I am getting ready to move a farcry site from desktop machine to a development server and then to a production server. I plan on dragging all files over, transfering data between the servers, setting datasource and CF mapping, webserver mappings, and tweaking some config variables for SOEditor and Verity. Should I expect other changes? Should I do an clean install instead of dragging file and data over?
I agree with Tom. The Farcry install doesn't do anything thats difficult to migrate over. Everything it has done with the databse is in the database already (Its just data for the site, nothing pertaining to where the site is located). The only things Farcry does specific to your site is which datasource, file directory (mappings), and domain(s). All of these settings are handled in 2 files: apps.cfm and _ServerSpecificVars.cfm.
I move Farcry websites from server to server quite often. I use MS SQL 2000. All I do is make a backup of the DB in SQL. Then I backup the apps.cfm and farcry_project folder. Next I put the new folder and apps.cfm (or add what I need to the existing apps.cfm) on the new box (make sure the new box has the same or newer version of Farcry, if newer just remember to run "update" when done setting up the site). Then I create a new database on the new SQL server and restore the backup.bak file to it. Other than setting up the dsn, web server, CF mapping (if needed), etc I can now move a site in a matter of just a few minutes. Piece of cake :) (okay, it took a couple times to get it down before getting that fast, but I really do move sites around on several different dev & live boxes quite often including my laptop).
Hope this helps,
Jeff C.
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