Test System

[Ricochet]

I have a live store running and need to install additional modules. I'd like to build a test system that I can use to install and test the modules before I go live, obvouslly. Is there an easy way to do this? I just worry if the urls are wrong the store wont function properly (wrong in the sense that it wont be the normal store url www.xxx.com/store for example, it'll be test.server.com/store).

 

Any ideas on how others went about this?

 

Thanks

Stephen

[oschellas]

The includes/configure.php file (admin and catalog) holds the main information regarding your site configuration (location / database). Copy this file to the includes/local folder (admin and catalog) and adjust it to your test server settings. Just be sure you don't upload the local folder to the live website.

[♥Vger]

Don't forget to create a new database, take a backup of the old one and import it into the new database - and then use that new database for the test store - otherwise you'll be using your live stores' database for the test store.

 

Vger

[Ricochet]

Don't forget to create a new database, take a backup of the old one and import it into the new database - and then use that new database for the test store - otherwise you'll be using your live stores' database for the test store.

 

Vger

 

 

I have it copied fine and dandy, it comes up and the shirts display, but I get no product found when I click on the shirts, to be clear im talking about my copied test system. ive changed all the right options in includes/configure.php, something isnt quote right tho.