PHPBB Install on Staging Server.

[BearState]

Hi folks,

I'm just curious regarding the install of all these packages. They of course install files in htdocs ... you just copy them in ... but ...

what's to prevent one package from overwriting another's data?

I working on a staging server here and I've got joomla installed and want now to install downloaded copies of PHPBB and Coppermine.

Are these directory structures different enough from each other to prevent overwrites?

[felgall]

You would need to put each in a sub-directory or their home pages will overwrite each other if nothing else.

[BearState]

You would need to put each in a sub-directory or their home pages will overwrite each other if nothing else.
Yeah, this can get ugly real fast. PHPBB3 can be put in a sub directory. Joomla doesn't appear like it can be. But ... perhaps the Apache Server can be configured to find Joomla in a separate directory? Problem is ... I control Apache on my staging server. I don't control it on BlueHost.

[felgall]

You can always set up a sub-domain for each so as to have a separate "domain name" to use for each install that points to the correct directory.

[Believer]

Yeah, this can get ugly real fast. PHPBB3 can be put in a sub directory. Joomla doesn't appear like it can be. But ... perhaps the Apache Server can be configured to find Joomla in a separate directory? Problem is ... I control Apache on my staging server. I don't control it on BlueHost.

I am almost certain that Joomla can be installed manually wherever you want to put it, just create a new directory and unpack it there. You can control things using the .htaccess files within sub directories as well, not as much as you could on your own dev server, but should be enough.