[TYPO3] How to use a development site?

[stefano cecere]

hi sasha.. i would ask this in the dev-list!

ciao
stefano


Sascha Mantscheff wrote:
> For development purposes I have a typo3 installation, and what will 
> eventually become a live site on another server. Each new feature and 
> extension I first install, develop and test on the development system 
> and then transfer it to the live site. Also the content is maintained on 
> the development machine, mainly because of performance aspects.
> 
> Now there are minor differences between the installations, e.g. the 
> baseURL configuration parameter. Therefore I cannot just copy the whole 
> database content - either I copy it selectively or I manually have to 
> re-enter the differing parameters and settings. Both is error-prone.
> 
> To make things worse, I do not have shell access to the live system, 
> only FTP, so I cannot install a diff and patch mechanism on the the 
> target system.
> 
> How do you proceed in similar situations?