Making a test "copy" of VB?

[peterska2]

Make sure that you secure the directory with htaccess, and use a seperate database for the test forums.

Securing it is essential due to the licence agreement where you can have one non-public test board per licence, so having it secured makes it non-public.

Using a seperate database is essential also otherwise you make changes to your live database which will upgrade it and then you have already done it.

You can take a copy of your live database and import it into the test one to make it easier to find any problems as you have a copy of your live site to explore while checking for bugs.