Test forums

[Frogsong]

Hi,

I've seen on here several times people say they have tried mods out on their test forums. How do you get a test forum? Do you just upload vBulletin onto your server in two separate directories and use one for testing?

Thanks,

Deb

[BSMedia]

Create a "testvb" directory and upload vBulletin there.

Password protect this directory with .htaccess so public can not access it.

Create a new database to run the test forum from.

[Lynne]

<a href="http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=252648" target="_blank">Step by Step: Create a test forum based on a 'snapshot' of your live one</a>

[Swampfox]

You can also install vbulletin on your computer

first you will need wamp

http://www.wampserver.com

then copy the vbulletin installation files to C:\wamp\www (assuming wamp is installed on c drive)

follow the vbulletin installation instructions to install

http://localhost is where the forum will be located

http://localhost/install/install.php is where you will go to run the installation script

[Frogsong]

Thank you everyone!

I think I'm going to try installing the wampserver on my computer.

Thank you!