ScubaLessonsInc

I set up the site using a new hosting account with webhostingpad.com, worked great and no problems, so I moved the name servers for the domain to the new hosting account so it would show the perfectly working prestashop site. Once moved it gave error "Link to database could not be established" I saw this post http://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/166088-solved-link-to-database-cannot-be-established/ and tried the trick of changing the line 12 in config/settings.inc.php file from define('_DB_SERVER_', 'localhost'); to define('_DB_SERVER_', ''); Well that got the front office up and working great! BUT.. the back office will not let me in. gives no error message or anything.. just hit log in and nothing same screen. HELP!! email me for site details if you can help please. Thanks, Tina

yes I am in 5 of my stores.. and it is very intermitten.. automatically disabling after days, or hours or minutes.. sometimes works for a week. CRAZY I put a bug request in here: http://forge.prestashop.com/browse/PSCFI-1735 you may want to follow it. Good luck I have verion 1.4.6.2, what version do you have?

I have 5 stores all have SSL installed correctly.. all were fine, and now that they were upgraded to 1.4.6.2 they now all have SSL errors.. and even though I click enable the SSL.. I will go back when the error pops up again and it will look like it was never checked.. it has the click here to enable SSL thing, I click and it is green.. all good.. but keeps happening over and over and in all five stores. THIS has got to be a prestashop error..what gives? HELP!!!

I believe after you have installed SSL you need to do two things.. 1. in the back office under Preferences tab click the enable SSL link, then YES to enable SSL. Be sure to SAVE by scrolling all the way to the bottom and clickthe save button. 2. Go to the TOOLS tab then click the sub tab GENERATORS this click regenerate my htaccess file That should fix it. Good luck!

Hey newbie.. this solution was awsome all along but the new verion 1.4.7.0 I am not seeing that file to edit.. Can you tell me where I make the changes now?

same problem and all good! What else could it be?

Our company is growing its websites so fast.. up to 12 new online prestsashop stores.. and I was using HostGator until now. I called looking for a more cost effective solution than the business plans at $179 a year to have a SSL certificate and static IP address for each site... I talked yesterday to 8 people there via chat and telephone who really could not find there way out of a paper bag with the exception of one guy Sean who seemed to know his products and options.. he suggested on business account same price with unlimited domains and a multi-site SSL.. great for the 12 sites I had with them.. after confirming all the costs and reviewing the detailed steps to proceed with this great idea.. I paid the extra $275 to proceed. After they get thier money.. they have the head IT ADMIN LINUX guy Ryan call me to hit me with the bad news.. the sites will be brought down on purpose if I have 5 site hits on any 5 sites at one time.. in other words only allowed 25 pings to the server at one time.. since this plan involved all sites on one server this clearly would have my sites down (all) instantly with the traffic I already have. So basically they sold me a product that could never work and don't want to give me my money back the same day it was ordered now that I want to cancel this option with this information. further they charged me $150 to move the sites on the other servers to this server..not told to me in advance.. and not even done yet but charged without permission. So.. DONT GO TO HOSTGATOR folks.. if you have multiple stores you want to stay online. If your doing one site or two.. go for it.. I had no problems. until today for all of these sites. Instead I reccomend ixwebhosting.com.. I was able to get 15 dedicated IP domains for only $190 for 2 YEARS!! The ssl's were only $50 each but there checking into getting me a multi site ssl to reduce that cost.. they also have better servers and resources so I can have up to 300 -pings at one time..and because they are splitting the servers my sites are on it is a win win for everyone! I called 24 web hosting companies to try and do this same thing and over 70% were clueless about this type of thing.. This company first guy on the phone knew his stuff.. Mel Vidal was his name.. sharp as a tack and delightful to speak to..got me all the info in a simple and concise manner. Good luck.. if you want to ask me more just shoot me an email I will be glad to help you get your prestashop site hosted right.. [email protected] Just piping up!

Edit header.tpl line 46 where I had corrected the line var priceDisplayPrecision = {$ ... to var priceDisplayPrecision =' {$ When I removed the ' and saved and uploaded the categories appeared. Even though it says there is a syntax error on that line.. with the ' removed the categories re-appear.

I used something called off line credit card module where by it temporarily captures the cc data, then I use mail alerts to notify me there is an order, I immeidately grab the data and change the status which deletes the data to keep it secure.. then I use the "Square.com" or "SquareUP.com" app to process the cc payments. Online the charges are only 4% if I have the card in hand the charges are only 2.9% and I have the funds in my account next day. I highly reccomend it. Here is the offline cc module link: http://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/58273-module-offline-credit-card-payment-v401production/ Here is the square link: https://squareup.com/ what I like about this is the great software on my phone and I can use it to accept cc's at trade shows or onsite to upgrade scuba lessons.. or upgrades to add videos or picture packages for tourist divers.. great for impulse buying

your very welcome.. there is more posts like this with many more tips and tricks for importing data! Must admit I learned so much more since this post! check them out.. search import

guys actually one of the biggest things to slow down your search is bad data entry.. In the Meta-name and description fields and such. Note you should not have any <, >, #, =, {, }, or ; symbols AT ALL and specifically in the friendly URL field you should have NOTHING BUT LETTERS, NUMBERS AND THE MINUS SIGN - Any other symbol at all can totally mess up your site speed. I would start there to check your data! This got my sites from a load time of .9 to .1 seconds also my searches from 1.1 to .2 seconds. Next, yes you can require a minimum number of words to search, see in back offices Preferences>Search. That is where you can adjust those settings. You can also "REINDEX" there and index any missing products there too. Both will speed up and better your searches. That should take care of the problem folks! Good luck! Many Tanks, Tina

Morna, can you put on here what you fixed in case someone else has the same issue.

found this post that said to go to tools>generators> and rewrite the htaccess file.. I had same issue on one site and this worked.. instantly.. try it. See this post for reference: http://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/52570-solved-images-broken-after-update/

Try redrawing the thumbnails in back office. Prefreneces>images choose category images and redraw

so bummed I just bought this thinking it was the PERFECT solution, Yeah to Tomer ONCE AGAIN cause he is so awesome, then I go to install it and find out it just does not work for 1.4.4.1.. shame on me for not reading the fine print when ordering but I am hoping that Tomer's amazing customer care will come into play and he will udpate the module for us paying folks for the newest version.. PRETTY PLEASE Tomer Free discovery scuba dive for you if your evern in Florida to trade ... Thanks, T