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Is it possible to "download" my joomla site (currently online, version 1.015) back to localhost, for migration to 1.5 purpose. as I do not want to do the migration "live" with the online site just incase something goes wrong, I prefer to do it locally and then upload all the site again. I tried installing joomla 1.015 in local host, downloading and importing the online database to wamp mysql, and then to copy and paste all the ftp content online in the www local host directory, but once I do that I can’t access joomla locally anymore, as there is a message saying that there is an error, is there a correct way to do this? thanks for your time, it is my first migration, and I want to do things correctly. thanks!

Yes, you can.

You haven’t mentioned what error you’re getting (yet), but here are some things to check:

- Make sure your development mysql user name, password, and database names match production (mosConfig_user, _password, and _db in configuration.php)

- Make sure the dev site is accessing the local mysql server (mosConfig_host)

- Make sure you’ve updated mosConfig_live_site URL to point to development and not production.

- Make sure your files are readable by the web server.

If it’s not one of those, please add specifics about the error you’re getting.