Making a test subdomain a primary live domain?

[Urbanfarmer]

Hello.......I realize amateur questions like this are aggravating to advanced users. So my apologies. But I'm trying to do this myself so I know how to do it in the future.

 

I've searched and read and tried a few things. I've contacted Inmotion several times. They haven't been helpful. Softaculous doesn't offer cloning for PS, so that's out. I'm at a dead-end. 

 

In simple, amateur terms......how do I turn (presta.myshop.com) into (myshop.com) so I can make this test site my primary live site?

 

It's ironic that I have learned how to do some css and html, but I can't figure this one out. 

 

Please help........I need to get this site up and running.

[selectshop.at]

The best way is by re-writing the subdomain if you will not use it anymore.

 

Add to your .htaccess:

#Rewriting subdomain to domain
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^presta.myshop\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://myshop.com/$1 [L,R=301]

Edited January 20, 2014 by selectshop.at (see edit history)

[Urbanfarmer]

Thanks for your help. I will do this as soon as I can access my domain registrar Advanced DNS Settings page. The page is currently not showing and I've filed a ticket.

 

This is all I see in htaccess at the moment: suPHP_ConfigPath /home/t........5/public_html. So I just add the code you offered below it?

 

Am I correct that I must change the DNS name server to point to my new host?

[selectshop.at]

As stated on topic #2 in your Shop .htaccess. Look in the root of your shop on FTP and add the lines befor Prestashop code.

 

If there is no Prestashop code, so simply add in the first lines.

Edited January 21, 2014 by selectshop.at (see edit history)