Moving a directory to a new domain...

yes, are they hosted only on the same server? I think the internal server error is caused by the .htaccess file..

if they are hosted differently, you only have to backup, restore and then changed the config file to reflect the new db name & password.

 

1. backup the database on phpmyadmin, the export tab
2. on your new server, create a database and then restore on the sql tab
3. change the config file to reflect the new db name, db user and password.

 

it should be found using your phpmyadmin on your old server, if not, you can use the sql provided by the application, and dont forget not to put down your old server for at least two days to ensure the propagation and lessen the loss and errors for some archived links that might point to your old server

 

if you find your shopping cart application working and has no errors, it is really the shopping cart's. then do another export of the directory then.

Hope it Helps

 

Hi VS,

My suggestion is for now backup everything, but exporting/importing Db's you may mess up your DB.

How many DB's did you have on your old server? If you are not sure which Db belongs to which section then best to export them all.

Bentong is right about the steps to follow, you need to Export your old db as an SQL file (make sure Check All is selected), tick the "Export as file" box, click Export and then it'll save as a .sql file.

Then create a new DB with same username and password on the new server(with same name), click on SQL, then Browse File to find the .sql and then click Ok. It should copy all the old data into the new db.

I'm sure there is still problems as your new server will be looking for the db on the old server (i.e. something like oldserver_dbname). You need to change all instances of the referals to the oldserver_dbname to newserver_dbname. You might have to do the same with the username also.

Hope this makes sense.