lostxpinoy Posted May 17, 2004 Posted May 17, 2004 Hello, I'm outgrowing my existing hosting provider and am looking into dedicated or virtual dedicated hosting solutions. I would also like to use a different domain name. I'm basically going to transfer my oscommerce site to another hosting provider and to a different domain name. Exactly what must I do to ensure that my installation of osCommerce still works after the transfer? Do I just need to edit the config files where it states my domain name, etc.? Any help is greatly appreciated!
Harald Ponce de Leon Posted May 17, 2004 Posted May 17, 2004 Both catalog/includes/configure.php and admin/includes/configure.php files need to be edited - specifically the web server and database server settings. If you have the web based installation module available for your osCommerce version, it's also possible to use that to configure the store but make sure you don't import the database otherwise it will clear your current database data. , osCommerce
lostxpinoy Posted May 17, 2004 Author Posted May 17, 2004 Thanks for the reply! If I have it right then I would install osCommerce under the new domain name then transfer all files from the old site to the new one, overwriting all files except for the configure files. The import my existing db and overwrite the one created by the new install. Sound about right? :D
Harald Ponce de Leon Posted May 17, 2004 Posted May 17, 2004 If you have edited the source files located at Server 1 or have installed contributions, then it is best to copy all relevant files (catalog/*) to Server 2 and edit the includes/configure.php file by hand. You cannot use different osCommerce versions on the same database without updating the database for the newer osCommerce version. If you do plan on updating to a newer osCommerce version, be sure look in the extras/ directory for relevant upgrade scripts. As you are just moving server, all that is required is to copy the catalog over, import the database, and to change the configuration parameters in includes/configure.php. , osCommerce
scissorbabe Posted May 25, 2010 Posted May 25, 2010 Do the configure.php files in /includes/ & admin/includes/ need to be updated?
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