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paulmason411
post Nov 27 2006, 02:36 PM
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Hi Guys,

I'm helping a guy re-design his site who currently has a version of mambo installed. What i want to do is make a copy so that i can fiddle around with the layout without stuffing up the site. I also want to upgrade it to joomla but thats not as much of a priority.

Any ideas on how i do this?

My idea was to just copy the files installed in the mambo dir into a new folder. Will this work? I can't imagine it will be this simple.

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post Nov 27 2006, 05:14 PM
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Try it and let us know how it goes.

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post Nov 27 2006, 05:18 PM
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Hi there ,

This aint a solution .. Joomla! and Mambo are 2 different CMSs . In to switch into Joomla! from Mambo you'll need to do "Migration"

In migration process , you change Mambo old database structure to suit Joomla! ,slightly different, structure ..

This documentation will help you through this process ,
http://help.joomla.org/content/view/818/132/

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OK, to backup the current site download the entire Mambo directory from the hosting account (via FTP) and save that somewhere on your PC. Then go into PHPMyAdmin and download a .SQL file for all the tables and the data they contain. That is the most important part, as that stores all the actual information on the site. You can then edit the site on the web hosting knowing you have a safe backup you can revert to. If you want to edit it locally then you're gonna need PHP and MySQL installed.

To convert from Mambo to Joomla you will need to follow the advice given by Mohammed above.

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post Dec 21 2006, 08:26 AM
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Good information... Thanks a lot...

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