When starting kickstart.php, does it overwrite all files of an existing website with the new archive files?
Or has I to erase prior the old files on the server?
#38632 Migration localhost to productive server
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4.2.8
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8.1
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9.5.0 pro
Latest post by nicholas on Saturday, 25 February 2023 06:20 CST
Saturday, 25 February 2023 04:07 CST
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Saturday, 25 February 2023 06:20 CST
nicholas
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It overwrites files if they already exist, but it does not delete files (i.e. if a file exists on the site, but not the backup archive, it is NOT deleted).
If you are going to replace a Joomla 3 site with a Joomla 4 site you need to delete at least the folders administrator, bin, cache, cli, components, includes, language, layouts, libraries, media, modules, plugins, templates, and tmp.
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