Transferring a complete website.

[Jeroentje]

I'm considering to take somebody website over, including his Content and Mysql databases. If I would make a backup from the current site, and adjust the MX records / Nameservers and install the stuff on my own website/mysql databases, will it work out of the 'apple' without content being harmed?

I think it's technicallly possible as long everything was 'written' using that domain, and not by IP for example (like http://127.0.0.1/Forum/, but www.website.com/forum )

Ideas?

[_Aerospace_Eng_]

If it was written properly it should still work. You'll likely have to change the database username/password in the scripts though. Hopefully they have one config file for this so you only have to change one file. If they used php, I would also check to see what version of PHP they were using just to be sure any functions they used are compatible with the version of php you install.