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How do I update my live site from my e-commerce web design sandbox?

HorizonWeb 4.2 and higher

After you have commissioned an e-commerce web design, our designers will publish their development work to a sandbox, a website which is not used by customers, but can be seen by you so you can approve the work they have undertaken.

When you are happy with the web site, you can update your live site with the version in the sandbox.

  1. Using a web browser, browse to the homepage of the live site.
  2. Go to Admin > HorizonWeb Designer > Transfer Design to Live.
  3. Click Connect to Transfer Service. If the connection is successful, a message:
    Successfully read config file. Site will copy from <path of sandbox site> to <path of live site>.
    is displayed.

Creating and restoring back-ups

It is recommended that you back up the sandbox and live sites before updating the live site.

Creating a back-up
  1. Select the site you want to back-up, either the Sandbox or Live site.
  2. Click Back Up Site
  3. When complete, a notification is displayed.
Restoring a back-up

If you want to roll-back a transfer, you can restore a back-up to the live site. If you are not happy with a sandbox modification, you can restore a back-up to the sandbox site.

  1. Click Find Back-ups. Back-ups are split into collections of three file types:
    • Pages
    • Images
    • Settings

    You can only restore one collection at a time. To complete a full restore, you must restore all three collections.

  2. Select the collection you want to restore.
  3. Click Restore back-up.
  4. Repeat the previous two steps until the required back-up collections have been restored.

Transferring the sandbox site to the live site

After you are happy with the sandbox site, and you have made back-ups of the sandbox and live sites, you are ready to transfer the site.

  1. Select the collections you want to transfer. You can select one, two or all three collections.
  2. Type Transfer Files into the box indicated. This is case-sensitive. This is an additional security measure, so that you cannot update your live site accidentally.
  3. Click Begin Transfer.
  4. When complete a notification is displayed.
  5. Click Show Log for details of the files which have been transferred.

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