Local PC Test Server

[Brian-Bear]

Hi

I hope someone can point me in the right direction. I wish to do development work/add new catagories products etc to our live stores offline on a laptop or PC running as a test server. Our live stores run on windows 2003 with IIS6 and our local PCs all run windows 2000, can anyone explain or post a link how to do this offline development with oscommerce.

 

thanks in advange

[♥Vger]

Go to this address: http://www.apachefriends.org/en and download the Installer version of XAMPP. This is an all-in-one package which includes an Apache Web Server, PHP 4 & 5, MySQL, PHPMyAdmin etc. Once it's downloaded it's literally a 1-click install.

 

Once it is installed you can switch between PHP 4 & 5 using the switch-bat function in the XAMPP control panel (Apache must be shut down first).

 

You download a backup of your online site, plus a backup of the database. Go to http://lcalhost/phpmyadmin and create a blank database and then use the SQL tab to import the contents of the database backup into it.

 

Create a folder called 'catalog' (or whatever you like) inside the XAMPP htdocs folder and drop all of your website folder/files into it. Edit the two configure.php files to run on http://localhost, with the DIR_WS path /catalog/

 

You should now have a working local copy of your online website.

 

If you wish to test mail functions then also install Post Cast Server (mail server).

 

Vger

[Brian-Bear]

Cheers Vger

 

worked a treat

[MagickWomyn]

Go to this address: http://www.apachefriends.org/en and download the Installer version of XAMPP. This is an all-in-one package which includes an Apache Web Server, PHP 4 & 5, MySQL, PHPMyAdmin etc. Once it's downloaded it's literally a 1-click install.

 

Once it is installed you can switch between PHP 4 & 5 using the switch-bat function in the XAMPP control panel (Apache must be shut down first).

 

You download a backup of your online site, plus a backup of the database. Go to http://lcalhost/phpmyadmin and create a blank database and then use the SQL tab to import the contents of the database backup into it.

 

Create a folder called 'catalog' (or whatever you like) inside the XAMPP htdocs folder and drop all of your website folder/files into it. Edit the two configure.php files to run on http://localhost, with the DIR_WS path /catalog/

 

You should now have a working local copy of your online website.

 

If you wish to test mail functions then also install Post Cast Server (mail server).

 

Vger

 

:thumbsup: First, let me thank everyone for all the useful info in this forum. I'm learning a lot. I haven't found if this issue has been addressed. I think I understand the basics for a development site. The question I have is this: Is it possible to set up more than 1 site this way on the same PC? Could it be done using another folder for the other site? Thanks again!