Quick site setup

Setup the file server first

On dev52 from a terminal window:

Change to the server directory

cd /var/www/server

Export the quicksite base files into your new site

svn export http://cvs2/svn/dev/www.quicksite.com www.newsite.com

Change into your new site

cd www.newsite.com

run "phing" which will ask you questions and guide you through site setup

phing setup

1. Most questions will contain a default answer that can be inserted by pressing Enter / Return without typing any characters
2. Y / N questions must be answered with either a capital Y or capital N
3. New File server accounts can be setup on the File Server here
   1. Be sure to fill in all necessary fields
      1. Owner Name
      2. Owner Id
      3. Owner Access Password - Strong Password Generator Remember to UNCHECK use of special characters
      4. You must set up an account with the same credentials that you used when setting up the quicksite
4. database names are usually simplified versions of urls ie:
   1. www.greensideup.com => greensideup
   2. www.wmta.org => wmta

Deploy on web server

Grep new site for dev52 references.

Verify PRODUCTION email addresses

Import site into SVN/prod (svn import -m "new QuickSite" [PATH] URL)

Checkout site on production server.

  When you checkout the site to the live server first check it out as a different folder name
  svn co http://cvs2.gaslightmedia.com/svn/prod/www.sitename.com new.sitename.com
  then move in the needed folders like admin/logs and move the original out of the way to the 
  backup directory and move in your new copy.

Update .htaccess. (Comment RewriteBase)

Create admin directory

Create cache directory

Copy logs directory from virtual server to new site/admin

Create new .htaccess file in admin with RewriteEngine Off

Test by adding pages paragraphs and images.