[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # \[resolved\] Starter to Business without losing data ## - **[bigboytbh](/forum/user/7048-bigboytbh "View bigboytbh's Profile")** - [![bigboytbh's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/7048-bigboytbh "View bigboytbh's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/7048-bigboytbh) Less More - Posts: 10 - Thank you received: 0 - - 14 years 5 months ago - 14 years 5 months ago [\#49508](#49508) by [bigboytbh](/forum/user/7048-bigboytbh "View bigboytbh's Profile") *[\[resolved\] Starter to Business without losing data](/forum/4-how-to/49508-resolved-starter-to-business-without-losing-data#49508 "Hello, I need to upgrade my shop that is created with Starter edition to the Business edition. How can I safely do that without losing any data (including all of my products and categories, my configurations, but also my custom views, my CSS and JavaScript modifications, my translations, etc.) ? I read other threads about upgrading and I saw that custom php (from the Display -> Views menu, specifically "end" and "terms"), changed css (frontend_default.css from media/com_hikashop/css) and modified js (hikashop.js from media/com_hikashop/js) were mentioned here - www.hikashop.com/forum/5-support-en-fran...e.html?lang=en#26827 - the thing is, I was modifying files directly (except for php). Will it be OK if I just copy/paste my css code to the backend override? When I change my css from the admin panel, I don't see it in /mytemplate/html/com_hikashop and only my 2 modified php files are there, where is the new css stored? In general, concerning my files, do I need to make a backup of them manually or do I need to copy/paste my code into the new files? Thanks in advance.")* was created by *[bigboytbh](/forum/user/7048-bigboytbh "View bigboytbh's Profile")* Hello, I need to upgrade my shop that is created with Starter edition to the Business edition. How can I safely do that without losing any data (including all of my products and categories, my configurations, but also my custom views, my CSS and JavaScript modifications, my translations, etc.) ? I read other threads about upgrading and I saw that custom php (from the Display -> Views menu, specifically "end" and "terms"), changed css (frontend_default.css from media/com_hikashop/css) and modified js (hikashop.js from media/com_hikashop/js) were mentioned here - [ www.hikashop.com/forum/5-support-en-fran...e.html?lang=en#26827](http://www.hikashop.com/forum/5-support-en-francais-french-support-/26824-chaque-upgrade-modifie.html?lang=en#26827) - the thing is, I was modifying files directly (except for php). Will it be OK if I just copy/paste my css code to the backend override? When I change my css from the admin panel, I don't see it in /mytemplate/html/com_hikashop and only my 2 modified php files are there, where is the new css stored? In general, concerning my files, do I need to make a backup of them manually or do I need to copy/paste my code into the new files? Thanks in advance. Last edit: 14 years 5 months ago by [bigboytbh](/forum/user/7048-bigboytbh "View bigboytbh's Profile"). Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzQ5NTA4LXJlc29sdmVkLXN0YXJ0ZXItdG8tYnVzaW5lc3Mtd2l0aG91dC1sb3NpbmctZGF0YT90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Away](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86323 - Thank you received: 14283 - - 14 years 5 months ago [\#49579](#49579) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Starter to Business without losing data](/forum/4-how-to/49508-resolved-starter-to-business-without-losing-data#49579 "Hello, I need to upgrade my shop that is created with Starter edition to the Business edition. How can I safely do that without losing any data (including all of my products and categories, my configurations, but also my custom views, my CSS and JavaScript modifications, my translations, etc.) ? I read other threads about upgrading and I saw that custom php (from the Display -> Views menu, specifically "end" and "terms"), changed css (frontend_default.css from media/com_hikashop/css) and modified js (hikashop.js from media/com_hikashop/js) were mentioned here - www.hikashop.com/forum/5-support-en-fran...e.html?lang=en#26827 - the thing is, I was modifying files directly (except for php). Will it be OK if I just copy/paste my css code to the backend override? When I change my css from the admin panel, I don't see it in /mytemplate/html/com_hikashop and only my 2 modified php files are there, where is the new css stored? In general, concerning my files, do I need to make a backup of them manually or do I need to copy/paste my code into the new files? Thanks in advance.")* For the CSS if you copy/paste it in a CSS override, you will be fine. It will be saved in media/com_hikashop/css but won't be overwritten. If you use view overrides via Display->Views, CSS overrides, translations overrides (via the Languages tab of the configuration), you won't loose your modifications when you update/upgrade If you edit directly php files of HikaShop, or JS, CSS files, you will loose them so you should make a backup of them. In any case, you should make a backup of your website before installing updating any extension on your website, especially if it's a live website. The following user(s) said Thank You: [bigboytbh](/forum/user/7048-bigboytbh "View bigboytbh's Profile"), [ucloud](/forum/user/7293-ucloud "View ucloud's Profile") Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzQ5NTA4LXJlc29sdmVkLXN0YXJ0ZXItdG8tYnVzaW5lc3Mtd2l0aG91dC1sb3NpbmctZGF0YT90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[bigboytbh](/forum/user/7048-bigboytbh "View bigboytbh's Profile")** - [![bigboytbh's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/7048-bigboytbh "View bigboytbh's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/7048-bigboytbh) Less More - Posts: 10 - Thank you received: 0 - - 14 years 5 months ago [\#49700](#49700) by [bigboytbh](/forum/user/7048-bigboytbh "View bigboytbh's Profile") Replied by *[bigboytbh](/forum/user/7048-bigboytbh "View bigboytbh's Profile")* on topic *[Starter to Business without losing data](/forum/4-how-to/49508-resolved-starter-to-business-without-losing-data#49700 "Hello, I need to upgrade my shop that is created with Starter edition to the Business edition. How can I safely do that without losing any data (including all of my products and categories, my configurations, but also my custom views, my CSS and JavaScript modifications, my translations, etc.) ? I read other threads about upgrading and I saw that custom php (from the Display -> Views menu, specifically "end" and "terms"), changed css (frontend_default.css from media/com_hikashop/css) and modified js (hikashop.js from media/com_hikashop/js) were mentioned here - www.hikashop.com/forum/5-support-en-fran...e.html?lang=en#26827 - the thing is, I was modifying files directly (except for php). Will it be OK if I just copy/paste my css code to the backend override? When I change my css from the admin panel, I don't see it in /mytemplate/html/com_hikashop and only my 2 modified php files are there, where is the new css stored? In general, concerning my files, do I need to make a backup of them manually or do I need to copy/paste my code into the new files? Thanks in advance.")* Thanks for the quick response, I did that and it seems my code works fine once again! Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzQ5NTA4LXJlc29sdmVkLXN0YXJ0ZXItdG8tYnVzaW5lc3Mtd2l0aG91dC1sb3NpbmctZGF0YT90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. Board Categories HikaShop Install & Update Product & Category Display Content Creation Sales and Orders Orders management Reports & Statistics Customers Checkout Payment Methods Shipping Methods Import & Export (CSV, XLS…) Specific Features Affilation Taxes Wishlist Vote Carousel & Slider Mass Actions Filters & Search Discount & Coupon Feature Request Integrations Showcase General Talk about HikaShop Development HikaShop 3.0 Beta Translation Commercial Jobs HikaShop Components HikaMarket Market: Feature requests Market: How to? Market: Bug Report HikaSerial General talk about HikaSerial Serial: Bug Report Serial: How to? 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