[support] Switching domains but keeping the rest...

[Afan]

Right, I forgot to mention I copied the files folder too.
Also, once the domain2.com works fine, domain 1.com is going to "die" 
(redirect a visitor to domain2.com).



On 10/24/2013 5:17 PM, Metzler, David wrote:
> That works by design, but don't forget to copy sites/default/files (or wherever your file system settings point to)  across to the new domain place as well.
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> Drupal has three parts that make up the site... the db, the code and the files.
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> If you have two domains pointing to the same database, then the sites will always be the same.  It would be better to make a copy of the database.  (You can usually do this in phpMYAdmin operations tab)... or alternatively you can use the backup_migrate module to make a copy of the DB.
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> NOTE: You may be in a situation that has every node being created in both domains.  I couldn't really tell if this is what you want... so I'd advise you to do some testing to that regard.
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> Dave
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: support-bounces at drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces at drupal.org] On Behalf Of Afan
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 2:20 PM
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> Subject: Re: [support] Switching domains but keeping the rest...
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> On 10/24/2013 8:51 AM, Jamie Holly wrote:
>> If you're on shared hosting,
> Yes, it's shared hosting.
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> What I did (and looks like it works) I installed Drupal on domain2.com, in settings.php changed mysql data (db name, db username, db
> password...) with those from domain1.com. Then copied modules and themes from domain2.com/sites/all/* to domain2.com.
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> I did some tests and everything works fine, but I would like to know if what I did is ok or just "accidentally" works fine.
> :D
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