How to make a copy of your Joomla Site for Testing Purposes

Written by: Tim Davis Created: 03 February 2022

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In this video we see how to make a copy of your Joomla Site for testing purposes. There are three methods shown in this video. The third one is the fastest and simplest, but depends on access to a tool your web hosting company may not include in your account.

Here is a summary of the provided transcript in bullet points:

- The video is about making a copy of a Joomla website for testing purposes.
- There are two methods discussed for making the copy.
- The video is part of a live stream (WMW 149) on the Basic Joomla Tutorials YouTube channel.
- The video is sponsored by mysites.guru, offering site audit and management tools for Joomla and other sites.
- The host discusses a new camera setup that allows viewers to see him better.
- He mentions working on a new template for the Basic Joomla site.
- The host emphasizes the importance of having backups before making any changes.
- The first step is to create a subdomain for the test copy on the hosting.
- Files from the live Joomla site are copied to the subdomain using the file manager.
- The host demonstrates how to select and copy files using the file manager.
- Creating a new database and user for the test copy is necessary to avoid affecting the live site.
- The host generates a password and copies the necessary database information.
- Configuration.php file in the test copy is edited to use the new database information.
- The host explains that the error on the test copy site is because the database is empty.
- phpMyAdmin is used to export the database from the live site and import it into the test copy.
- The host shows how to export the database and save it in a folder.
- The imported database is chosen for the test copy database.
- The host imports the database file into the test copy database.