[bullfrog]

A 4.3.2 site is (now 'was') the live store in the website root directory . 4.5.3 is (now 'was') the development store in /xcart. Ability was added to the development store and was set up and modified.

When it's time to move the development store to the root directory, it's necessary to edit the config.php file, and if "clean urls" is running, the htaccess file, and in the 4.5.3 database config table there is a listing for the store directory. I edited all of these to account for the move. After removing cached and temp files, the new store springs to life. I can log into admin. I can see the new store and buy stuff. But somehow Ability did not get the message that the store was in new directory. The X-Cart default 2-column theme had stepped in even though settings were still in place for it to be Ability.

In the previous post I wanted to know what I could have done to get Ability to show up without having to redo anything.

=====the "Brute Force" fix ==================

I have test urls where I try upgrades before doing things on my real stores. I moved the contents of a test url 4.5.3 store (where Ability was installed while the site was in the root directory) to my currently upgrade project store. I copied the real 4.5.3 database to this moved site and made the needed configuration changes. This new Frankenstein site is now working as my new upgraded store 4.5.3 site. I'm having to redo some customization, but the former 4.3.2 store is now back online as 4.5.3.

Unless I know the cause of the problem I had trying to move the dev store using Ability from a subdirectory to the web root, I'll be using a test url for development sites where everything starts and stays in the web root. It may be a single setting I missed somewhere. If anyone knows, please advise.

If it matters, I used Ability 1.3. I did not not know until I checked online that 1.4 was available.