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question on deleting store.

This is a discussion on question on deleting store. within the osCmax v2 Installation issues forums, part of the osCmax v2.0 Forums category; right now i have 2.0.25 and i want to completely delete everything and start over fresh with 2.5. do i ...

      
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    Default question on deleting store.

    right now i have 2.0.25 and i want to completely delete everything and start over fresh with 2.5.

    do i just delete the catalog folder via ftp in my public html folder?
    what about the catalog in my www folder?

    do i need to delete my database and start new there as well?


    thanks.

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    Default Re: question on deleting store.

    Is the store new or has it been around a while?

    New store, not indexed by google, small customer base... then it is your call.

    Old store, well indexed by google, large customer base... Be VERY careful about what you do. (You can read about my experiences and lesson learned in an old thread). In that case I suggest that you

    (1) load 2.5 into a new subdomain
    (2) work on the template, look and feel, and setup everything but categories/products and users. Then wait until the update scripts are released and be ready to implement the update script between the two stores. Once updated, then use the htaccess to rewrite to the new subdomain to make the new store live.

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    Default Re: question on deleting store.

    thanks.

    the store i had was just for me to mess around with...no products / customers and not indexed by google.
    i just deleted the catalog from my public html folder and loaded 2.5 with my old database.
    seems to be working.

    but i didnt re-name the 2 configure.php.new files so now i have 2 configure files in each area.
    one with the .new and the other without.
    is this ok or should i delete the configure.php.new?

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    Default Re: question on deleting store.

    configure.php.new is there to let people rename to configure.php. So you can delete the .new one if you want (or just leave it alone).

    If you have upgraded your store you will need to upgrade the database as well. You can either re-run the installer or use the upgrade script (which I think Michael has posted or soon will).
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