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I have a working expression installation which is running a live site.

Our client has asked for some major work to be done to the site and we need to change the templates and add functionality.

I need to do this while the current site remains live.

I wish to work on a copy of the site in a subdirectory: http://www.domain.com/dev

Is it possible to create a new database, copy current to new one and then copy files to the subdirectory in order to work on a development version of the site while the current site remains live?

Then once complete could I move development copy to the root to make it the live site.

Yep you can do that, a lot of EE devs run development, staging and live versions of the same site.

Hey Origin Media,

What bluedreamer said. 😊

You license allows for development and staging sites to be used to support the main site. Just as long as you have a license for each live site.

This is a really good idea, I personally have a dev and staging server. Nothing ever changes on the live sites unless I have tested it and have a procedure in place for recovery if something goes south.

Is there anything else I can help you with?

Cheers,