[TYPO3] Typo3 Super Noob - Site Transfering

[Christopher]

So I do not have to have the source package in the web root folder, as long
as I symlink to it, correct?




> Here is how to do it from scratch.
>
> - Download TYPO3 source package and unzip it. It will create something
> like typo3_src-4.1.4 directory.
> - Symlink this directory to typo3_src:
>        ln -s typo3_src-4.1.4
> - Create directory for web site
> - In that directory symlink t3lib, typo3 and index.php to corresponding
> items in typo3_src:
>        ln -s /path/to/typo3_src/t3lib
>        ln -s /path/to/typo3_src/typo3
>        ln -s /path/to/typo3_src/index.php
> - Extract only fileadmin, uploads and typo3conf from the zip (forget
> t3lib, typo3temp, typo3 directories).
> - Export database on the old server:
>        mysqldump --opt -u dbuser -p dbname >dump.sql
> - Import database on the new server
>        mysql -u dbuser -p dbname < dump.sql
> - Go to http://yourdomain.com/typo3/install and change database settings
> of necessary. Also see what it tells about directory permissions and fix
> those
> - Go to database analyzer and use COMPARE to check and update all tables
> - Login to backend and update extensions
>
> If you need to update TYPO3 version in future, you will need to change one
> symlink: typo3_src.
>
> --Christopher