Export Sites

This is an advanced feature. It requires someone with the skill to install a new database on a server. To run the site day-to-day, you'll need to familiarize yourself open source Drupal, a professional development platform with thousands of add-on modules.

Go to Site Settings >> Export Website and click the button to export the site.

The export will take a few minutes. At the end of that time you will see a link to a .tgz file. The file contains the all the files for your site, along with a dump of the database.

Note: Make sure the .htaccess file exists in this directory. Sometimes this hidden file gets lost when copying, zipping, and unzipping the file. If it is missing, copy a .htaccess file from any other Drupal site into the top level of this directory.

To install this site in a new location:

- Place the file contents into an empty directory in your web root.
- Create an empty database and import the file /database/db.sql into it.
- Copy /sites/default/default.settings.php to /sites/default/settings.php.
- Edit settings.php with the name and credentials for the database that holds your exported data.
- Open a web browser and navigate to the location of the site you created.
- Click on the login link, or just go to /user.
- Log in as the superuser, id='admin', password='password'.
- Navigate to the administration page (/admin). Check that 'Clean URLs' is set correctly for your installation.

Enjoy!