
thanks…
No worries mate.
I really need to update my documentation for both. A massive overhaul of my website is on the roadmap.
Cheers,
Mikey
