Zip file creates then immediately deletes site

[uniondesign]

I have an infuriating issue that has come up before and just came up again.

Let’s say I’m doing a site redesign for company.local. I want a fresh install for the new build but I want to keep an archive of the old site too. So in local I change the following:

• name: Company (Old)
• domain: company-old.local

But the folder in Sites/ folder is still /company/. I don’t want that. That’s confusing. And I can’t seem to find any way to rename the site folder.

So I…

1. Make a zip of the old /company/ site folder in /Sites/
2. Delete the site in Local
3. Drag the zip file into Local to recreate the site
4. Tell the import to use…

• name: Company (Old)
• domain: company-old.local
• folder: company-old/

Local creates the new site and then IMMEDIATELY deletes it?! Huh?

[sambrockway]

Hello @uniondesign - thank you for your question.

Can provide the Local Logs by chance? You can get a zip of those logs by clicking the “Download Local Log” button from the “Support” tab of Local. See this help doc for more information:

Retrieve Local’s Log File

I wonder if something is failing behind the scenes resulting in the site being deleted.

Thank you!

Sam

[uniondesign]

Attached. I know I could just rebuild the archive site manually but dropping a zip seems much simpler. Also question, is there a way to rename / process for renaming the site folder?
local-logs.zip (2.4 MB)

[sambrockway]

Hi @uniondesign -

Something else you might want to consider is using the Clone site feature.

Would this workflow accomplish what you’d like to do?

1. Right-click the site > Clone site. Give the site name / domain Company (Old) and company-old.local

2. Delete original site

3. Create a new site with the desired domain

Let me know what you think about that!

Sam

[uniondesign]

AHHH! Why didn’t I think of that. Thanks you. Filing that away in my brain for future reference.

[sambrockway]

Hi @uniondesign -

Awesome! Glad to hear that worked for you.

Sam