FAQ

Prepare DEV website (with a database)

# 1 > Step 1

Click on MySQL Databases

# 2 > Step 2

Give your Database a name and click Create8

# 3 > Step 3

Create a database user and click Add

# 4 > Step 4

After saving the user, click the "Log In" to access phpMyAdmin

# 5 > Step 5

Click the name of your new database on the left sidebar.

# 6 > Step 6

If there are no files in list, click Import

# 7 > Step 6b

If there are tables within the database, scroll down, click "Check All" then select "Drop" from the dropdown next to the link.

# 8 > Step 6c

Click Yes on the next page then click Import on the next page (see screenshot from step 6)

# 9 > Step 7

Click "Choose File" to select the SQL database file you would like to upload

# 10 > Step 8

Select your file, then click Open

# 11 > Step 9

Open your FTP client (e.g. "Filezilla") and enter your FTP information. Then select all your local site files and drag them into your online dev folder.

# 12 > Step 10

Once the transfer has finished, so back into your control panel and click "File Manager"

# 13 > Step 11

Locate the database.php file within your files (e.g. ...dev/app/Config). Click database.php to edit the file.

# 14 > Step 12

Replace the login, password information with your database user login and password. Then change the database name to match your new database's name.

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