trying to piggyback a site on another

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jul 16, 2007 Posts: 11

my question for some prolly is simple but im clueless and tired of being beaten to death verbally by my web host who is a jackass to say the least, so ive come here to hopefully ascertain an answer

i currently have a webpage that i run 1 thing on and i want to take that url put a /mvp on it and be able to have another page exclusivly for my baseball related stuff, now all i want to do is use the exact stuff i use on my main page as the building blocks for this page and of course add new pics and stuff , its just i dont know how to get their.

Ive created my mvp directory & need to know what copies of stuff do i put in their so basically i start with an exact duplicate of my main page to be crafted into my baseball page?

Any help is greatly appreciated

Site Admin Joined: Aug 17, 2003 Posts: 12373

Well if you're using a PHP script (like phpNuke)...

Copy the files into your new directory
Copy the database into a new database
Set your database configuration to point to the new database.

Done

Captain Joined: Apr 30, 2004 Posts: 566

Wouldn't he also need to change the cookiename?

.....just thinking out loud.

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jul 16, 2007 Posts: 11

Yea thats the sad thing is when you say point this 2 that i really dont know what your talking about,lol ... but i have started to get all the neccesary files into my new directory and when thats done i guess ill ask what to do next.

I appreciate this tho cause its more than i got from a guy i actually PAY to host my site, oh and nobody called me an idiot which is cool too.

So Thanks

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jul 16, 2007 Posts: 11

ok , I have taken every single file from the public html folder and have put it in my new mvp directory.

so basically wen i type in my webpage add the /mvp i would hope to see the exact replica of my original that from their i can modify more to baseball stuff in general, but to do this i have to "point" sumthin to sumwere?, and this is were i would like to kindly ask for some assistance, im familiar with editing the files and some minor code

Another question has just popped up as i was gonna hit submit & thats registration & forums stuff, if say a registered member from my main site goes to the /mvp one will he be registered their or will he have to do it again specifically for the add on page?, And do groups or webpage access work on seperatly in this instance?

Thanks for any help or insight into this madness =)

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jul 16, 2007 Posts: 11

Evaders99 wrote:

Well if you're using a PHP script (like phpNuke)...

Copy the files into your new directory
Copy the database into a new database
Set your database configuration to point to the new database.

Done

1st one is done
2nd one i dont quite understand, I mean i took the db folder & admindb folder and put them into the new directory if thats what this means?
3rd one also has me a bit in the dark

Lieutenant Joined: Sep 13, 2003 Posts: 296

2 nd means that you use phpMyAdmin of the old site to make an export of the old database in the form of a sql-file. This backup sql-file you use with phpMyAdmin of the new site to make a copy of the old database with import.

3 rd means that if you in the new site have a different database name or password for it you must make a change to reflect this in the config.php of the new site.

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jul 16, 2007 Posts: 11

well im having all kinds of problems within my phpmyadmin, you guys are tho tottaly pointing me in the right directions as i see the stuff your talkin bout but i have yet another dumb question for ya guys that hopefully u can answer.

well after realizing i cant really explain this ill be back with some S/S's of the stuff within myadmin that im having issues with

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jul 16, 2007 Posts: 11

ok this might help you guys know what im talkin bout

www.smashmouthmadden.net/images/pictures/web1.jpg this is the 1st screen, this is were i hit export from the original file

www.smashmouthmadden.net/images/pictures/web2.jpg this is the 2nd screen Then this is were i select all of them and hit export , then it takes me back to the 1st screen again and shows down at the bottom a DB file to save and i dunno have a clue were that goes.

hope this makes it a lil easier, as it isnt for me =)

Lieutenant Joined: Sep 13, 2003 Posts: 296

I think you must check the box Save as file below on the first page in order to get a backup.

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jul 16, 2007 Posts: 11

well i finally figured out the sql back up and have already imported it and am back to uploading all the stuff into my mvp directory, only thing is im getting alot of this specific error and it is taking me forever to get anything uploaded

STATUS:> Socket connected. Waiting for welcome message...
421 Too many connections ( Cool

from this IP
ERROR:> Service unavailable. Try again later.

Can anyone tell me what this is and how or why it says i have 8 connections?

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jul 16, 2007 Posts: 11

ok i have the sql in place, the files uploaded to the new directory, now what files do i have to edit to get them to "point" to the new page?

this is what i get when i goto it now

Warning: main(db/db.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/smml/public_html/mvp/mainfile.php on line 108

Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'db/db.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/smml/public_html/mvp/mainfile.php on line 108

Site Admin Joined: Aug 17, 2003 Posts: 12373

Mm its looking for the file /mvp/db/db.php
Do you have that file uploaded?

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jul 16, 2007 Posts: 11

yes i do have that uploaded

Let me recap what im tryin to accomplish again just to make sure were on the same page.

I run a madden league, its url is
www.smashmouthmadden.net

What i want to do now is start up something for MVP baseball using this link
www.smashmouthmadden.net/mvp

Ive created the mvp folder in the directory & have copied every single file from the original directory into that, ive also copied and then imported the sql tables from my madden page into a new mvp database as well.

So i think ( n i say that with a grain of salt =] ) that i have done everything to be able to type in www.smashmouthmadden.net/mvp and have a duplicate of my original site i can then convert to baseball stuff but i need to know why i get that error or if theirs like anything in these index php files i have to edit to make it work?

Thanks again guys for giving me some insight into this =)

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jul 16, 2007 Posts: 11

wow i figured it out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

their were a few minor files i forgot to upload "doh"

guys thanks man i cant say how much i appreciated the pointers you guys gave me so that i could figure this out

Kudos

i shall be back if i must attain more knowledge and shall pass on what i have learned.