Dexter_X Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Hi, For testing & development purposes I'ive tried to create a "sandbox" copy of our community. To do so, I've : . created a second database with a copy of the "online"/production one ; . copied all the IPS files as they were from the "online"/production one; . modified the conf_global.php to set the new sandbox web address/subdomain and of course the new - copied - database ; . modified the .htaccess to match the new domain into the RewriteCond rules. Everything seems to run well separated from the "online"/production site for a moment. But, by trying to modify the general.css (or global.css ?) currently loaded look file (through the PC admin interface), the entire look dissapeared (!?) ; but that wasn't the worst : the "online"/production website was affected too ! After restoring the last valid hosted files (not de DB), I went back to my "sandbox" space to take a closer look on what hapened there. And I've found there are a lot of absolute link path (of the production website address) used in the .php, .css and .js files. I've tried a "find/sed" to replace all that "hardlinks" but once I got to the sandbox website, the "bad" absolute link paths came back into the community files (!), so I suppose they're stored in the DB and that I'm facing automatically generated files. So, the question is : is there a way to set up those hard links to be the good ones when creating a clean copy of a community ? Thank you in advance for your answers, Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opentype Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 You need to clear the cache after changing the conf_global paths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter_X Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 Hi, Thankyou for your answer ! If you mean my local cache, the observations I've made are directly on the hosted files (absolute paths). If you mean a server or some sort of an IPS/DataBase cache, can you tell me please how do I proceed ? Thankyou, Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opentype Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 ACP → System → Support → Something isn’t working correctly → Continue Proceed until it says the cache was cleared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter_X Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 ok, thankyou, I've "cleared the cache" but still no css call for any skin, even the default ones... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 This is for 3.x, but maybe some of it still applies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter_X Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 Hi, Thank you Square Wheels, It sounds great, I'll give it a try tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter_X Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 So I tried to do something equivalent to the process described in your link, Square Wheels, some thing seems to go better, but at the end I finish always with a big system error making nothing work at all. The server/system path is wrong and I cannot find a way to change it : any suggestions ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Nope, sorry, I'm a pretty entry level kind of user. I'd ask support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter_X Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 Thank you for trying ! I appreciate ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter_X Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 Hi, I came back again, I'm still trying to create a sandbox copy of our community, but still unsuccessfully... At least now I know how to protect the original one. The copy seems to work near to properly but the css & styles are all broken and not re-generated in the cache directory as usual. Of course, I've tried to clear the cache, but nothing happens... I even use the -TESTING key to be sure there is no interference with my original key. I feel that I'm not far from making it work, but I can't manage to find out what's still wrong... Do you have some kind of documentation or tutorial explaining how to proceed ? I'm pretty sure I'm certainly missing something simple but essential... Thankyou in advance for your help, Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joy Rex Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 20 minutes ago, Zorro_X said: Hi, I came back again, I'm still trying to create a sandbox copy of our community, but still unsuccessfully... At least now I know how to protect the original one. The copy seems to work near to properly but the css & styles are all broken and not re-generated in the cache directory as usual. Of course, I've tried to clear the cache, but nothing happens... I even use the -TESTING key to be sure there is no interference with my original key. I feel that I'm not far from making it work, but I can't manage to find out what's still wrong... Do you have some kind of documentation or tutorial explaining how to proceed ? I'm pretty sure I'm certainly missing something simple but essential... Thankyou in advance for your help, Z You may need to check that the paths to the CSS files are correct for your sandbox domain - they might still be referencing the production domain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter_X Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 3 hours ago, Joy Rex said: You may need to check that the paths to the CSS files are correct for your sandbox domain - they might still be referencing the production domain. Thank you Joy Rex, could you please tell me where should I look for "the pasth to the CSS files", I cannot find (even with a find|grep at command line) any more references to the production domain (?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter_X Posted September 13, 2017 Author Share Posted September 13, 2017 Hi there, I've finally succeeded creating a sandbox. Thankyou all for your help ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve00 Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 4 hours ago, Zorro_X said: Hi there, I've finally succeeded creating a sandbox. Thankyou all for your help ! So what was the problem then (might help someone else who may end up with similar problem) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter_X Posted September 14, 2017 Author Share Posted September 14, 2017 20 hours ago, steve00 said: So what was the problem then (might help someone else who may end up with similar problem) ? as said by Joy Rex, there was still some remaining paths to change in the ACP. I'll create a new sandbox in a few days and I'll try to take note of all changes in order to create a tutorial : to remind me and show to my colleagues how to create a new sandbox each time it is needed. I'll share it here, but it'll take several weeks before I publish it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter_X Posted October 31, 2017 Author Share Posted October 31, 2017 On 13/09/2017 at 11:11 AM, steve00 said: So what was the problem then (might help someone else who may end up with similar problem) ? Hi, as promised, I've written a tutorial explaining how I've succeeded on creating a sandbox copy : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joy Rex Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 3 hours ago, Zorro_X said: Hi, as promised, I've written a tutorial explaining how I've succeeded on creating a sandbox copy : @Zorro_X - this is excellent, and exactly what this community needs in terms of community supported assistance! Thank you for following up with a tutorial! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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