boilerdemo

Repo for the Boiler demo site: http://boiler.dd9.com

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Project-Specific Notes

[Project notes go here]

Project Setup (w/ WPengine Workflow)

Create GitHub Repo (add contributors)

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Create WP install on WPengine (dd9boiler)

Add GitPush Developer SSH keys

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Create folder on local system (i.e. /sites/boilerdemo/) and navigate to that folder

git clone [email protected]:todditron/boilerdemo.git .
 

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Create Project in Dreamweaver or other SFTP program

SFTP to WPengine and pull down almost entire site (files necessary for running WP locally) into local folder

Clean up .gitignore as needed, or pull fresh .gitignore file from here:

http://wpengine.com/git/#toc_0

Delete Hyper DB and other WPE-specific must-use plugins that may have tagged along

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git remote add production [email protected]:production/dd9boiler.git

git remote add staging [email protected]:staging/dd9boiler.git

Verify Remote Permissions

ssh [email protected] info

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Local Configurations (Mostly TGD)

Create project in SublimeText (or preferred editor)

Configure XAMPP to load correct directory

XAMPP on Windows

• update hosts file to include local url in C:/Windows/System32/divers/etc using notepad (run as administrator)
• update httpd-vhosts.conf to include local url permissions in C:/xampp/apache/conf/extra

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Export/Import Database from PHPmyAdmin as needed

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Back-up wp-config-production.php, should be ignored by version control, but kept for safe keeping incase we accidently overrwrite production config file.

Update and customize wp-config.php to the following

<?php

define('DB_NAME','wp_[PROJECT_DB_HERE]');
define('DB_USER','root');
define('DB_PASSWORD','[YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE]');
// define('DB_HOST','localhost');
define('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1');
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
define('DB_COLLATE', '');

define('WP_HOME','http://PROJECTURL.localhost/');
define('WP_SITEURL','http://PROJECTURL.localhost/');

$table_prefix  = 'wp_';

define('WPLANG', '');

// define('WP_DEBUG', false);
define('WP_DEBUG', true);

if ( !defined('ABSPATH') )
  define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');

require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php');

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Install & Run Boiler Theme

https://github.com/DD9/boiler2

Create new theme directory (i.e. /wp-content/themes/PROJECT_THEME/)

Copy Boiler2 theme into directory

Important: If you use git clone [email protected]:dd9/boiler2.git . to load Boiler2, make sure to delete .git/ and .gitignore from the theme directory. You will not be able to push the theme to WPengine if it is assocaited with another GitHub repository

Refer to the Boiler 2 ReadMe for instructions on configuring and running the Boiler2 theme