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Very confused newbie. Need help with restore

November 21, 2008
12:00 am

sully725

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Hi everyone,

I have developed my site on xampp localhost and am now trying to take it live. It doesn't appear to be as easy as I thought it was.

Here is what I have done:
1. Generated a backup.
2. Cloned it.
3. Now i'm on 'JoomlaCloner Automatic Restore!'

Under Mysql configuration it put localhost for the server. If I put my username, password, etc it tells me that it is 'Unable to connect to mysql server'. What am I doing wrong?

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Sully

November 21, 2008
12:00 am

admin

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Guests

When restoring, you need to first create some new mysql details on your restore site and then use them on the Joomla.Cloner.php restore screen, you can't use the same details as on the original host as they most probably don't exist on the new server!

Ovidiu

November 21, 2008
12:00 am

sully725

Guest

Guests

Ok. I created a new database on my restore site. I also created a new mysql user. I put the information on the Joomla Cloner restore screen and I still get the message 'The database details provided are incorrect and/or empty. Unable to connect to mysql server.

I don't understand what I could be doing wrong. I thought this was supposed to be an easy way to move/clone sites but so far i've spent countless hours and got nowhere.

Any ideas?

Thanks,