I just inherited the project of moving our installation of nopCommerce to a new host. As I have never used nopCommerce - not to mention ASP - I was wondering if anyone could give me some tips as to how to move our installation of the product. I can't figure out how to tell what version we're running, so I can't even tell what the requirements of it are. Our current installation is located at http://store.bpimedical.com, if that helps you. Thanks for your help.
Not sure if this is the best answer, but I'm guessing it goes like this:
Backup the current Database. Create a New database on the new server (with the same name), and do a Restore using the backup file you created.
Copy all the files in the Root directory from the old site. Create a new Website (using the same domain name) with your new web hoster.
Move all those files into that newly created root directory. r-click that root directory folder, Security tab, and add the user "Network Services" giving it Write, Read, and Modify permisions.
Modify the \NopCommerceStore\ConnectionStrings.config file and change the server name:
connectionString="Data Source=New Server Name; . . .
Then cross your fingers. It may work or you might get a few errors at first. Post any errors here.
Here's the first and hopefully last error I've encountered:
Server Error in '/' Application. Could not find stored procedure 'Nop_SettingLoadAll'. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Could not find stored procedure 'Nop_SettingLoadAll'.
Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.