I currently have a dev store (v4.8.2) which I want to upgrade so it is the same version as my live store (v4.9.2 SP1). I think this would be a good idea as I will be making a lot of changes soon, so it should be better to test on the same version?
I don't know if I am correct in my thinking but could I just rename the folder on my server for the dev site to something else, and then perform STEP 1, 3 & 4 from this guide to pick up all the latest files from my live store? Or would it not working with the existing database from the dev store?
Yes, after making a copy of all your directories, rename it do dev or whatever you want, but esnure whatever you call it, the names gets changed in the config file etc.
Yes, after making a copy of all your directories, rename it do dev or whatever you want, but esnure whatever you call it, the names gets changed in the config file etc.
My bad, I logged into my cPanel and the root folder I see contains other folders. Now I understand. So assuming I do all of the steps correctly, will closing the storefront stop any Google bots from listing the dev site?
If all you're worried about is Google crawling your store, you can just use robots.txt (they will honor it). But to prevent all unknown entities from accessing your store, you should simply close the storefront. The backend is password protected.
If all you're worried about is Google crawling your store, you can just use robots.txt (they will honor it). But to prevent all unknown entities from accessing your store, you should simply close the storefront. The backend is password protected.
I have closed the storefront as mentioned, and set up an access key so I can still view what I'm doing. What do I need to do with the robots.txt file, just so I can be sure Google won't crawl it. And also, as my dev site is "www.example.co.uk/dev" will Google pick that up as a subpage of my live store?
I have closed the storefront as mentioned, and set up an access key so I can still view what I'm doing. What do I need to do with the robots.txt file, just so I can be sure Google won't crawl it. And also, as my dev site is "www.example.co.uk/dev" will Google pick that up as a subpage of my live store?
With the closed store-front you should not do anything with robots.txt file. If you see the store-front
- you have already entered store access key earlier
or
- you are logged in the store-front under admin account
So just use incognito window in your browser to check the result
I have now managed to get the dev store set up and installed UniTheme v1. However, I'm having a weird issue where a lot of the pages return a 404 error. It has auto-populated my products onto the home page and if I click on them, it returns a 404 error. The same happens with category pages. Weirdly, the 404 error shown links back to my old theme but on the same dev store?
If I search for the products, they do appear in the search results and quick view works, but I can't open them? I have tried resaving the product and category but this still doesn't work. Any ideas?