Dolke Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Hi guys, I don't know if I'm informed well but, I was told that if I start my PrestaShop website using one theme (no matter if it is payed or free) and in some point want to switch to another theme I would need to upload my entries, articles, and basically all user data all over again. Is this true? I would like to start with free template and then I will probably purchase one template from tempatemonster as currently I don't have enough funds, but this thing above scares me. Ty all in advance Dean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maurici Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I would like to know that too, I'm uploading the products manually to the default template and will change later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolke Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 I hear that simple export of the DB tables (DB dump) from phpMyAdmin is enough. Later you can make new PrestaShop installation and import that same dump and data should be fine. I would need someone to confirm this. Ty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vekia Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 changing themes dont affect on data in your database, so in this case after change the template - you don't have to add products, cms pages etc again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeckyl Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Hi, Like vekia, changing your template don't affect your datas. @Dolke : warning to import database on a new installation, because some elements like pasword was crypt with information contain in settings.inc.php file. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolina Custom Designs Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Is this true? Not at all. You can freely switch themes all you want. We have clients that have several different themes they use depending on the season/holiday. Marty Shue 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PascalVG Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Only make sure if you make special modifications in one of your themes, you have to do that for the other themes as well, to have them there, of course. Overriding tpl files to add or remove something etc. Data itself is not affected, as that is not in your theme, but, as Vekia already mentioned, in the database. However, if your new theme has for example not a 'right column', your modules hooked to it will also not be there in your new theme. You will need to reposition them to another position to make them available My 2 cents, Pascal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolke Posted April 14, 2013 Author Share Posted April 14, 2013 Thank you all for the useful info and suggestions. I found this free theme: http://www.prestalive.com/22-pzone-prestshop-theme.html It says that it is compatabile with PS 1.4. That probably means that I wont be able to use it on the PS 1.5.4 right? Also, are there some big differences between 1.4 and 1.5 versions of PS? Thank you. Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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