//Mambo switch instructions
I hope this helps somebody, somewhere


1. backup the mambo dbs' -
1.1 open up phpmyadmin
1.2 click on export
1.2 make shure you have the options selected, (see bottom for zip file) img1-1.jpg

2. creat new databases
2.1 in cpanel (in this case of this migraion it is main and mamb1)
2.2 add a user

3. Editing the SQL backup file
3.1 Do a find for "create database" (if you are using a shared host this is mportant)
comment out that line with "--" infront of it. All instances of it.(that means find next
3.3 also do a find for "USE" replace the word after "USE" with your new db names.
3.2 do a search and replace using your old url(www.com) and replace it with your new url

4. importing your backed up *edited* db to the new server
4.1 open up phpmyadmin
4.2 over in the left hand top corner you will see the little picture of a window with "sql written on it", click this
4.3 now click on the second tab "import files"
4.4 now upload your edited backed up db

5. moving the actually files.
5.1 open up your favorite ftp program, dont use explorer it sucks, I recommend wsftp or filezilla(open-source_
5.2 copy your root folder or mambo root folder to your hd
5.2 upload it to your new site

6. editing your mambo config
6.1 edit the following values to reflect the new server values

$mosConfig_user = 'adigi_adigi'; db user
$mosConfig_password = 'somepass'; db pass
$mosConfig_db = 'adigi_mamb1'; db table
$mosConfig_absolute_path = '/home/adigi/public_html'; (in the zip file) absolute path use provided script ab.php
$mosConfig_live_site = 'http://www.adigistore.com'; selfexplanitory
$mosConfig_sitename = 'adigistore.com'; " "
$mosConfig_cachepath = '/home/adigi/public_html/cache'; us ab and replace the part before /public_html
$mosConfig_mailfrom = 'adigi@adigistore.com';
$mosConfig_fromname = 'adigi@adigistore.com';

copy over the modified mambo config file and whola your done.

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