Crazy/dangerous idea... Problems with upgrading

[mallabik]

Thanks MC for the quick response, love the support everyone here in this community gives.

I should have clarified, I would like to move the new 1.5.4 /includes folder and the /admin folder (not just the /admin/includes) I should have made that more clear. so that I can keep the same links from the rest of the site. I will be doing a major overhaul of the entire website which is why I am looking to move the new store files to the original location so I can keep many of the links the same.

[mallabik]

Hm... what a strange setting... I can only edit my posts up to 7 minutes of posting :)

Once I get the templates working as I wish, I guess I can always copy the 1.5.4 folders with new names to the live store, rename the old /includes and /admin directories to temp directories copy the 1.5.4 folders and see how everything works. I just need to do a bit of research for 1.5.4 captcha and the ability to download files on the new platform. I think the worst is past, unless those skipped actions are cause for concern.

[mallabik]

It's been a few days since I was able to work on the site. You're tips have been really helpful and the site is almost up and running.

I've got the admin side working (or at least it seems to be) after renaming the old admin/ folder to admin_139/ and copying the 1.5.4. admin/ to the root location. I say "I believe" because on the admin side, all of the links are pointing to the right location and they work when I click on them.

One thing I noticed is if I try and use the 1.5.4 configure.php and use the demo location ie /store/v2 everything works. If I rename the store locations inside the 1.5.4 configure.php to /store/ and /store where application. It gives me the "You are seeing this for several reasons" message.

If I use the 1.3.9 configure.php everything seems to work. The links on the home page, images everything points back to /store and it seems ok. Should I be concerned that I have to use 1.3.9 configure.php?

[lat9]

... If I use the 1.3.9 configure.php everything seems to work. The links on the home page, images everything points back to /store and it seems ok. Should I be concerned that I have to use 1.3.9 configure.php?

In a nutshell, yes. There were defined values added and removed in the v1.5.0 version of the configure.php and the admin-level configure.php added "self-sensing" directories.

[Parafanaylya]

Clearly something's not working correctly with the import. It could be something wrong with how you originally exported. Or a number of things.

But another option that might work (since you're using the same server for both the live and test sites) is to use phpMyAdmin to do the copy of the live database to another database already in your server. Whether this will work depends on the cofniguration of phpMyAdmin and server security restrictions.
What I've done before is:
- click on the "live" database, on the left column.
- Then in the right column click on the Operations tab.
- On that screen I have a "Copy Database To..." option, where I can enter the name of the database I want to copy everything over to ... plus some checkboxes:
-- Check the "Copy structure and data" box.
-- Uncheck the "Create database" (because you already have the database, and security rules on shared servers usually prevent you from creating db's with phpMyAdmin)
-- Check the Drop Tables/Views (so that it removes any same-named tables in the new db)
-- Keep the Auto-Increment checked
-- constraints are probably irrelevant
The "switch to copied db" option simply tells phpMyAdmin to switch its screens to the new db after the copy is done. So, might be handy to "check" this box.

Hi

Hopefully this post is not considered a hijack. I have a similar issue.

Fresh install ZC 1.5.4 on approved Zen-Cart host.

Old ZC 1.3.9f with PHP Version: 5.3.29 and Database: MySQL 5.6.23-log

I have copied as per your outline above with the drop table checked, and checked the switch to copied db . I also added the old user name, password and all privileges to the new DB called ****_ZC2.

There are no products in the new DB.

[frank18]

Hi

Hopefully this post is not considered a hijack. I have a similar issue.

Fresh install ZC 1.5.4 on approved Zen-Cart host.

Old ZC 1.3.9f with PHP Version: 5.3.29 and Database: MySQL 5.6.23-log

I have copied as per your outline above with the drop table checked, and checked the switch to copied db . I also added the old user name, password and all privileges to the new DB called ****_ZC2.

There are no products in the new DB.

DrByte's suggestion earlier in this thread is one way of doing it - works perfectly if done as per his instructions.

Now, if you go back to to post #3 in this thread (my approach) and add to my post

- rename the admin directory to "admin" (without the quotes)

before running zc_install then you should be fine.

Let us know how you go with this.

[Parafanaylya]

DrByte's suggestion earlier in this thread is one way of doing it - works perfectly if done as per his instructions.

Now, if you go back to to post #3 in this thread (my approach) and add to my post

- rename the admin directory to "admin" (without the quotes)

before running zc_install then you should be fine.

Let us know how you go with this.

busy trying your method

[Parafanaylya]

Now you head to your phpMyAdmin and select the newly created DB. Then you drop all tables from that DB leaving you with an empty DB. Then you import the old 1.3.9h DB into the newly created 1.5.4 DB

Emptied db

When you say import, this implies I need to export the old database tables. Correct?

Next you upload the zc_install folder to your test folder (new store) and run yoursite.com/teststore/zc_install

to do

On the bottom of that install screen you see a button (Database Update). Hit that button but NOT the install button. Follow the prompts and don't worry about the warnings about configure.php files not being writable - you only update the DB, nothing else.

When done you delete the zc-install folder from your your test store.

And that should be it.

Let us know how things are progressing

I am just a mechanic, but I'll try

[frank18]

When you say import, this implies I need to export the old database tables. Correct?

Correct - first export the old DB to your HDD then import that old DB into your new (now empty) DB

[Parafanaylya]

Correct - first export the old DB to your HDD then import that old DB into your new (now empty) DB

busy uploading 33mb @ about 0.87kbps