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Hi All,
Everything MODx is new to me, and I’m still pre-schooling around with html, css, and php so please bear with me. Am building a site for my dad’s compass adjusting/repair business with MODx.
I have a brand new install of xampp as a local server with both 2.0.8-pl and 2.1.0-rc installed on different sites (I didn’t realize RC3 was beta, all the searching pointed me to posts that said to use rc3 for various issues so I downloaded it. I really like how the tree scrolls with you now, good deal!). Remote (Hostgator) can install MODx with QuickInstall but they haven’t updated since 2.7 something so I’ll have to do that manually.
My local machine is XP while my win7 laptop is in the shop for drive failure but I’ll be going back to win7 as soon as it gets back. I’ve installed xampp and MODx enough times now that I’m fairly confident it all went as intended. I get to do it ALL (plus everything else) again soon so if anything needs to be changed I should find out now. If you need more information about my system to answer these two questions let me know.
1- I am trying to locate the snippets folder. Everything I see refers to the mysite/assets/snippets directory, yet the only snippet files I see are in the core/components directory. I’ve searched and searched for an answer to why my installs don’t have this directory in assets even after installing packages but either no one else has this issue or everyone knows something I don’t and when the tutorials say "assets/snippets" they really mean "core/components". Am I crazy?
2- Is it possible to move a development site to remote with the traditional install of MODx? Or do I have to do the advanced install on all my local sites? The information I’ve seen isn’t very clear about being "unable" to move a site to remote and all the tutorials on installations use the traditional install even on local servers. I’m not sure why anyone would bother to develop a site with MODx that doesn’t eventually go live, thus I don’t understand why the traditional install even exists if you can’t move the site. Again... am I nuts?
Thank you,
Kori
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Thank you, I suspected that. Note to self to be more vigilant while reading.
Also, I have read through the documentation and many forum threads on the moving subject so as to be prepared, but it still isn’t clear to me what the advanced installation is for. Are you saying that even with the traditional installation I can move the site as long as I follow the move site instructions?
OK then, thank you. Works for me.
But what is the advanced installation for? Is there no way to move the core to another location with traditional? Is that the limitation that’s referred to?
Quote from: frogabog2 at Apr 23, 2011, 10:26 PM
Thank you, I suspected that. Note to self to be more vigilant while reading.
Also, I have read through the documentation and many forum threads on the moving subject so as to be prepared, but it still isn’t clear to me what the advanced installation is for. Are you saying that even with the traditional installation I can move the site as long as I follow the move site instructions?
OK then, thank you. Works for me.
But what is the advanced installation for? Is there no way to move the core to another location with traditional? Is that the limitation that’s referred to?
The Advanced distribution is a significantly smaller .ZIP file and it allows you to move/rename the core and manager directories during Setup, but it won’t install on all platforms.
In theory, upgrading to a new version is simpler with the Advanced distribution if you’ve customized the install, though I haven’t tried it.
You can definitely move and rename the directories with the Traditional distribution, but you have to physically put stuff in the right places when you upgrade.
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Clarity! Thank you.
