Porting from one site to another. Changing domain names...

[Billy]

I want to change my domain name to something different. I also don't want to loose the 500 products I have on my old site. Is there a module that I can buy to backup my old site and install all my products on a different domain name?

Thanks

[MikeChoy]

IMPORTANT : Make sure you have a backup copy of your original shop incase you make mistake while tranferring. Its good to keep at least two backup copy ...One you operate on while the other to keep in case!!


If just change domain name,
(1) you can use any ftp program to download your existing site to your local computer.
(2) As for the database, you can either export thru MSQL or you can us the backup command in your existing prestashop to backup the latest copy and download to your local computer
(3)Upload your prestashop to the new domain htdocs folder.
(4)Create the database in your new domain and then import your original shop database
(5)In the config/settings.inc.php Edit this file and change the info to reflect your new domain and database

define('__PS_BASE_URI__', '/'); Note: If your site is not residing in the root directory, you have to specify it within '/'
define('_DB_NAME_', 'your_database');

After your site has been transferred and working, you can then update any other info to reflect your new site.

[Patric]

Topic moved.

[vanmiko]

Hello,
when i copied all the content of the prestashop folder to another domain, and trying to open my shop then, there is a 500 error, no site, no shop.
What am i doing wrong. I have two diferent domains in one host.
Thank you

[MikeChoy]

when you

when i copied all the content of the prestashop folder to another domain

how about your database ?

[stuffy]

Can't you just use the same database?

ie, connect to the same database the current domain is connected to?