Submitted by lunen on Fri, 2010-02-12 15:26 in Price Tapestry
My hosting company had a server go out so I'm recreating my site from backups. Can I use the new version of Price Tapestry with a database from the old version?
Unfortunately the database schema has changed significantly; but there would be a way forward if the main files of your Price Tapestry distribution have not been changed at all (the theme has not changed - default.css and all files in the html/ folder).
What you'd need to do is re-install "as you were" (old version, old database); and then extract admin/database_tool.php from the new distribution. Upload that to the /admin/ folder of the original site, and then browse to it - from where you will be able to "backup" all feed registrations, filters etc.
Then you can install the latest version, copy across the theme files (default.css and html/* from your old distribution) and your feeds, and finally use the database tool to restore feed registrations, filters etc. - and then of course re-import all feeds to restore the products table...
Hi Lunen,
Unfortunately the database schema has changed significantly; but there would be a way forward if the main files of your Price Tapestry distribution have not been changed at all (the theme has not changed - default.css and all files in the html/ folder).
What you'd need to do is re-install "as you were" (old version, old database); and then extract admin/database_tool.php from the new distribution. Upload that to the /admin/ folder of the original site, and then browse to it - from where you will be able to "backup" all feed registrations, filters etc.
Then you can install the latest version, copy across the theme files (default.css and html/* from your old distribution) and your feeds, and finally use the database tool to restore feed registrations, filters etc. - and then of course re-import all feeds to restore the products table...
Hope this helps!
Cheers,
David.