Moving catalog to root

[wkdwich]

I have done this before, but it was a brand new store, not one with 7000 items.. for reference I have reread: http://forums.oscommerce.com/index.php?showtopic=202620
to make sure I ineed have all the bases covered!



I have a little bit of a unique issue..

The root of the site currently contains a working index.htm file

The site currently contains a working /catalog oscommerce installation

I have installed a second instance of osc (actually oscMax) fully configured it and tonight I have copied all the old customers, orders and set the whole thing up.. I have a little more work to do to the new install, then next week I want to move the new install to the root directory.

For testing purposes, I was thinking I would find all instances of index.php in the NEW install, change the references to index2.php, upload. I coud then test the new install in it's new home without munging up what is currently working.

Will this work the way I think it will???

[nostradamus]

i don't know about your hosting but i can choose the file that opens first.


if i choose index.html it always opens index.html no matter if there are index.htm or index.php files present


this way i can test shops running beside a live site

[wkdwich]

hum.. ok yea I guess maybe I am over thinking.. doing it with an .htaccess file?? exactly how do I word that so the idex.htm opens unless I specifically call the index.php in the browser?

[wkdwich]

Oh wait.. I think I see it.. in the test oscMax directory .htaccess I see:

## If installed to the base home/root directory, uncomment the below code only:
#RewriteEngine On
#RewriteBase /
#RewriteRule ^(.*)-p-(.*).html$ product_info.php?products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
#RewriteRule ^(.*)-c-(.*).html$ index.php?cPath=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
#RewriteRule ^(.*)-m-(.*).html$ index.php?manufacturers_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}



but I dont think thats what I want to change until it is live..

[nostradamus]

try this in .htaccess



DirectoryIndex index.htm index.php

[wkdwich]

thanks will do it tonight and let you know.. I appreciate the help!

[wkdwich]

quick thought.. so when I want this live, I could just switch the order there of the .htm and .php right?

[nostradamus]

yep or remove it

[wkdwich]

looks like it worked.. send you a priv mail to test for me.. thanks in advance..

They have TONS (12k+) of pics in (3 multiple folders in the existing cart.. any suggestions on the quickets way to COPY them to /images.. also copying the NEW cart pages and folders.. I have root access to the server..

thanks again you have been very helpful and fast!

[wkdwich]

Oh and I have "under maintanence" installed in the existing cart so shutting that shoud be easy.. I suppose I will need to go to my google webmaster tools and ask them to reindex.. also I think I should set up a perm redirect in cPanel?? Anything else I might be missing here?? I really need this to go as smooth as possible!