Last week, while setting up a client site from my server to his new server, I got this error, dbModel read resource does not implement Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract So, just to know, this is completely a permission issue . All you have to do is, CHMOD all the files and folders in your server to 777 and thats all. That fixes the error. Though, if you are not okay chmodding all to 777, then you can try the following steps : I tried to search in the Magento Forums, but alas, there was no good replies or fixes to this, since Magento community is know as the worst community worthless forum. Anyways, I had to waste my whole day, trying to fix it and here is how I fi...

Sometimes, after you upgrade the Magento or its database, you get errors, while adding products or categories, SQLSTATE[23000]: Integrity constraint violation: 1452 Cannot add or update a child row: a foreign key constraint fails (`store/catalog_product_website`, CONSTRAINT `FK_CATAOLOG_PRODUCT_WEBSITE_WEBSITE` FOREIGN KEY (`website_id`) REFERENCES `core_website` (`website_id`) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE) Ok, so the cause of this problem is that, your database table type is not set to InnoDB. In order to fix this, just run this repair tool on your phpmyadmin SQL tab. Download it here,innodb-fix tool...

Magento is a fantastic open source ecommerce shopping cart. However, the software will require a few important modules to be install on your web hosting provider’s server in order to get it working properly. Requirement Check: Upload this Script to check whether your server support magento. Most webhosts should be running apache, php5,mysql 5 by now. However, do check that PHP include the specific extensions like PDO_MySQL while mySQL support innoDB engine. Here are the basic requirement: Web server: Apache 1.x, 2.x PHP5.2.x and above Required extensions: o PDO_MySQL o simplexml o mcrypt o hash o GD o DOM o iconv o SOAP (if Webservices API is to be...