Magento commerce reference and backup posts, installation points

Magento commerce reference and backup posts, installation points.

Since i started to work with magento commerce, i have lost few kilos. Probably this is good weight loss program for me.

From today onward i want to backup the steps, references etc to my blog. I hope this will make me easy to find them easily next time. While i was writing this i looked for the install guide and found this guide on crucial webhost through magento's forum link.

Some of the code helpful to change permission on files and folders while upgrading magento through connect manager.

/*
* Change permission to write
* Through SSH.
*/
chmod o+w var var/.htaccess app/etc
chmod -R o+w media

//or, just change the whole thing writeable for a while
chmod -R 777 staging

//Now change back the permissions
find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

Upgrade key to install latest magento:

magento-core/Mage_All_Latest

If the upgrade breaks the magento, try to fix through PEAR using SSH.

./pear install -f --alldeps magento-core/Mage_All_Latest-stable