Sparks
New Member
So, bit of a messy problem to fix here. Had Mambo installed on a site, someone else ran it for a year, now I'm running it again and want to upgrade to Joomla and do some overhauling.
Here's the kicker, the last admin messed with the database directly instead of through Mambo and corrupted it slightly. Stuff still works, mostly, but just pointing fantastico at it won't manage the upgrade. My current plan is to copy files and the db from the site to my local box, run it off the local lamp stack, and kick it till it upgrades, then upload to the site again.
Anyone got any hints or tips to make my life easier during this?
Here's the kicker, the last admin messed with the database directly instead of through Mambo and corrupted it slightly. Stuff still works, mostly, but just pointing fantastico at it won't manage the upgrade. My current plan is to copy files and the db from the site to my local box, run it off the local lamp stack, and kick it till it upgrades, then upload to the site again.
Anyone got any hints or tips to make my life easier during this?