Phpprobid design

[eviania]

Hi guys need some clarification which hope you guys can give me an advice.

I got a designer to get my auction site designed. Now its in the installation phrase where he says that he needs Cpanel to reinstall the script due to unable to install the design. I am having mix feelings as i have own a few sites with .php scripts and have yet to encounter designers asking for cpanel to database in order to install.

Please advice IF this is true.

Thanks :)

[bereczandor]

Hi,

as i know, there are scripts out there that don't offer an installation file.

If you don't have scripts worth of thousand of $, don't see the problem.
Why don't you make a separate user for him with acces to the working folder..

[eviania]

Hi,

as i know, there are scripts out there that don't offer an installation file.

If you don't have scripts worth of thousand of $, don't see the problem.
Why don't you make a separate user for him with acces to the working folder..

Thanks for the reply.

As i have given him the access to the files but now he is asking access to cpanel > database. The reason behind it is that they need to reinstall the whole database with the new template. What i know of is that we dont need to reinstall the whole database because it makes no sense that i got to delete the initial database just to install a new template. That is why i need to know from kind people out here is it a MUST to reinstall database for the new template to be working on phpprobid script?

:)

[OxyK]

That is why i need to know from kind people out here is it a MUST to reinstall database for the new template to be working on phpprobid script?

:)

as i understand the template itself is html + css and it does not require any database.
another point if parts of the template/layout are stored in database - designer need to browse tables and change data there to apply new template
or if it's generated on the fly

finally, if it's php script, designer need to work with it online (ie on server)
many designers prefer to work on their local servers to avoid mess and data loss on client' server.
then they need to have database dump (obviously), otherwise they will see errors down the screen instead of the layout.

it's hard to say if your designer need to reinstall/drop/insert tables, but I'm sure he should have access to database if he skin the script and w/o data loss

if you still don't understand why, ask your programmer to disconnect database from script and then try to see that layout :)

p.s. back-up wizard, back-up home directory, then you can restore all data if the updates will be not good

[bereczandor]

i totally forgot about the db dump :))

sure, if he is expert in phpprobid skinning, than it is familiar with php..so acces your cpanel, make him a dumb, he already has acces to the files, nad he can work easyly on localhost..

if the guy seems pro and has proven background, then he definetly asked for cpanel access for a good intended reason..

[OxyK]

usually the first step for work (should be automated) - it's access cpanel, make full backup and check what databases, cron, subdomains, redirect etc. then get a dump after the backup is completed, copy content of site via ftp in "copy" folder and only then you can proceed with any work (locally or on site - depends on the work complexity).

i see no reason to restrict data access. it will make a work more complex and increase time of work and errors.