Clone Website Only

[Creekmore MarketingParticipant]

Hello UpDraftPlus,

I am looking to clone an existing website for development purposes on a temporary domain, but ensure it is not migrated so that the existing website remains online. Is there any danger in still using the “migrate/clone” option and issue re-writes to the strings in the database? I would think it there would be no danger as the websites would be hosted on different domains, but I wanted to be sure to avoid a faux-pas.

Thank You in advance, and looking forward to your response!

[udadminKeymaster]

Hi Michel,

I am looking to clone an existing website for development purposes on a temporary domain, but ensure it is not migrated so that the existing website remains online.

I didn’t understand this sentence very well… as the words are used in UpdraftPlus, “clone” and “migrate” are synonyms. I think how you are using them, there is some difference between them – but I am not sure what. (I am trying to work out what it means to “clone”, but “not migrate”). Please can you clarify?

Best wishes,
David

[Creekmore MarketingParticipant]

Hello David,

thank you for the reply, and my apologies for the misunderstanding of the question. I was originally concerned when cloning/migrating a site to a new server and doing a database url “search-and-replace” that it would also affect the original site; silly me, they are separate domains – the process worked great!

This ticket can be closed.
Michel

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