Installing on temp url...

[toomanyknots]

Is there any problem with installing ZC on a temp url? I recently moved hosts and install ZC on a temp url given to me by the host to use until my domain is transfered over. I have my site moved successfully, but I am wondering what I am going to need to do after I my domain is transferred. Is it going to effect all my links? Will I need to change things in my configure.php files? I did back up both the new host install configure.php files and the old ones too in case I would need them.

[DrByte]

Is there any problem with installing ZC on a temp url? I recently moved hosts and install ZC on a temp url given to me by the host to use until my domain is transfered over. I have my site moved successfully, but I am wondering what I am going to need to do after I my domain is transferred. Is it going to effect all my links? Will I need to change things in my configure.php files? I did back up both the new host install configure.php files and the old ones too in case I would need them.

I frequently install using the temporary URL provided by the hosting company. And then when the real domain name has replicated correctly all I have to do is edit the HTTP_SERVER and HTTPS_SERVER (and HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER and HTTPS_CATALOG_SERVER) settings in the 2 configure.php files (after making them writable instead of read-only), and everything "just works". All the "links" generated by original Zen Cart code use the configure.php settings to set the correct URL, so that's the only place that requires touching.

After the URL changes, you may need to empty your browser's cookies for logins to work.

The only caveat: In the unusual case where the "temporary URL" is actually just an IP address (ie: all numbers, like 123.222.111.222), you may have troubles doing customer/admin login depending on the server configuration. In that case, ask your hosting company if there's a "named" temporary URL you can use.

[toomanyknots]

Sweet, sounds easy peasy, thank you! I think my url is just an IP though, my homepage address is: http://208.76.85.155/~jrvihfnf/newftp/

If I have any problems I guess I will just re-install and re-migrate my site...

[toomanyknots]

So I got a confirmation email that my domain was transfered sucessfully. Under the details, the name servers appear to be the correct name servers. So I ma not sure if that is that, or what. But now any attempt to go to my website on the temp url or the main domain name both result in:

"Forbidden

You don't have permission to access / on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request."

Just wondering if this is normal, or if I should wait a day, etc.

[toomanyknots]

Ok, I contacted my hosting company, and they got the domain name working. My links all point to the temp url though. I think the tech just copied a folder that I installed my new site too. I guess I need to go in and mess with the configure.php file now?

[toomanyknots]

Ok, I contacted my hosting company, and they got the domain name working. My links all point to the temp url though. I think the tech just copied a folder that I installed my new site too. I guess I need to go in and mess with the configure.php file now?

Oh, and to clarify why he copied it, is because I had my site installed to a directory off of my root, so the main domain wasn't working. I guess I will delete the first copy that is not working (after backing up that is). Anybody got a link to a thread that will tell me what I need to do to the configure.php files to point to my site?