CUNY Academic Commons

Stephen Klein, GC librarian, writes:

"I would like to make substantial updates to our library blog on the Commons without experimenting on the live site. Would it be possible to provide either of the following?
A test site on the Commons that duplicates our current site, including its content, settings, theme, and activated plugins.
or
A copy of the database and the relevant theme and plugin files so I can set up a separate development environment. I could ask GC IT about providing access to their MYSQL server or run it locally using XAMPP/MAMP.
Ideally, I would appreciate both options so I could work locally and then share the changes on a test site on the Commons for review.
In addition to updating the theme, I would like to review our activated plugins. We seem to have little institutional knowledge of why many of them were enabled or whether they are still needed."