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Before installing PrestaShop on Digital Ocean Droplet, do you firstly need to install Ubuntu, then install LAMP and then install phpMyadmin to manage the database? Is this all that needs to be done before uploading the PrestaShop files? Clarification around the installation setup would be much appreciated.

Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions! I’m new to cloud hosting, but I have been reading the documentation. From my understand I will need to install Ubuntu, then LAMP, including phpMyadmin if I want to use graphical interfere to manage the databases. Is this correct?

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I would like to move to Digital Ocean to host my website after my hosting provider has become unreliable. Would the $10 per month option be capable of hosting a PrestaShop store that has about 100 products https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/#droplet Also, would it be possible to host another PrestaShop store on the same droplet with about 100 products? I would appreciate anyone’s help, especially if you have experience with Digital Ocean or with cloud hosting.

I would like to move my websites to AWS or maybe Digital Ocean since my hosting provider isn’t very good. My preferred choice is AWS since they have a data center in Australia and the websites are run from New Zealand. The closes Digital Ocean Data center is Singapore which will be slightly longer respond / query time compared to Australia. I’m really confused about the running cost and which plan I should select. Can someone please give me an idea how much it would cost to run two separate PrestaShop stores on the same AWS or Digital Ocean account using two separate domain names or will I need to have separate AWS or Digital Ocean accounts for each domain name? Each store has about 100 products. Any help you could provide would be very much appreciated!

Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions!

I read the help guide for multistore here http://doc.prestashop.com/display/PS15/Managing+Multiple+Shops but I would really like some clarification around these issues before proceeding with multistore. I’m not sure if these are potential issues. The second store main currency will be United States Dollar. Store 1 (Main Store has .co.nz URL) New Zealand Dollar (NZD) Store 2 (.com URL) United States Dollar (USD) After purchasing an item in Store 2 (USD) does the Carrier (Shipping) Prices appear in US Dollar when a customer is going through checking out? The reason why I ask this, I already have carrier prices setup for the United States etc in New Zealand Store (Store 1) which is using New Zealand Dollar. Does Multistore give you an option to setup separate carrier prices (Store 2) in another currency (USD)? Question 2: The default currency for the main store is the New Zealand Dollar. Using this example, if I sell an item worth $19.99 in New Zealand Dollars it will convert to about $14.41 USD (Store 2) which is an unattractive price. Is possible to round the number up to $14.99 USD which looks a lot better than $14.41 using Multistore? At the same time keep the price in store 1 at $19.99 I’m happy to buy any modules that could solve these potential problems. Your help is always appreciated!

I would like to set up multistore, but I got several questions and I would really appreciate your help and advice. I already run a New Zealand store with the domain name extension .co.nz, but would like to do a .com version of the same store. Do I need to write brand new unique descriptions for the .com version of the website, so they will be unique to Google instead of using the same descriptions on .co.nz website? I’m happy to do this, but would like to know in advance. Do I need to open a new PayPal account since the default currency will be in US Currency for the .com store? The reason why I ask, the only currency in the .co.nz store is New Zealand currency. Will I need to create new URL’s to make sure they are unique for Google on .com version of the website? I’ve been using friendly URL’s with the numbers removed on the .co.nz version of the website. Do I need to get another SSL certificate for .com store?

I seem to be having the same problem with some colours not appearing on the category page. The colour will appear on the individual product page. The original code posted GuusMichielsen on March 10th before the fix is applied looks like this: foreach ($products as &$product) { if (!$this->isCached(PS_THEME_DIR.'product-list-colors.tpl', $this->getColorsListCacheId($product['id_product']))) { $products_need_cache[] = (int)$product['id_product']; } } } If I look at my code in the FrontController.php it appears like this: foreach ($products as &$product) if (!$this->isCached(_PS_THEME_DIR_.'product-list-colors.tpl', $this->getColorsListCacheId($product['id_product']))) $products_need_cache[] = (int)$product['id_product']; unset($product); $colors = false; if (count($products_need_cache)) $colors = Product::getAttributesColorList($products_need_cache); I have added couple of extra lines from my FrontController.php to give you an idea what my code looks like. Comparing both codes by code is slightly different. Can someone please tell me how to apply this fix to my code? Your help woud be much appreciated.

Is anyone able to help me?

I’m rebranding my website using a new URL and secured the whole site with SSL. This will reflect the brand a lot better going forward. I have also had other small changes on the site done. Both sites are using the same version of PrestaShop. The sales and customer data is about 1 month out of sync. Is it possible to export the sales and customers data, including the customers encrypted passwords from the old store and import them into the new store? If so, can you please tell me how to do it? I don't want to export product data or anything else, only the sales and customer data. I don't want to wipe out any other changes done to the site. Your help would be much appreciated.

I intend to change my domain name next week to reflect the broader range of products we sell instead of being categorize into one product line. This will also reflect better for the future of the website. Can you please provide me with any tips and what is the best process to use when changing domain names? I don’t want to get any penalties from Google by doing something wrong. I do intend to upload .htaccess with the 301 redirects that will provide all the links for the new site. Your feedback and help is always appreciated!

Thank you for the code!

Thank you for taking the time to give me feedback on my store Paul. Your feedback is much appreciated! I would still be interested in hearing feedback from others.