[NashChristian]

Ok, so I tried this with Firefox instead of IE (which I primarily use) and it actually DID log into my Control Panel, but STILL a problem (I thought that maybe it was a cache issue, but apparently not):

Although the path in my browser told me that I was in the Control Panel for my TEST site:

http://test.nashvillechristian.com/f...incp/index.php

all of the changes that I made actually occured on my LIVE site as well.

http://nashvillechristian.com/forums/admincp/index.php

So I went back and forth between the two control panes (live and test site) and any changes which I made on the one, would show on the other. So for some reason, I'm obviously logging into my live control panel, though it says it is on my test site. I have no idea in the world why!

To add insult to injury, I discovered that my .htaccess protected directory was extending beyond my subdomain directory and for some reason including my primary domain directory, though they are completely separate and unrelated folders. I have several other domains/sites in the same shared hosting root directory as these two folders are in, however none of my other sites were affected by the password protection.

I've had to temporarily disable the .htaccess password protection of both directories until I can figure out what is going on, and how to only apply it to the test folder.

I'm lost!

Can anyone help???

Thanks.
Jeff

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I'm finally getting desperate enough to read the vB users manual!

I'm seeing that vB recommends performing backups through the AdminCP > VBulletin Options > Backup/Restore Settings and INDIVIDUALLY backing up each product including vB, then restoring them in a simular fashion.

Is this what I NEED to do, or can this be done via FTP? FTP seems like a much quicker and simpler method IF it will work correctly, but so far I've not had any luck.

Please advise.

Thanks!
Jeff

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These are itty-bitty xml files that seem to include standard settings and values, but don't appear to include any hacks or phrases that I've modified, etc...

Surely this isn't the best way to do this. FTP must be the way to go, but why won't this work for me???

Please help!
Jeff

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Originally Posted by bazzup

heres what i done download this http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...ckage_id=48193 its basically a desktop server for local testing purposes copy all your site over to it just as good as testing on your live site

Hello Bazzup,

Thanks for the feedback.

Is it easier to use a local test site than one online? Do you just copy the entire site via FTP to your local machine? After you download that server package, are you ready to start working on your site right away, or do you have to do something special to configure your site for your local machine? (Change paths, etc... ?)

I'm also wondering if the programs in this server download package will continually run in the background on my machine (taking up resources) or just launch when I'm working on my test site?

Thanks again for the help!
Jeff