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How can I work offline when developing websites using fantastico applications?

In: Advanced Asked By: joyce [2

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I AM ASKING THIS AS A CUSTOM DEVELOPER – Is there away to use fantastico applications within Site 5 offline and then upload /deploy my work when I get online as a custom developer. I mainly develop websites with Joomla 1.7 and Moodle.

Any tips please

I am asking this because I need an alternative way to work offline due to limited Internet connectivity.

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Jun 5, 2012

Answer #1

Hello,

Unfortunately there is no easy way that I am aware of to do this. It can be done, but you will need to setup a local web-server (I recommend WAMP) and install the software (you might be able to just copy the files right off the server and change the config).

After you have a local version of the site running you can make all the changes you need. Once you are ready to upload, you will need to copy the database (and files if you have any) and restore it on the live server. Please do keep in mind that you will need make changes directly to the database once it has been restored (sitename, url, etc – depending on the software). This will take working knowledge of how the software works and what needs to be modified in-order to bring it online.

If you are just working on theme files, that is a bit easier because normally that is self contained inside of a folder and little (if any) database changes need to be made.

You may want to post on the community forums for the software you are working with to see if they have any other recommendations.

Happy Hosting!

Answered By: joliver [476

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