I have been building my zen cart (/test) to replace a site already in existence (/). I have been reading all that I can find on this subject including the tutorial 122. I believe most of the posts that I read assumed that the root directory was empty and you would just copy the files from /test into the root and then delete /test. Since my root directory contains the original site that I am replacing, what is the best course to take in order to transfer my new site (zen cart) into the root? I am sure I will want to save or backup the original site in case things go wrong, right?
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13 Dec 2011, 11:57 PM #1
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Moving shop to root directory, questions
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14 Dec 2011, 12:12 AM #2
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Re: Moving shop to root directory, questions
As it happens, I did precisely this. I backed up everything from the root just in case, then I deleted it all. Uploaded a temporary "down for maintenance" index.html file, then did the move. Went fine. Just make sure to edit both configure.php files to reflect the new path.
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14 Dec 2011, 12:27 AM #3
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Re: Moving shop to root directory, questions
Thanks,
Originally Posted by RescoCCC
That makes a lot of since. Where do you suggest I get a temporary down for maintenance file? OR can I make one and how?
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14 Dec 2011, 12:33 AM #4
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Re: Moving shop to root directory, questions
I created my own, just a simple index.html file. Something like:
<html>
<head>
<title>We're doing a little site work</title>
</head>
<br>
<body bgcolor="White">
<div align="center"><h1>We're doing a little site work</h1><p><img src="maintenance.gif" width=xxx height=xxx alt="We're doing a little site work" border="0">
<p>
<h2><i><b><font color="red">Site updates in progress.</font></b></i></h2></div>
</body>
</html>
You can find an image file to use out there on the web.
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14 Dec 2011, 12:59 AM #5
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Re: Moving shop to root directory, questions
Originally Posted by RescoCCC
Thank you, that is what I needed.
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