How to duplicate a live site to use as a test site

moderator · Jun 11, 2014

These instructions explain how to create a test installation which is an exact duplicate of your live installation.

On Your Server

Create a new test database with a different database name, user name and password to your live installation
Export your current live database and import it into your new test database
Create a new directory on your server, e.g. /test
Copy all of the files from your current live site directory to the new /test directory
Edit the...