Moving installation to another host, with a new domain

[Makover]

Hello again

I would like to move my zen cart 1.2.5 installation to a new host. I will follow the instructions given me here:
1) backup old DB
2) install 1.3.8 on new machine
3) remove 1.3.8 DB from new machine
4) restore old DB (from step 1) on new machine
5) upgrade the DB on the new machine

but here are some new chalanges:
the name of the website has to be changed. I'm not sure about all the implications, but the most obvious changes are in the domin name and DB name, that won't resemble the original 1.2.5 installation.

* The zen-cart tutorials are absolutely excellent! Any tutorial on this case as well?

Thank you,
Alon

[stevesh]

All you should have to do, after the 5 steps you listed, is edit the paths in includes/configure.php and admin/includes/configure.php to reflect the new domain name and database name (or prefix).

[Makover]

Great! I hoped it all sums up to configure.php files.

Thank you,
Alon

[DrByte]

* The zen-cart tutorials are absolutely excellent! Any tutorial on this case as well?

Searching for the topic reveals this article: https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=100

[Makover]

Hi,

Managed to install 1.3.7.1, but I'm experiencing problems with chmod. both configure.php files were set to 644 using the hosting company file manager, yet I get the warning: http://srv101.networkprotected.com/~dhcarsho

Anything else I should check/do?

Thank you,
Alon

[DrByte]

Hboth configure.php files were set to 644 using the hosting company file manager, yet I get the warning

You tried 644 ... did you try the other suggestion mentioned in the warning message? ie: 444 ?

https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=148
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=90
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=9

[Makover]

You have an answer to everything Thank you!

Great installer! It identified almost all variables so it was a "next-next" procedure. So up untill now it was pretty trivial. Now I'll install the Hebrew package and proceed with steps 3-5. Wish me luck.

Alon

[Makover]

Hi All,

I'm asking for your advise. As described I have to deal with 3 difficulties:

1) Move Zen-Cart to a new host
2) Upgrade from 1.2.5 to 1.3.7.1
3) Different Domain

I thought the upgrade requires just relpacing files but it actually requires some acquaintance with the code. I'm not sure which code changes were done by the developer on the 1.2.5 zen-cart 3 years ago so I won't be able to distinguish between changes that originate from the upgrade process and which originate form the developer.

So, perhaps I should do differently than advised here and:

1) Install 1.2.5 on the new host
2) Move Zen-Cart to the new host
3) Upgrade

Alon

[DrByte]

So, perhaps I should do differently than advised here and:

1) Install 1.2.5 on the new host
2) Move Zen-Cart to the new host
3) Upgrade

You can do that if you like, as long as your new host isn't running PHP5 or MySQL5 yet ... because v1.2.5 is not compatible with PHP5 and MySQL5.

[Makover]

Database: MySQL 5.0.45-community
PHP Version: 5.2.5 (Zend: 2.2.0)

So I'll have to use WinMerge to locate both code upgrade and customization at the same time. Appologies in advance if I'll be a nag tomorrow.

Alon