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sr20de_99

03-10-2016 09:17 AM

Creating a development/testing vBulletin Instance

Assuming that my site is running at mySite.com, would I be able to create a subdomain dev.mySite.com, and install vBulletin in it for development/testing purposes?

Is it simply a matter of:
- Creating a new subdomain
- Add a new database to the subdomain
- upload vBulletin into the subdomain's home directory, and install from there?

setishock

03-10-2016 09:24 AM

As per the TOS you can have one work copy but it must not be seen by the public. It has to be totally invisible to any one besides you.

Dave	03-10-2016 09:26 AM

Yes, that's all you have to do.

vBulletin's license agreement:

Quote:

1.7 Test Copy. You may make one (1) additional temporary test copy for the purpose of testing code, template and database modifications. Such a test copy must not be made available to the general public at any time.

sr20de_99

03-10-2016 09:42 AM

The dev site would only be used for testing the creation of custom templates, and database files, and would not be available to the general public, but I was hoping that a couple of my site's admins would be able to access it to test the changes before rolling them out on our live site. I wasn't planning on copying over any of our forum data, or users.

Is there a better way to go about this?

Dave	03-10-2016 09:45 AM

You can just restrict the dev forum to a couple of IP addresses using a .htaccess file. That way it will not be public.

sr20de_99

03-10-2016 09:52 AM

Sounds good, thanks for the information!

alcazarx

03-10-2016 03:18 PM

Alternately you can use it on your local computer - if you have a webserver with php.
<- uses this for years for different webscripts (ITS, CMS, Forum etc.)

webmastersun

03-14-2016 02:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave (Post 2566924)

You can just restrict the dev forum to a couple of IP addresses using a .htaccess file. That way it will not be public.

I agree with this idea. Using a private forum to check or test somethings for your real forum.

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