pre simplescripts mediawiki installation

[rusmannx]

so i have manually created a mediawiki site in my hostmonster account before it was added to the simplescripts installer. i have to manually upgrade the wiki now and would like to find a way to move it to simplescriptss without losing any of the wiki file structure or database.

is this possible?
how to do it?

thanks.

[shadmego]

If it were possible, I would assume you would do the following:

1. Backup the entire wiki database to an sql file on your local machine
2. Backup the entire file structure (or only that structure that is not part of the default installation)
3. Install mediawiki via simplescripts into a test folder/subdomain
4. Import the sql file from step 1 into the new "simplescripts" database
5. Upload the file structure from step 2 to the test mediawiki installation
6. Test
7. Test
8. Test

If all works well, then you can perform the same steps in your production folder/domain. In the live domain I would add a step of removing the file structure out of the way so there are no conflicts with SimpleScripts.

[rusmannx]

If it were possible, I would assume you would do the following:

1. Backup the entire wiki database to an sql file on your local machine
2. Backup the entire file structure (or only that structure that is not part of the default installation)
3. Install mediawiki via simplescripts into a test folder/subdomain
4. Import the sql file from step 1 into the new "simplescripts" database
5. Upload the file structure from step 2 to the test mediawiki installation
6. Test
7. Test
8. Test

If all works well, then you can perform the same steps in your production folder/domain. In the live domain I would add a step of removing the file structure out of the way so there are no conflicts with SimpleScripts.

thx for the idea. i will try it and report back!