Hello,

 

I have a website and database (ecommerce site) on a server. I need to move the whole lot to a new server. Can anyone guide me on this?

 

I have the access to the ftp, and have downloaded the entire public_html folder to my computer.

 

I can access the database via phpmyadmin, and can export as SQL, is this the option I want?

 

How would I then link up the site and db on new server? The database contains over 70 items....

 

Any ideas on this?

 

Thanks

It all depends on which software you are using for your eCommerce application. Different application vary widely.

Thanks for replying....

 

This is the site link

I've not done it for an ecommerce site, but I have done it for a php forum

 

I backed up the database as an sql text file - the file is readable in a text editor, so you can see that everything has been saved

 

Create your new database on the new server - make sure you also create the same users and privileges

 

Restore your database by running your sql code in your sql text file in the sql command box

 

Hopefully that should be it

 

Being a new server, you can give it a try without worrying about upsetting anything

Are you changing the domain, or just pointing the same domain to new hosting?

Its to replace and existing site.

Ok,

 

Ive pulled the entire public_html file from the link you see above.

 

Ive exported the database, and imported it into a new db on my server.

 

Ive gone into the config.inc.php and added host, user, password etc

 

and am getting:

 

Warning: include() [function.include]: Filename cannot be empty in /home/w23suss/public_html/smartstart/index.php on line 157

 

Warning: include() [function.include]: Filename cannot be empty in /home/w23suss/public_html/smartstart/index.php on line 157

 

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/w23suss/public_html/smartstart/index.php on line 157

Any ideas anyone? Or anyone with the ability to do this? if so, what would the cost be?

 

The new site and db is on a web developers server. It needs to be put on to new hosting, to overwrite the existing site....

 

Thanks

You should move the contents of the HTML folder, but not the folder itself. AFAIK.

Hey,

It looks like you copied the public_html folder into a folder on ur system called smartstart.

Then you copied the "folder" to the www (or public_html) folder of the new server/hosting space.

If so, you had to copy the contents of the folder to the www folder and not the folder itself.

Hope this helps.