Newbie/Test site development/Joomla

[romellosite]

Hello everyone,

I've purchased a new SiteGround reseller hosting plan. Before now I have
been doing all of my testing, research and development on JSAS (Joomla local host development server.)

Can anyone please tell me what is the most effficient way to set up development sites
on my SiteGround server so that I can test new ideas before going live and without unecessarily wasting reseller credits.

Thank you in advance for any and all suggestions,

best regards,

Romello Rivers

[Costa]

Hi there

I normally just set up an installation for development and testing in a sub directory of my account. As its only a development application it shouldn't affect your server performance.

Hope this helps

Costa

[romellosite]

Thank you very much Costa, I'll give it a try.

Best regards,

Romello

[Kurt]

My development site is also in a subfolder. When I'm ready to go live, is it a simple matter of copying everything in the subdirectory folder (public_html\subdirectory) and pasting it into the root (public_html) (thereby overriding all the files currently there)?

Thanks.

[martin v]

It is best to remove the old installation files then move the ones from the sub-directory in their place instead of overwriting. In this case you will ensure there are no files left from the old installation. However the overwrite method will generally work flawlessly also.

Please bear in mind that depending on the application you are using its configuration has to be altered also to reflect the new URL and server path to it.

[Kurt]

It is best to remove the old installation files then move the ones from the sub-directory in their place instead of overwriting. In this case you will ensure there are no files left from the old installation. However the overwrite method will generally work flawlessly also.

Please bear in mind that depending on the application you are using its configuration has to be altered also to reflect the new URL and server path to it.

Thank you!