Urbanfarmer Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Hi all.....I've just built the PS site for replacing an existing site that is currently on a paid shopping cart platform. I am right at the point where I can switch, but after experiencing problems with an upgrade and reading daily on the forum about all the problems people have, I'm getting nervous. On a daily basis here on the forum I see reasons why an amateur like myself shouldn't do this. I never have problems with my current platform. It always works. It always takes orders. It's never down. But it has serious design and technical limitations. (hence the desire to switch) I'm wondering how often my new PS site will be down? I can't have that. Once I switch I won't be able to go back if I have ongoing problems with PS. Also, I can't afford a pro to take care of problems as they appear. The one important question I have is this: if I get the site working properly and don't make any more changes or upgrades, will it work consistently all the time? Or will glitches just pop up randomly and interrupt orders? I could really use some feedback from people who have used PS for long periods of time without problems. Is it reliable? Thanks for your help...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Patron Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 upgrading is not always easy and one should, once acceptance testing has been completed...back up the shop....and leave it alone! this is why I am still running my shop here on the forum with 1.4.6.2, works day in and day out like a work horse. also note: it's difficult to gauge any cms based on help forums, as we only see problems...but this is not the norm for majority of ps cms users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbanfarmer Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 "......works day in and day out like a work horse." That's what I was looking for. So as long as neither the files or the DB change, and there are no problems from the host, then it will work? That's all I care about......if I don't screw with it, it will just keep doing it's thing. Displaying our products and taking orders. OK, I can relax now. Thanks, El Patron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Patron Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I come from mainframe computing (systems)...when there is a problem...we look first for what changed... change is not always good... make sure to only add quality/proven module/themes....that have a responsive forum by developers...never ever load free modules unless the forum post is doing nothing more than thanking the developer...I can not stress this enough. make a copy of your shop on localhost to test out various things before going to production... back up back up back up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbanfarmer Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 So, El Patron, do you have any ideas on what I should investigate to figure out why I have my Store map, but no stores after the upgrade? All the info is in both ps_stores and Store Contacts, as before. I've enabled error reporting and have no errors. Everything appears to be as before when it worked (in 1.5.6). But now, map.....but no stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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