In order to upgrade frp, Joomla 3 to Joomla 4, I've set up a dummy site in MAMP and familiarised myself with a lot of the features of Joomla 4.4 and the upgrade path, converting a 3.10 site with php 7.4 to Joomla 4.4 with php 8.2.and making adjustments to the template and positions, updating extensions as necessary. Now I'm ready to work on my actual website which is in Joomla 3.9 and 7.4. I've done site backups and database dumps.
What I don't understand clearly is: how to bring this site into MAMP. I move the files into ht.docs. Then I create a database (with generic details or details identical to those of my online database?), then I import my database using php myadmin or what? I'm just a bit woolly about all this and about necessary changes in php and/or htaccess files. Would someone please be an angel and give me step-by-step instructions, understanding that I am not a systems administrator or a computer scientist?
Two tangential questions are: 1) can I move my existing MAMP folder from Applications, to save my experimental work, and start a new MAMP folder to work on my actual website? 2)my actual webspace public.html has a few websites in it. There is an old static website at the top level and two Joomla websites as subdomains. Is it a bad idea to import the whole public_html folder into MAMP? Would it be better to just wimport the most important and extensive of the Joomla sites? Or would I easily be able to work on both Joomla sites in MAMP?
Many thanks in advance for any advice you can give.
What I don't understand clearly is: how to bring this site into MAMP. I move the files into ht.docs. Then I create a database (with generic details or details identical to those of my online database?), then I import my database using php myadmin or what? I'm just a bit woolly about all this and about necessary changes in php and/or htaccess files. Would someone please be an angel and give me step-by-step instructions, understanding that I am not a systems administrator or a computer scientist?
Two tangential questions are: 1) can I move my existing MAMP folder from Applications, to save my experimental work, and start a new MAMP folder to work on my actual website? 2)my actual webspace public.html has a few websites in it. There is an old static website at the top level and two Joomla websites as subdomains. Is it a bad idea to import the whole public_html folder into MAMP? Would it be better to just wimport the most important and extensive of the Joomla sites? Or would I easily be able to work on both Joomla sites in MAMP?
Many thanks in advance for any advice you can give.
Statistics: Posted by NickyM39 — Wed Feb 28, 2024 4:42 pm