Reinstall advice urgently needed

Hi everybody.
I need some help. Zen Ver 1.38
Im hosted at godaddy/shared linux with ssl cert. numerous addons that work fine. I used the Free Red template originaly.

My url
https://www.angiejolee.com/store/

I think I need to reintall zencart or replace all the files to start fresh with no templates or addons and KEEP the database.
Being GoDaddy/shared hosted, the db is hosted on another server. I have made a full db backup including tables as outlined here on this forum but have not tested whether the db can be imported sucessfully (or even restore the db for that matter.)

I have read caveats here that some info related to the template I was using is now stored in the database and my site may have problems displaying unless I use the same template.

I want to use a different template (cherry-zen) which I have a local zen setup with the demo DB and a couple addons.

What is the best course of action in this case? Keeping MY db is a must!

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Best to search this Forum using "godaddy" as your Searchword and you will find many threads on GoDaddy problems. Perhaps a solution that worked for them will work for you?

I searched "godaddy", read everything there and elsewhere on the forum that I can find. Its confussing to say the least.

Thanks Website Rob.

I guess I'm not sure what the question is. The link you provided has Cherry Zen installed now. There shouldn't be any template settings in the database. Can you just install a new installation of Zencart and point it to your existing database?

Thanks stevesh.
Yes the url I gave is cherry zen template (I was using free-red and wanted to try cherry zen) but it doesnt display correctly, and changing back to free-red was even worse. Its my first install and maybe mucked up with newbie mistakes. I have learned alot with this first one.

So a clean install is in order.
Exactly how do I point a new installation to the existing database?

I have searched the forum for that answer but cant find the answer.
or the procedures are unclear. Remember the host is godaddy and the db is on another server.

Thanks again

So now I have reinstalled zencart, linked it to the existing database during the install process and no products or customers show up.
What did I do wrong?

Thanks

I am going to move my installation from /public/store/ (to root).

My admin sessions path is:
/mnt/p3hnas127_data01/p3nlhssl016/content/j/o/h/johnston09/tmp_store/zen-cart-v1.3.8a-sp-20090619/cache

Do I change it to?
/mnt/p3hnas127_data01/p3nlhssl016/content/j/o/h/johnston09/zen-cart-v1.3.8a-sp-20090619/cache

or

/mnt/p3hnas127_data01/p3nlhssl016/content/j/o/h/johnston09/tmp/zen-cart-v1.3.8a-sp-20090619/cache

I see on the forum some people have problems with this.

Thanks,
Drunkguy

You should be able to move it where ever you like so long as you get your configure.php files set to the right paths. Just look at what they are now and adjust accordingly. You can look in your current configure.php files to see what they say now and make the changes to point them to the their new folders.

When I'm in a shared hosting environment like that, I never ever put anything in the root directory. I put in an index file that will redirect it to where I want it to go.

Example, when I install my store I will put it in a folder called "store". My index.php will redirect you to /store.

If I want to bring up a test store to try out a new template or a module or something else, I will install it in a directory called "store2".

If it works out, I will change my index.php to point to store2 and change the .htaccess file in my "store/" folder to send everything to store2.

That way I can move things around willy nilly to suit myself without causing any problems. I can even keep store2 password protected until I'm ready to let the world see it.