Prestashop 1.5 from Local Server to Live and/or Different Local Server

[nicholasj309]

Hello,

 

I am very new to prestashop and work primarily in Joomla. I have a prestashop working locally via Xampp and I am trying to move it to a live development server (ubuntu based linode). After that did not succeed I tried to simply move it to my laptop to run locally on my ubuntu laptop thinking that would be easier since the url (localhost/eandf.com) would be the same.

 

All I get is a 500 Error screen on the FO and can't get to the BO. Here are the steps I have taken:

 

1. Backup FTP files and Database

2. Move files to laptop in same folder name (eandf.com). The actual folder structure is /var/www/webdev/eandf.com but I have dozens of Joomla sites running on the laptop and the url is localhost/eandf.com.

3. Import new database with database name, user, and password all set to "prestashop" for simplicity

4. I have adjusted the settings.inc.php file with the new database information

5. I do not believe I have to adjust the database at all as the domain and domain ssl should still be localhost on my laptop to run it locally. Also the base URL should still be /eandf.com/?

6. I have made the permissions to 777 on my laptop so it is not a permissions issue either.

7. I have also removed the .htaccess file with no luck.

 

On a side note, the development server went through a similar process except that I DID adjust the database domain, SSL and base URL. That site is located at njpdev.com/webdev/eandf.com. As you can see I get the same 500 Error screen as I do locally on my laptop.

 

I am sure it is a simple solution as it usually is, but I have tried dozens of solutions that I have found on forums here and elsewhere with no luck at all.

 

Thank you in advance for helping me through this problem that has been frustrating me for over a week now.