[Phpwm] Installing/moving Drupal to live server

[David Goodwin]

> Now I'm wondering would it be possible to add all the files in my Drupal
> installation into a svn repo, dump my database , then checkout the files 
> and
> upload the db on the live server?

Yes; I think it would be.

> 
> I have managed to use this technique before for phpBB, punBB and wordpress
> installations, although with all of the former I have had to mess about 
> with
> various things once the site/app was moved (nearly all of them seem to set
> the sites base url somewhere in their database when you install them, this
> needs modifying as all hyperlinks are generated with it).
> 

I don't think Drupal does this. As far as I'm aware the only things to 
check are :

1) settings.php (only contains DB stuff I think)
2) .htaccess - used to generate nice urls - which will defaintely 
contain your hostname

> When integrating third party apps into a existing website do you guys tend
> to add the application to your code repository or install the files
> separately on each server?

If you're going to make any customisations to Drupal; I'd suggest you 
do/read :

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.advanced.vendorbr.html

I've had to manage large changesets on phpbb in the past, and following 
this really made my life so, so, much easier.

David.
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David Goodwin

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