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Hello,

Let me outline the problem (cause might be the lack of understanding technical English):

First of all, the installation of the clone plugin went good. Everything is working properly and accessible. I am able to generate a backup file.

The problem however rises when I want to transfer (copy) the joomla site including the database. It can be seen as a "mirror site" of the original.

What did I do:
1. Create a new database with new user
2. Create a new folder on webserver
3. Plugin instructions:
create backup, clone, submit details (ftp), start transfer backup --> ok
recovering: submit details (mysql, ftp) --> ok

So far, it seems to work...
However, when I access the new (mirror) site it redirects everything to the first (original) site. Renaming the original folder causes the following error:

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Warning: main(/home/dir/public_html/jc1/includes/version.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/dir/public_html/jc2/includes/joomla.php on line 71

Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/dir/public_html/jc1/includes/version.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php&#039 in /home/dir/public_html/jc2/includes/joomla.php on line 71
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Further more it seems that the plugin did not use the generated backup, but the actual live version of the joomla site (I made some changes after the backup).

Using the Howto "use Jcloner" (21/03/2007) did not solve any problem.

At last (hopefully) a simple question:
In order to overwrite an original joomla site with an earlier generated backup: do you have to include the "drop table" option as the only necessary item?

Hi there! Did you use JoomlaCloner restore script as specified in our Documentation? Please have a look at this simple backup and restore manual http://www.joomlaplug.com/files/how_to_use_jcloner.pdf and see if you followed the indicated steps!

As for the last questions, the "Add drop syntax" is one of the options to replace existing mysql data, however you could also create a different database and use that for restore!

Let me know if you have anymore issues! Regards, Ovidiu

Hi Ovidiu,

Unfortunately i tried it several times.
I used the restore_script with every step, but still i experience the same problems as stated before:

When I access the new (mirror) site it redirects everything to the first (original) site. Renaming the original folder causes the following error:
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Warning: main(/home/dir/public_html/jc1/includes/version.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/dir/public_html/jc2/includes/joomla.php on line 71

Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/dir/public_html/jc1/includes/version.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php&#039 in /home/dir/public_html/jc2/includes/joomla.php on line 71
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Further more it seems that the plugin did not use the generated backup, but the actual live version of the joomla site (I made some changes after the backup).

The plugin uses for restore the backup you select from the restore drop down box, field "Choose clone archive to install:", by default, the script selects the last archive from that list, so if your backup archive is somewhere inside the list you would need to select is manually!

I would advise to recheck your restore paths, specially the ftp restore path, if not i simply suggest to use the "Install file directly:" option instead of ftp on the Joomla.Cloner.php screen

If you still have problems, feel free to open a ticket and send us your ftp+mysql restore details and the backup to clone location

Ovidiu