[support] Where is the content?

[Anthony]

That's what I thought and yes I looked in settings.php for the name.
strange. I will try to restore a different db backup.

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Ursula Pieper <dramamezzo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Tony,
>
> Yes, the content indeed resides in the database, at least mostly.
> Image files/etc. are stored in the public files folder
> (sites/default/files or sites/example.com/files by default, look in
> https://example.com/admin/config/media/file-system for your settings).
> So you'd also have to copy those files. However, you should already
> see your imported nodes after importing the (correct!) database.
>
> You can find the name of the database in
> sites/default/settings.php or
> sites/example.com/settings.php (depending on your configuration, look
> for the $databases array)
>
> Even if the menu doesn't work, you should see your content in
> https://example.com/admin/content
> (or http, if you don't have ssl configured)
>
> Good luck! Ursula
>
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Anthony <tony at tony-mac.com> wrote:
> > I have an idea. Maybe because I have yet to import the menu module used
> on
> > this site into the local host (?).
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Anthony <tony at tony-mac.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Here a general question:
> >> I have a site hosted on Bluehost. I was working on it and now have set
> up
> >> a wamp server locally cause I want to work on it locally (and I want to
> have
> >> the site in 3 places too to be safe of course). I did all the steps to
> >> create a local drupal site. I imported the database saved with the
> backup
> >> migrate module into the newly created database on the localhost with the
> >> same name as the remote db. BUT I don't see any content on the
> localhost,
> >> which content is existent on the remote site.
> >> Barring any issues like I used the wrong baked up DB, which I am
> checking,
> >> my question is more general. Am I correct in my assumption that the
> content
> >> lives in the DB? (sounds implausible that it will be somewhere else) Or
> do I
> >> need to import certain folders - I already downloaded the sites\...
> folders.
> >> Or what other explanation could explain.
> >> One other thing: I think it is probably irrelevant but I have 3 dbs.
> >> sitename_dp1, dp2 and dp3. I assume that these are just older dbs which
> were
> >> remnants of drupal installs that I deleted. I only imported dp3 to the
> >> localhost based on this assumption.
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Anthony Stefan Maciejowski
> >>
> >> tony maciejowski | analyst/programmer  | websites | www.tony-mac.com
> >>
> >> Twitter: anntosh | Cell: 323.899.6206 | Linked-In: Anthony Maciejowski
> >>
> >>  “Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the
> >> certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.”
> >>
> >> --- Vaclav Havel
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Anthony Stefan Maciejowski
> >
> > tony maciejowski | analyst/programmer  | websites | www.tony-mac.com
> >
> > Twitter: anntosh | Cell: 323.899.6206 | Linked-In: Anthony Maciejowski
> >
> >  “Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the
> > certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.”
> >
> > --- Vaclav Havel
> >
> >
> >
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*Anthony Stefan Maciejowski*

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Maciejowski*

 “Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the
certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.”

--- Vaclav Havel
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