<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>I believe he's mostly concerned with new content and users getting pushed down to his dev instance.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Option D: Use the Feeds module to pull down the new / modified stuff.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>I'm not sure how you get files that are not fielded.<br></span></div><div> </div><div><font color="#ff007f" face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif" size="4"><i><strong>Nancy</strong></i></font></div> <div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -- Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.</font></div><div><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div
style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Benj Fredrick</font><br>
</div><br><div id="yiv1703862482">this is an age-old drupal question, and there are many different solutions. The main problem is that site configuration is stored in the db alongside site content. <div><br></div><div>Option A:Use modules like <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://drupal.org/project/features">Features</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://drupal.org/project/strongarm">Strongarm</a> </div>Option B:Use something like <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate">Backup and Migrate</a> to only overwrite certain tables.<div>Option C:Use Pantheon hosting and their slick UI tools. ;)</div><br><div>On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 2:12 PM, prothero wrote:<br>
<div class="yiv1703862482gmail_quote"><blockquote class="yiv1703862482gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;">Hi. I am pondering the best way to modify and test my site without corrupting my live site. Currently, I ftp all of the files and db tables to my local computer and use MAMP to run my development site. But, since my live site is changing every day from users creating accounts, etc, how should I set this up so that when I upload my development site to the live one, it stays current?<br> </div></blockquote></div></div></div></div> </div> </blockquote></div> </div></body></html>