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How can I transfer my Magento store from one host to another provider?
This tutorial provides detailed information how to move a Magento store from one host to another (or to a different hosting account).
Step 1 - Create a Database
First, you need to create a new MySQL database for your store. Log in to cPanel by following the instructions given in your Account Information email. Then click on the MySQL® Database Wizard icon. Type in a name for your new database (e.g. mystore) and click Next Step (see Figure 1). Now you need to assign a new user to your database. Type in a username and password then click Next Step. Finally, check the All Privileges checkbox and click Next Step to complete the database wizard.
You can now log out of cPanel and continue with the next step.
Figure 1: Create a New Database
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How to redirect Magento from Non www to www use .htaccess
Several times we have received above question from our customer in order that to day we will show you how to redirect your Magento site from a non-www, ex. http://yoursite.com to http://www.yoursite.com. There is a trick there.
- Enable Url rewriting (Admin Panel → System → Configuration → Web → Url Options → Use Web Server Rewrites → Yes).
- Now go to your .htaccess file on your Magento folder, (you might need to back up your .htaccess before making your changes.)
Magento - Add 4 column product listing with custom layout in all categories
As you’ve might discovered there’s a bug (or an issue) in Magento when you want to define a Custom Layout Design in a category and all its child elements (sub-categories, etc).
To solve this you can change the default category layout. Please note that this will affect all categories.
- Open up the catalog.xml file in the layout-folder for your current Magento theme (remember to back it up before you continue)
- Find the element “catalog_category_default” and add the following code: