What am I missing?

[eggdashure]

Ok, I took your advice and rebuilt my database in 10 table increments. I went into my configuration files and verified that they are pointing to my database, but my cart is still showing the original categories and products that come with the "demo" add on.

According to the instructions, all I need to do is upload my cart from Xampp overwriting the cart on my web server. The exception is too leave out the two config files (which I've done). Also, I need to use phpmyadmin to export my dbase and then re-import it on my server. It sounds easy enough...but some piece of the puzzle is missing.

Has anyone installed Zen Cart using Hostmonster? I'd really like to pick someones brain over this.

Thanks!

[zcnb]

Just an idea: Is it possible that what you are missing is the password for your database?

[schoolboy]

Your store will only read what it is being "instructed" to read, and it would appear that the database it is reading on the live server does not have your product data.

Get into your Hostmonster c-panel and get phpMyAdmin running. See what databases are there. Look at your configure.php files and make sure they are referencing the right database. If there is only ONE database, and your configure.php files are pointing to it, then open that database in phpMyAdmin and see what's in the product tables (there are a couple relating to products).

If you don't see your product data there, then it needs to be put there.

You could use Easy Populate (EP) to dump the product data off your xammp store, then, install EP on the hostmonster store and get it to upload the data from the dump you just did. (I use this method often).

[eggdashure]

I wanted to thank everyone for their ideas, ended up steering me in the right direction.

Here's what was going on...

When I used Hostmonster's simple scripts to add my cart it would add an extra "/" to the database location. I didn't see it at first when I was looking at my dbase location, because I was mainly concerned about the name.

I also found that when I built my home server Xampp didn't use any "prefix" characters. By default Simple Scripts includes a default set of prefixes. Once I sorted through those two issues my site uploaded and behaved like a champ.

Thanks again!