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How do I reinstall the zencart while keeping previous work?

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11 Dec 2008, 4:12 PM
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How do I reinstall the zencart while keeping previous work?

I was recently fired from a job, and in changing their site back to a previous state I inadvertently delete the zencart site. I have the database still, but when I try to run zencart i get the install error page. I have about 16 hours of work in the site and would like to get it back.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

-rhyno

11 Dec 2008, 5:38 PM
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Re: How do I reinstall the zencart while keeping previous work?

Sorry to hear that your employer did not like you... you seem like a very loyal person as you want to re-install their site!

If, as you say, the database is intact, then recovering much of what you did is possible. You will end up with a site that FUNCTIONS in much the same way as the original, but as you have lost your template, the LOOK of the site will be different.

Before you begin:

  1. What VERSION of zencart was originally installed.
  2. Did you install any additional MODULES on the original site.
  3. Have you established if the host has a BACKUP of the site? (They normally do have backups).

Answer these question FIRST, before we walk you through a "recovery" process.

11 Dec 2008, 8:52 PM
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Re: How do I reinstall the zencart while keeping previous work?

get the "install error page" ... :unsure:

hmm ... missing configure.php files?
/includes/configure.php
/admin/includes/configure.php

granted more details, as fairestcape suggests, would really be of help here to help you ... :smile: