[TYPO3] Site upload strategy

[Syed S Rahman]

Daniel Schledermann wrote:
> Syed S Rahman wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Can anyone suggest me the best way to upload my website to the public 
>> server? I am working on a local installation of typo3 and want to 
>> transfer my work to a public server for hosting. I can think of two ways:
>> 1) Using t3d export feature of typo3.
> 
> This ofcourse would require a working install of TYPO3, but that doesnt 
> seem like the rigth way to do it.
> 
> 
>> 2) Export the database using phpMyAdmin and the uploading the local 
>> typo3 directory structure as is to the server.
> 
> This seems more right.. You got the site working, you dont want to 
> change that.
> 
> Bear in mind that a mysql-db might very well be too large to execute 
> within the normal allowed request time for php-scripts. A backup plan 
> would be knowing someone with shell access, like your a person at your 
> hosting, that can import your database with a shell-command if 
> phpMyAdmin times out.
> 
> 
>>
>> But while making a t3d file i receive warnings about recursive pages 
>> and content which I don't understand quite well. I don't want to take 
>> any chances with the final production site.
> 
> This shouldnt be a problem. You can just try again if it fails. I 
> wouldnt do it with a .t3d to start with if it is a complete site. Try 
> sql-dump + full file structure.
> 
> 
>>
>> Will anyone kindly tell me how to do it, and the best practices if any 
>> exist while transferring local typo3 installations to public web servers.
> 
> Well..   my company hosts hundreds of T3-sites. The default practice is 
> always using a SQL-dump and a .tar.gz'ed dump of the filesystem when 
> moving sites. I only use .t3d's if I have to move a single site from 
> multisite installation.
> 
> 
> /Daniel
Thanks a lot, I'll try the db export way, thanks again for all the help.

Syed S. Rahman
syedsrahman at gmail.com