While I did just post a blog about a day ago, it is always exciting for me to share some of my latest discoveries-especially when it is a pressing issue that has taken me awhile to figure out. Today, I learned how to successfully transfer a Joomla! site from the local server to the remote server using GoDaddy. This will be an adventure, if things are different with my flower shoppe client who is using Power Web Connect, so I’m not sure how that will go. Anyway, after much agony of trying different solutions and searching, I came across a great website that had the one answer I had been searching for. This is the site on how to use Joomlapack to transfer from the local to remote host.
I had tried multiple solutions, such as phpmyadmin, and Joomlapack, which is now AkeebaBackup. I watched my instructor demonstrate how to use phpmyadmin to transfer to a server, but I still had little success. I think I would need to see a demonstration once again, despite that I took good notes because there were still some things I was unclear on. I discovered Joomlapack on Youtube when searching how to transfer your Joomla! site and read excellent reviews on it. It is a process either way to transfer a website-a lot more complex than just connecting using Dreamweaver. Anyway, I discovered that I not only need to use the .jpa file that was created in AkeebaBackup, but I needed to use Kickstart as well, which is a php file that sets up the website on the server.
You can read through the tutorial on transferring a site with Joomlapack for more information. It is very descriptive and the only thing I got confused on was the username and password when using Kickstart. I tried a few and finally got it.
The Office Plus site still needs to be uploaded to the correct URL, but can be currently viewed at: http://cathiesfreelancework.com/officeplus/. I included many things in here like a random image module so every time the page loads it displays a new image, a calendar, a poll, and an RSS feed. I had a lot of fun learning new things in this site and realized just how many things you can do in a Joomla! site-and it’s easy to do.
I am currently working on revising the template for the flower shoppe as I discovered I accidentally deleted nearly all the module positions in the original template. Fortunately, I did not have that much added to it yet, so I just re-installed the directory and now am working on entering content that I finally received. I need to style the headings accordingly so they match the template as well as organize the information into sections and categories.