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I switched to NS Clone and the free version suited my needs.

It looks like the views question is address in their free version too. Not coping the users was the only feature missing from Pro, but manually adding after the clone wasn’t a problem.

Hi, I’m getting the following errors when duplicating. Could it be related to your fix above? I am just at the beginning of investigating this problem, and realize I probably need to start a new thread.

WPDB ERROR: Cannot drop table 'wp_51_dlm_order' referenced by a foreign key constraint 'wp_51_fk_order_customer_order' on table 'wp_51_dlm_order_customer'.

@webdevmattcrom what is the looping update doing? Is it actually changing anything in the database?

I just answered a similar question MAMP in the local host forum.
http://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/topic/newbie-needs-some-advice-please?replies=2

Hi Alex, You would setup wordpress locally much like you set it up on the server.

Here are the steps I usually take. I’m assuming you have MAMP setup and running properly.

Database – Start MAMP and go to phpMyAdmin. Create a new database for the site. Name it whatever you want.

Install WordPress – Create a folder in your local root directory for the site. Drag a fresh copy of WordPress into that folder. If you don’t know where the root directory folder is, open the MAMP control window and click Preferences > Apache and select the root folder you want to work in.

WP-Config.php – Rename the config sample file and point WordPress to your new database by updating these three lines.

define('DB_NAME', 'database_name_here');

/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', 'username_here');

/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password_here');

Copy the Database – Export your current database in .sql format (no compression) and import that file into your new database.

Update wp-options – Go into the database locally and update the url in the wp-options table. Should be option id 1 & 37. The url should be something like http://localhost:8888/foldername.

wp-content – Next you need to get the live wp-content folder. The uploads folder could be huge so if you are just doing some theme edits you might be able to get away with not downloading that directory. Otherwise download the folder and copy it into your local instillation.

Find and Replace – Now you should be able to login to the site locally. The last thing I do is run find and replace on the whole site to update all the urls from whatever the domain name is to the local url. That way all your paths will work locally. You will need to redo this when you upload.

Good luck!

What form are you using?

I would suggest changing to Gravity Forms or Fast Secure Contact Forms.

I use Fast Secure Contact form on a number of sites and it’s free and has Captcha built in.

If you want to keep your current form then you can find plugins to add Captcha.

There is probably some php code that is in your header.php or page.php.

Assuming it is your page.php file, I would create a custom page for the homepage. Copy your current page.php and rename it front-page.php.

Then edit your current page.php and remove the line of code that is inserting the slider.

http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Template_Hierarchy#Front_Page_display