Mirroring a test store

[HSMagic]

After running into much problems with "graphical borders" I grew tired of restoring the backup after every failed attempt also knowing that my live store was down for those minutes.

 

I'm sure others have done this and can warn me of any potential pitfalls.

 

Can I upload the full store to a new directory say "/testcatalog" make the changes in config to reflect the change in that test store and go about doing my damage without worry of killing the database?

[Manoil]

Find and download EasyPHP of xampp and edint you web site on you PC... :) then just upload your progress to your host. Good Luck and don't give up soon you will have the desired design! Cheers!

[HSMagic]

That was fun!

 

EasyPHP is running.. I figured out how to duplicate my database on the local machine.

 

Been playing with the configure.php files to try to make it work. The store is visible, enough so that I could play with graphical borders, but nothing really works properly, can't access admin at all.

 

Having already done this.. any tips?

 

Here's the admin error:

 

Warning: include(includes/languages/english/) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\Program Files\EasyPHP 2.0b1\www\catalog\admin\includes\application_top.php on line 133

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'includes/languages/english/' for inclusion (include_path='.;C:\PROGRA~1\EASYPH~1.0B1\\php5\pear\') in C:\Program Files\EasyPHP 2.0b1\www\catalog\admin\includes\application_top.php on line 133

Fatal error: Cannot re-assign $this in C:\Program Files\EasyPHP 2.0b1\www\catalog\admin\includes\classes\upload.php on line 31

 

Now I'm committed to this! :thumbsup: