Development Server

[keitbt]

My client has an existing static website. I have set up a new account for this client on my dedicated server and installed zencart. But, I don't want to change the DNS to point to the new server until the site is ready. Prior to changing the DNS, the new site can be access with the IP address.

I changed includes/configure.php like this:
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://74.52.125.242/~tealeave');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://74.52.125.242/~tealeave');

I changed admin/includes/configure.php like this:
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://74.52.125.242/~tealeave');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://74.52.125.242/~tealeave');
define('HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER', 'http://74.52.125.242/~tealeave');
define('HTTPS_CATALOG_SERVER', 'https://74.52.125.242/~tealeave');

The Admin page works fine. But on the main page, the CCS link still points to the Domain Name which, of course, resides on another server. How can I get this to work before I'm ready to change the DNS?

Go to http://74.52.125.242/~tealeave/ you will see what I mean.

[kobra]

That is supposed to work if you have things configured correctly...

As this is your own, give this a dedicated IP and access by IP only

or transfer the DNS and place the static page in the root and it should load preferentially and access ZC with /index.php

[keitbt]

Thanks for the info. It never occurred to me that the static site can co-exist with Zen Cart installed in the root. I'm going to do that.

[kobra]

Deoending, you might need one of these added to your .htaccess and depends upon how your configured

You can add

AddHandler application/x-httpd-html htm php

or

DirectoryIndex index.html or htm or what ever the extention of the static file is