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How to quickly create a test environment of your store
We’ll describe today a quick way to create a test environment of your production site.
Here are all the necessary steps:
- create a sub-directory such as test on your server (e.g. http://www.your-site.com/test)
- copy your production site under this new directory (excluding var directory)
- duplicate your database and link your it to test store (you need to edit app/etc/local.xml and modify connection details)
- use the following query: UPDATE core_config_data SET value = ‘http://www.your-site.com/test’ WHERE path = ‘web/unsecure/base_url’ OR path = ‘web/unsecure/base_url’
Now you can log into your test admin store through http://www.your-site.com/test/admin (admin can be replace by your real admin front name).
Make sure that you replace http://www.your-site.com/test by a real url.