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MrPhil:
Just a word of caution. If your PHP levels, MySQL levels, and configurations are not essentially the same on your local host (PC) and your real server, you can get some nasty surprises when you go live with your site. At the least, allow some time on the live site to exercise it thoroughly and confirm that everything works the same as on your PC. As an example, your PC is PHP 5.2, your live server is PHP 5.3, and your custom coding is using ereg() family calls -- your forum will fail on the live server. You can add a "Coming Soon!" index.html page in front of your forum index.php to hide it from search engines and casual visitors. Don't rely on "it worked on my PC, so it will work on my live server without testing".

Dustbug:

--- Quote from: MrPhil on June 01, 2012, 04:28:17 PM ---Just a word of caution. If your PHP levels, MySQL levels, and configurations are not essentially the same on your local host (PC) and your real server, you can get some nasty surprises when you go live with your site. At the least, allow some time on the live site to exercise it thoroughly and confirm that everything works the same as on your PC. As an example, your PC is PHP 5.2, your live server is PHP 5.3, and your custom coding is using ereg() family calls -- your forum will fail on the live server. You can add a "Coming Soon!" index.html page in front of your forum index.php to hide it from search engines and casual visitors. Don't rely on "it worked on my PC, so it will work on my live server without testing".

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Thank you for the great advice. I've been pondering how I'm going to about preparing for 'opening day'.

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