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This second instance will be useful as a pre-production environment in which you can carry out all future changes to your PrestaShop online store, without affecting the live version. This way, if an error should occur, your live store remains intact and untouched.

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This method is for modifying PrestaShop application files only. Do not use a test version of the SQL database.

After you have confirmed that your test version works as it should, copy the test version over the live version. It is best to do this after peak usage hours, and with your store properly and temporarily disabled from within the PrestaShop back-office.

Checking for the GD library

The GD library enables PrestaShop to rework images that you upload, especially resizing them.

On a default installation of PHP, the GD Library should be turned on, but if that's not the case for your install, the standard Windows instructions are:

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If the suggested way to activate PHP5 is to add some specific configuration rules to your .htaccess file, do not add them directly to the file itself!

Tip

Please do not hesitate to post a bug report concerning the tips needed to make PrestaShop run on your hosting service, on PrestaShop's Forge (you will need an account). We will add them to this guide as we receive them.

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Add this line to the "Specific configuration" text-field from the Tools > Generators sub-tabyour .htaccess file:

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AddType x-mapp-php5 .php

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Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

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Add this line to the "Specific configuration" text-field from the Tools > Generators sub-tabyour .htaccess file:

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php 1

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Add this line to the "Specific configuration" text-field from the Tools > Generators sub-tabyour .htaccess file:

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SetEnv PHP_VER 5

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