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@@ -49,6 +49,25 @@ when importing full_dump.sql, you must modify certain rows in the tables elggdat
 that they pertain to the local elgg site instance. 	(so if you see something like 
 http://ucommjuhl.unl.edu/UNL_Elgg/elgg, change it!)
 
+*******
+** Notes on importing data for dev to local machine:
+*******
+-ftp a copy of the database to your machine
+    scp unl_social_2010-04-22_00h10m.Thursday.sql usernameonlocalmachine@yourmachine.com:/Path/To/Transer/To
+-import it
+    mysql -u username -p < /Path/To/unl_social_2010-04-22_00h10m.Thursday.sql
+-Set the correct site url within the unl_social database:
+    mysql -u username -p
+    use unl_social;
+    UPDATE elggsites_entity SET url='http://ucommbieber.unl.edu/workspace/UNL_Elgg/elgg/' WHERE guid=1;
+    UPDATE elggdatalists SET value = '/Users/bbieber/Documents/workspace/UNL_Elgg/elgg/' WHERE name = 'path';
+    UPDATE elggdatalists SET value = '/Users/bbieber/Documents/workspace/UNL_Elgg/elgg_data/' WHERE name = 'dataroot';
+-zip up elgg_data and ftp that
+    zip -r newfilename elgg_data
+-replace your local copy of elgg_data with this one and make sure apache (could be _www or apache or ?) has write access to it
+    cd path/to/elgg_data
+    sudo chown -R _www *
+    
 
 
 *******