In many cases when developing a Magento website you will need to create a staging server to work from to make changes and modifications. From this you can then transfer the changes to your live website, which does not get effected during your development stages.
These instructions if followed correctly will duplicate your current Magento store without harming it in any way. However failure to follow these instructions correctly could result in significant harm to your live install. If you are not confident following these instructions then you should not undertake this HowTo.







