Transfering Opencart to another directory

Hi all,

Just a quick question... I have installed Opencart into http://sign-serve.co.uk/store and now my boss wants me to move it to the root/index directory, now from what I've ready I understand I need to do a clean install then backup the database within the Opencart administration panel, then import the backup onto the clean install?

Just want to check before I go ahead and mess things up!

All help is greatly appreciated.

Many Thanks,

Matt

you don't need to do any of that.

1. Goto Admin->System->Settings
2. Change the Store URL to the new url without the subfolder
3. In FTP, change the paths in the config.php and admin/config.php files to the new path without the subfolder
4. In FTP, move all files and folders up one level.

Done.

Ah brilliant, thanks for all your help. Was easier than I first though, I'll crack on with that soon and let you know the result, all should be fine though!

Thanks again

Matt

It can also be found in the documentation: Moving to another folder.

Hi guys,

Just a little update, I've completed the above steps everything went through smoothly.

Thanks again for the speedy reply!

Qphoria wrote:you don't need to do any of that.

1. Goto Admin->System->Settings
2. Change the Store URL to the new url without the subfolder
3. In FTP, change the paths in the config.php and admin/config.php files to the new path without the subfolder
4. In FTP, move all files and folders up one level.

Done.

Qphoria,

Your steps sounds so much easier to follow than the documented steps. Can we replace that with yours because it is easier to follow & understand and seems less mucking about.

So, we don't have to touch the database or reattach to the the new location?

I will need to do this in 2-3 weeks time. thanks

lotus wrote:

Qphoria wrote:you don't need to do any of that.

1. Goto Admin->System->Settings
2. Change the Store URL to the new url without the subfolder
3. In FTP, change the paths in the config.php and admin/config.php files to the new path without the subfolder
4. In FTP, move all files and folders up one level.

Done.

Qphoria,

Your steps sounds so much easier to follow than the documented steps. Can we replace that with yours because it is easier to follow & understand and seems less mucking about.

So, we don't have to touch the database or reattach to the the new location?

I will need to do this in 2-3 weeks time. thanks

Hi,

Yeah you just have to follow his steps, it's as simple as that, you don't need to touch the databases. If you got any problems just give me a shout and I'd be more than happy to help!

Thanks Signserve.

Worked like a dream for me too. Thank you.

Hi Everyone, hope someone can help, in the process of moving a clients site from our test domain (all worked fine) across to the clients domain in the same hosting package. Followed all the instructions as above, did find and replace in both config file for both domain and directories and also changed the site domain address in the admin before move the opencart site files to their new home. However, once all this was done I am getting the message below, hope someone can help as I need to get this site back up and running as it is going live. Thanks in advance.

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Warning: require_once(/homepages/41/d126334114/htdocs/youpool/system/startup.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /homepages/41/d126334114/htdocs/yourpool/index.php on line 15

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/homepages/41/d126334114/htdocs/youpool/system/startup.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php5') in /homepages/41/d126334114/htdocs/yourpool/index.php on line 15

Great quick tut! everything went smooth!

BUT. what about my links from google?

I have over 3000 pages indexed with Google, and now that I click on the search results, they just take me to the empty directory.....

HELP PLZ.

I followed all your steps to move my site and it worked great except for my currency is in euros and not dollars. I checked the admin and euros is disabled and dollars are enabled.
What do I need to do to have dollars display on my pages?

Thanks in advance for your help.

First I would like to say thanks for this post, it helped me out tremendously.
I have followed the instructions here to the letter. The only problem I had was my home page search info moved to the left, no other pages were effected. It is only in chrome and ie. can someone help me with this please.

thanks in advance

here is the url
http://www.itsgoodtobee.com/index.php?route=common/home