Why doesn't my store run locally ?

I copied my entire store to a local server. When I try to access it, I get "zc_install/index.php not found" I don't have an zc_install folder. My hosts installation program didn't leave one.
I tried editing the 2 configure.php files to paths that relate to my local server, and set a servername in apache, but still no luck.

All of the tips I've read/found discuss install locally and moving to host. I'd like to move my store/work from my host, to my local server.

Please help a newbie

I also had problems getting my shop to run locally when I was first starting out. It is so long ago I can't remember the finer points but in my case it was the path details in the config files.

I found the easiest way to solve it was to do a new local install and then compare these config files to your host's and edit accordingly.

chuby2:

I copied my entire store to a local server. When I try to access it, I get "zc_install/index.php not found" I don't have an zc_install folder. My hosts installation program didn't leave one.
I tried editing the 2 configure.php files to paths that relate to my local server, and set a servername in apache, but still no luck.

All of the tips I've read/found discuss install locally and moving to host. I'd like to move my store/work from my host, to my local server.

Please help a newbie

Your host likely removed the zc_install directory because it's a security risk to leave it. Imagine if I was able to access zc_install/index.php and to reconfigure your store? Copying a store from one server to another shouldn't require the zc_install directory.

On your local machine, you mention that you have Apache setup. Are you able to access other local sites? Do you have MySQL setup using the same database/host/username/password, etc., as are specified in your config files?

To know your local pathway all you need to do is to follow the trail from the C drive to the htdocs or www folder - and that's your pathway.

Vger

yeah sounds like you just need to edit your config files.

admin configure.php, edit the paths to reflect your local server, eg define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://127.0.0.1'); etc, etc.. set SSL to false.

also in the define database connection, if you used the default mysql setup you'll need to use: define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', 'root'); (root being the default). You'll need to make sure the database name is correct, password, etc.

The last line in that file: define('DIR_FS_SQL_CACHE' use the same path from httpd config file in apache2 setup, store directory/cache');

In the includes/configure.php do the same things.

If you got as far as you did I think php is probably working, but if not do a test page by putting <?php phpinfo() ?> between body tags, save it as test.php, put it in the document root directory (as per httpd config) and it should display the php info.

Thanks for the responses, I'm going to start over with a full install. Then I'll try substituting my 'live' data to the new install.

Again,

Thank you all for the replies !!!!!!!!!

Mike