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Joomla! migration

I have Joomla! installation on a remote site and I want to run it locally. I am running Joomla! locally on Mac via standard MAMP installation:

  • Joomla 1.5.12
  • PHP 5.2.6
  • MySQL 5.0.41
  • Apache 2.0.59
  • OS X 10.5.8

I added a config file to my local Joomla! directory with all correct local settings, database name, database username, database password, etc. etc. I've tried many different settings.

I also dropped the remote database locally, ensuring everything was copied correctly.

I followed several different sets of instructions with roughly the same steps as for the migration. I have also tried increasing the PHP allocated memory.

All of the above didn't work for me; at best I am getting a bit of text from the site rendered in the browser. Other times I get SQL errors.

What I want for an already configured remote Joomla! to run on my local machine.

Here's the log dump here .

Does anyone have any advice on how to do this, would it be very helpful? Thanks in advance.

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Site migration should; o) be a relatively simple process.

Take a dump of the database, take all the web files.

Put web files on the server



Load the database

Reconfigure the config file.

However, looking at the dump, it looks like you might have a space at the top of your configuration.php file. Try to remove this.

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You can use akeeba backup to set up a remote site to your localhost .

you need to follow these steps:

-> Go to site backend and install akeeba backup (must be compatible with your Joomla version).

-> Got akeeba "Configs" and set the backup format to .zip

-> Now create a backup form "Backup Now".



-> Go to "Backup Files Administration" and upload the backup to your system.

-> Now extract the ZIP file to locahost directory.

-> Open your browser and navigate to the folder (where the backup was extracted).

-> You will see the recovery installer and then follow these steps.

Hope your site will be restored successfully.

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install the mtwmigrator component on the new joomla site where you want to migrate data. Then, on the configuration tab, write down the database configuration, that is, the name of the database you want to migrate to the new site. It will work for you, b'coz works for me

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I would recommend not installing third party components. You will waste time trying to fix your problems; instead, go to the server and install a fresh new copy of Joomla. When it works, go into the config file and modify it to your database. When your content appears, overwrite all files except configuration.php

and .htaccess

with those on your local server. This way, you will find the problem while you work it.

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Use akeeba backup: this is a step-by-step procedure to easily back up your site and restore it elsewhere

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