Upgrading

[bluelion]

I'll fix the images folder issue because the last thing I want is more confusion. I understand how to do so. Thanks!

The test site is working fine and I'm almost ready to make it the live site; two questions (wouldn't it be grand if these were the last two?)

1. I have read how to do a test site while running a live site and how to switch over. The live site is not the one I want to use, so here's the question:

Can I just delete the files for the live site, move the files out of the zentest folder up one level to www.mystore.com/public_html and that's it? (Oh please say this would work...I understand how to do this and it would be so much easier than going through all this again on the live site. (Please note I cannot access admin on the live site which is one reason for the upgrade. )

I do have a copy of the live site on the computer, as well as one for the zentest site, to be safe; ditto databases.

2. Somewhere in the last four weeks I came across something about showing or not showing (?) http://www. in the URL. Currently, the test site does not use the "prefix" when it loads. Because people seem to want to see that https when shopping, I think it would be prudent for the url to display the" https://". How do I get it to show in the url bar?

[gjh42]

That is a function of your browser as to whether http:// shows up; getting the https:// also requires an SSL certificate you buy for your domain. Whatever the specifics, browsers will want to display the fact when a site is secure. You do not need https on all pages of a site,only pages that handle sensitive information like registration or checkout. Having every page secure will make them load slower.

[DrByte]

1. I have read how to do a test site while running a live site and how to switch over. The live site is not the one I want to use, so here's the question:

Can I just delete the files for the live site, move the files out of the zentest folder up one level to www.mystore.com/public_html and that's it? (Oh please say this would work...I understand how to do this and it would be so much easier than going through all this again on the live site. (Please note I cannot access admin on the live site which is one reason for the upgrade. )

Yes, you can.
Two things to note though:
a) I'd create a temporary directory called "safe-backup" or something, and *MOVE* the old files into that, instead of blindly deleting them, until the new stuff is running properly. THEN delete them.
b) You'll need to adjust the paths in your new configure.php files to reflect the change in folders.
Such a move is discussed in this article: http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?...that-directory

BUT, remember that by doing this you'll lose ALL data from your database for anything that happened since you made the backup that you imported to the test site. If that's okay, then proceed. If it's not okay, then immediately after you do the move of the files you'll need to put the old database-name back into the new configure.php and then rerun zc_install and choose upgrade, and reconfigure anything you've done in the admin since you did the test-upgrade with zc_install last time.