MojoPorta Newbie...Need help in figuring how to move site created to hosting company

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10/12/2010 1:09:35 AM
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MojoPorta Newbie...Need help in figuring how to move site created to hosting company

1) I know I need to upload files using a tool like FileZilla and there was some order to how to upload them

2)My question is really with the database. I know I need to create a database on the hosting site which I will call mojoportal like I did locally on my machine but it is after that I am lost. I have looked around but have not seen much documentation on this.

3)If I have created multiple sites on mojoportal under the data/sites folder do I upload them all to the server or do I remove the ones not associated to the site I am uploading to.

I have only been looking at MojoPortal for less then a week now and it appears there is much to offer but I am having trouble finding help on how to use it and get the most from it. I was hoping that I would be able to use this tool so I could create sites faster instead of doing it with asp.net and having to code much of it myself.....oh well, I guess I will learn much by trial and error unless my frustration grows to quick.

 

Richard

10/12/2010 7:49:10 AM
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Re: MojoPorta Newbie...Need help in figuring how to move site created to hosting company

Hi Richard,

To move your database you would have to create a database backup and then restore the backup on the hosted server. Typically this will cause the user on the hosted database to become orphaned so you would probably need to get the host to un-orphan the user after restoring the backup.

Some hosts may not support restoring a database, in that case the only option is to use 3rd party tools to script off the database and the data. For more info see the links on the bottom of this page:

http://www.mojoportal.com/mssqlsetup.aspx

You can move all sites and they will work if the url structure is the same, you may need to re-configure the host names if they are going to be different.

You cannot separate the sites since they are all in the same db, the data for those sites will go wherever the db goes. you could potentially restore them into separate hosts and then delete the other sites but it might not be a perfect solution. Best to not create them togather in the same installation if you don't intend to deploy them together.

http://www.mojoportal.com/moving-an-installation-of-mojoportal-to-a-different-server.aspx

mojoPortal is built on ASP.NET, and we have a lot of developer documentation and training videos about how to implement custom features that plug into mojoPortal.

Hope it helps,

Joe

10/12/2010 8:29:30 AM
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Re: MojoPorta Newbie...Need help in figuring how to move site created to hosting company

Thanks for the response Joe. Part of the reason I choose mojoPortal is that is built on ASP.NET and since that is what I normally work with I thought I would give a CMS a try and try to avoid coding a lot of things you already have provided. I really like the security that you have put in so clients can make changes/updates to certain sections of the site without having to go through an admin.

I want to make sure I am understanding something you said in your response. If I am to develop multiple sites to be hosted on multiple domains are you saying that I should do a separate/new install of  the mojoPortal application each time so each has its own database.

I guess I just have to go through some growing pains in trying to figure out all the nuances of mojoPortal which I think will be worth it especially for sites like the one I am doing now.

Thanks again,

Richard

10/12/2010 8:34:40 AM
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Re: MojoPorta Newbie...Need help in figuring how to move site created to hosting company

It is fine to keep them together in one db on your local dev machine if you plan to deploy them together to the same hosting and run them together from the same production installation.

But if you are populating the content on your local dev machine and plan to deploy different sites to different hosting installations or for different customers, then you should keep them separate on your local machine as well.

Hope that clarifies it.

Best,

Joe

10/12/2010 9:16:26 AM
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Re: MojoPorta Newbie...Need help in figuring how to move site created to hosting company

Thanks that does help to clarify it

Richard

10/12/2010 2:06:53 PM
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Re: MojoPorta Newbie...Need help in figuring how to move site created to hosting company

Joe, why would I be getting this error below when attempting to view pdf documents through a link on my localhost or even when I go the folder they are in? I have uploaded these pdfs to a created folder using File Manager but for some reason I get an error. I am pretty sure this is a permissions issue but not sure if there is something I need to do in mojoPortal to resolve it.

HTTP Error 401.3 - Unauthorized
You do not have permission to view this directory or page because of the access control list (ACL) configuration or encryption settings for this resource on the Web server

10/15/2010 8:10:07 AM
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Re: MojoPorta Newbie...Need help in figuring how to move site created to hosting company

If the App_Data folder is not writable by the web process user it can cause this because if it cannot write temporary files in App_Data then it writes them under Windows/temp and this causes the file permissions to be funky after the file is moved.

other than that I would check whether the url for the link is correctly formatted.

Hope it helps,

Joe

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