Moving 1.6 from a folder to home directory

[filipstudio]

I've just installed 1.6 into a folder. My previous version still runs live in the home directory until I'll make this one work smoothly.

 

Is it possible to move the old store into a backup folder, and then the new one (1.6) into the site's main directory without creating a huge mess?

 

Any good suggestions will be highly appreciated.

 

Thank you.

[vekia]

yes

it is possible to move working store to home directory

you can do it anytime you want

 

the only one thing you have to change after moving files:

- go to preferences > seo & urls and change values of domain (if necessary) and base uri field (if necessary)

[filipstudio]

Thank you very much. This way I will be able to keep the old store in the main directory until I make this one work. By the way, there's a big difference between the old one and the 1.6. I really like the 1.6. It looks much better, it's easier to use, and much friendlier.

[Oasis4x4]

I'm trying to change the location of my store from the main folder to a subfolder and for some reason I'm not being able to make it work.

I tried changing the base uri field from the BO and I tried doing the same directly from the database and the only thing I get is a white page.
I also noted that I have the little icon that appears on the browser changed to my logo, and when I get the white page the icon that appears on the browser tab is the default prestashop icon.
If i click view source there is nothing loaded, not even the html tag.
What am I doing wrong?

[vekia]

I'm trying to change the location of my store from the main folder to a subfolder and for some reason I'm not being able to make it work.

 

I tried changing the base uri field from the BO and I tried doing the same directly from the database and the only thing I get is a white page.

I also noted that I have the little icon that appears on the browser changed to my logo, and when I get the white page the icon that appears on the browser tab is the default prestashop icon.

If i click view source there is nothing loaded, not even the html tag.

What am I doing wrong?

 

white page = errors

please turn on error reporting,

then instead of white page you will see detailed information about error (what and where doesnt work)

[alexmos]

white page = errors

please turn on error reporting,

then instead of white page you will see detailed information about error (what and where doesnt work)

 

Hi Vekia

 

I'm having the same issue, blank screen after moving prestashop installation to different folder for an addon domain... actually I just renamed the folder after I have changed domain name to the new one and root to just "/" in the Preferences > SEO & URLs

 

The problems seems to be that is trying to load /config/defines.inc.php from the old /prestashop/config/ folder... so I got it working by adding what is highlighted in red to point to the correct folder in /config/config.inc.php ... require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/../../israelwines/config/defines.inc.php');

 

Obviously this is not a very good idea... do you know where I have to change the old url to the new one?

 

Thank you in advance! - Alex Mos

Edited December 19, 2014 by alexmos (see edit history)

[rickyurbina]

Hey i have kind of the same issue, i transferred my Prestashop 1.6 site to a new hosting provider, upload files and database, front end is working fine, but backoffice has a blank page, tried to enable error reporting but couldn't, checked in /administrator/error_log and have:

 

[22-Oct-2014 17:55:36] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught  --> Smarty: Unable to load template file 'footer.tpl' <-- 

  thrown in /home/multi/public_html/tools/smarty/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatebase.php on line 129

 

My new hosting site folder is /home/multie5.

 

 

Where can i change /home/multi/public_html/  to   /home/multie5/public_html/   ??