Ceri, if you have more than 50% of your current JR server (assuming you are using jr Hosting), then you can make a complete copy of your current site on the same server.
1) If not sufficient room, you can temprarily up your server size in your Server control settings- (it will be only for a day or two so will only cost a few dollars and then you can go back to a smaller server size again)
2) If you have more than 50% of your server still empty, you can create a new domain on your server through your server control settings. The domain doesnt have to be real or live or registered- just something you make up- probably best to choose something that doesnt exist on the web though.
3) once you have the new dummy domain set up, you can then go into the domain control settings and "Import an existing JR site" right into it. It won't be live since the domain won't be live, but you'll want to delete all your members except yourself in the next step.
4) after importing, you'll have a non-live duplicate of your live site, in your test dummy domain. It will have all your current members and all their content- so you'll want to DELETE them and their content so you can reduce the server size again.
Also, you want to delete them and turn off notifications like this:
Quote: Is there an easy way to set a test cloned site to make sure that NO notifications go out to ANY of the (cloned) members I've left in place?
Yes - ACP => Mailer module and select that all emails are dumped into the Debug Log instead of being actually sent. This is the first thing I done on any development/test setup.
5) in acp/developer/tools there is a button to then "reset system"- which will remove ALL content and ALL members EXCEPT you the master admin. Your content will be gone too...but all your customizations and site settings will remain intact. Then you can start your testing and create a few test members. Once all that content is cleared out, you'll then see your empty server space and possibly switch back to the smaller cheaper server size.
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Migrated from Ning to Jamroom June 2015
updated by @strumelia: 12/06/16 01:06:13PM
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