Question about upgrading

[waterbender]

Hi,

We have been planning to upgrade to the latest version. We think the developer might not have done it quite right. Most likely he has copied the existing site to a demo folder and then upgraded it to the latest version. We realised that he should have installed the latest version in the demo folder first and then carried over the customisation. We want to know if we are better off starting in a new demo folder again or trying to fix what he has done?

[swguy]

I'd suggest starting over. Most likely the number of file you changed in your cart is small compared to the number of core Zen Cart files which have changed. Start with the latest then bring your customizations over.

[dbltoe]

Excellent article at http://www.zen-cart.com/entry.php?3-...d-of-upgrading

[waterbender]

What is the difference between these two articles?
http://www.zen-cart.com/entry.php?3-...d-of-upgrading
http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?148

[DrByte]

Not much really. Just that people get scared because the 2nd one looks daunting. It seems most people just want to click a button and have the upgrade done for them, having been spoiled by Microsoft for too many years.
The 1st is just presented from a different angle, with a few tweaks that I've found make things go more smoothly and minimize risk of lost data.

Read and study both. It's all useful info.

[waterbender]

Hi,

Been trying to import the old database into the new database using phpmyadmin but because the file is very big, it keeps timing out with the message saying connection has reset. Any suggestion?

[waterbender]

Have successfully imported the big database using bigdump.

Now working on the two configure.php files (for the demo_shop). Noticed a few changes which I am not sure.

admin/includes/configure.php
define HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER: is this my_domain.com or my_domain.com/demo_shop?
define DIR_WS_ADMIN and DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN: this used to be the admin folder name but what do we put in the latest version since the codes are quite different now?
define DIR_FS_ADMIN: this used to be admin folder path, how do we put in the details in the latest version? It has realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../') . '/'
define SQL_CACHE_METHOD: this used to be 'database' but do we keep it as 'none' now?
define DIR_FS_SQL_CACHE: is this public_html/cache or public_html/demo_shop/cache

[DrByte]

admin/includes/configure.php
define HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER: is this my_domain.com or my_domain.com/demo_shop?

http://your_domain.com

define DIR_WS_ADMIN and DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN: this used to be the admin folder name but what do we put in the latest version since the codes are quite different now?
define DIR_FS_ADMIN: this used to be admin folder path, how do we put in the details in the latest version? It has realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../') . '/'

Those were changed to allow the file to auto-detect your admin foldername, thus meaning you do NOT need to edit this file when you rename your admin folder.

define SQL_CACHE_METHOD: this used to be 'database' but do we keep it as 'none' now?

Either is fine.

define DIR_FS_SQL_CACHE: is this public_html/cache or public_html/demo_shop/cache

It needs to be the complete server path to your cache folder. So if your store is in a folder named demo_shop then it needs to be set to /var/users/username/public_html/demo_shop/cache
Basically take your DIR_FS_CATALOG value and add /cache to the end.

[waterbender]

Thanks DrByte

So I guess I will leave these intact
define DIR_WS_ADMIN and DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN
define DIR_FS_ADMIN

By the way, regarding define DB_PREFIX, if my existing database uses 'zen_', do I keep using 'zen_' or should I leave it blank?

[waterbender]

I put 'zen_' in the configure.php file. I hope that would be okay. Going through zc_install now

If you wish to change the database table prefixes, enter the new prefix below. NOTE: please verify that the prefix name is not already used in your database, as we do not check for such duplication. Using an already-existing table prefix will corrupt your database.
Enter the NEW Table-Prefix:

should I use 'zen_' or blank or new prefix?