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1:26 am
June 17, 2011
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hi,
heh am having a little trouble with the cloning function. Have manged to create the backup file no probs; but when i enter in the ftp info in the cloning section and press continue it comes up with an iframe of my blog and says that the page can't be found - zero cloning activity --- is this something to do with entering the wrong ftp data (seems ok to me); i have made a directoy in the receiving www. ddress root and have changed it's permissions to 777.... not sure what to do now
can anyone help?
thanks
David
6:20 am
September 26, 2010
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Hi David, you might be running into a server limitation, in which case i recommend you follow this restore tutorial /wiki/index.php/Restore_Backup#Restore_Backup_.E2.80.93_Manually for an alternative restore option.
Regards, Ovidiu
3:16 pm
June 17, 2011
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Thanks Ovidiu,
So i have downloaded the tar backup file for my blog and the other php manual restore files you said, thanks
can i just clarify; to clone this inital blog backup onto a new wordpress domain - is all that i need to do is first install wordpress with fantastico; upload the xcloner plugin and then follow the restore instructions from WITHIN xcloner itself (using the files mentioned above)? is this how it works?
or do i have to somehow mess around in filexilla and create new databases etc....(which i find confusing!) ?
Thanks
David
4:47 pm
September 26, 2010
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Hi David! XCloner does not require Wordpress to be installed on the new location, please check again that restore wiki, you only need the XCloner restore script and the backup archive to start the restore process!
Ovidiu
10:45 pm
June 17, 2011
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Hi Ovidiu
thanks - so shall i unistall wordpress first from the new domain - or does it not matter ?
i have uploaded the files and run the XCloner.php - the
XCloner Automatic Restore!
screen is showing -- so what now? i don't know what to enter in the slq database fields? do i have to create a database? (i thought by first installing worpress onto the domain that it would set one up for me so that i could avoid doing it.....but if it's not a good idea to overwrite a worpress intall with the Restore tar file from my original blog -- perhaps i should delete the wordpress and somehow setup a new database...is that it? -- )
i feel that once i do this once; and understand the steps ; then plain sailing from there! ... sorry for asking probably naive q's..
regards
David
5:53 am
September 26, 2010
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It would be better to remove the previous installed Wordpress site to avoid any restore conflicts. Regarding the mysql details, you need to create a new database on your restore host, and use the new details on the XCloner.php restore screen.
Ovidiu
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