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Magento dev site redirects to live URL

I'm having trouble creating a Development website on webmin, I have created the file structure containing all the magento files from my 'Live website' and I have made a copy of the MySQL database but it seems as though the Subdomain I created redirects to the old domain (live website). The things I've done are as followed:

  1. Changed the path in core_config in MySql to the subdomain ( dev.*****.co.uk )
  2. Changed the database name in local.xml to the new database I want it to look at.
  3. Made an A record pointing to the correct IP address for the sub domain.
  4. Changed the permissions to 0774 in case permissions caused an issue.

I don't know what else I need to do. It goes to the live website every time I try and reach the development website. Is there something I'm missing or haven't done?

Solution

  • It sounds like you have done everything you need to.

    Try:

    1. Make sure it is not cache related. Clearing your cache (just delete /var/cache from your Magento root)
    2. Make sure it is not browser related. Try in an incognito window (Chrome loves to cache redirects)
    3. Make sure it is not server related. Try putting a plain text file in your Magento root and load it in a browser. If even this file redirects to your live site then the problem is not Magento related.
    4. Make sure the you are actually looking at the right database. Try putting incorrect details in your local.xml file and clear the cache. Do you see an error (you should)?