Wordpress On ZC [Support Thread]

[mafiasam]

Hello,
I have read through this entire thread and all the included instructions and the official wordpress instructions without luck.

I am attempting to install the wordpress addon to a fresh, local 1.3.7 Zen Cart installation (using EasyPHP on my computer and my Zen Cart installation works excellent)

Anyways, here's what I have tried and failed with...

1. Uploaded(minus index.php) WordPress 2.2 into the Zen Cart root dir.
2. created seperate database in phpmyadmin
3. edited /ROOT/wp-config-sample.php to reflect database info and changed it to wp-config.php and left it in root folder
3. Uploaded ZC_ROOT into Zen Cart root dir
4. Commented out "return" in wp-include/template-loader.php
5. (includes/extra_configures/wordpress-config.txt to wordpress-config.php) this didn't need to be done.
6. ran wp-admin/install.php in browser - the installation doesn't seem to work at all -

the database I created remains empty and

I keep getting the following page after running the install...

click here for a pic of the error page

here are the details of my wp-config.php files for both the root folder and the includes/extra_configures folder

the root folder...

<?php
// ** MySQL settings ** //
define('DB_NAME', 'mafiasam_wordpress');    // The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'mafiasam');     // Your MySQL username
define('DB_PASSWORD', '*******'); // ...and password
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');    // 99% chance you won't need to change this value
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
define('DB_COLLATE', '');

// You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique prefix
$table_prefix  = 'wp_';   // Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!

// Change this to localize WordPress.  A corresponding MO file for the
// chosen language must be installed to wp-content/languages.
// For example, install de.mo to wp-content/languages and set WPLANG to 'de'
// to enable German language support.
define ('WPLANG', '');

/* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__).'/');
require_once(ABSPATH.'wp-settings.php');
?>

the extra configures folder...

<?php
//
// wordpress on zencart by http://www.s-page.net/
//
define ('ABSPATH','/');

$woz_install=0;

if (file_exists(ABSPATH.'wp-config.php')) {
	$woz_install=1;
	define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
	$wp_did_header = true;
	
	require_once(ABSPATH.'wp-config.php');

	$i=strlen(DIR_WS_CATALOG);
	$req=substr($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'],$i,1);
	if($req=='?'){
		$_GET['main_page']='wordpress';
	}

	if(isset($_GET['feed'])){
		wp();
		gzip_compression();
		//	require_once('./wp-includes/template-loader.php');
		require_once(ABSPATH . WPINC . '/template-loader.php');

		exit();
	}
}

?>

and I guess that should be enough information to hang me, lol.

Does anyone have any advice?

thanks in advance

mafiasam

[bigjoed]

I have installed wordpress on zencart and it is working properly with the exception of the fact that whenever I type my website URL http://stunmasters.net, it gets redirected to the wordpress page http://www.stunmasters.net/?main_page=wordpress.

How can I stop that from happening.
Thanks in advance for any help.

[corrado444]

Obviously, you have a redirect in place somewhere. Check in your .htaccess file or check in your control panel for a redirect script somewhere.

[mafiasam]

Hello,
I have read through this entire thread and all the included instructions and the official wordpress instructions without luck.

I am attempting to install the wordpress addon to a fresh, local 1.3.7 Zen Cart installation (using EasyPHP on my computer and my Zen Cart installation works excellent)

Anyways, here's what I have tried and failed with...

1. Uploaded(minus index.php) WordPress 2.2 into the Zen Cart root dir.
2. created seperate database in phpmyadmin
3. edited /ROOT/wp-config-sample.php to reflect database info and changed it to wp-config.php and left it in root folder
3. Uploaded ZC_ROOT into Zen Cart root dir
4. Commented out "return" in wp-include/template-loader.php
5. (includes/extra_configures/wordpress-config.txt to wordpress-config.php) this didn't need to be done.
6. ran wp-admin/install.php in browser - the installation doesn't seem to work at all -

the database I created remains empty and

I keep getting the following page after running the install...

click here for a pic of the error page

here are the details of my wp-config.php files for both the root folder and the includes/extra_configures folder

the root folder...

...and I guess that should be enough information to hang me, lol.

Does anyone have any advice?

thanks in advance

mafiasam

Well, I figured it out with the help of my hosting company opensourcehost who are awesome. I just had them install wordpress in a separate folder in the zen cart installation because i just couldn't get wordpress to install.

then i followed the readme.html instructions included in the WordPress on Zencart contribution.

so you definitely can install this in a separate folder. mine was in a folder named blog in my zen cart folder
like this...


the entire trick lies in the editing of the zencart folder/includes/extra_configures/wordpress-config.php file.

mine ended up being...

define('ABSPATH', '/home/myservername/public_html/blog/');

so good luck, i hope this helps someone...

[NateE]

I finally got this to work locally, using XAMPP. As stated above, editing wordpress-config.php is the key.

I installed XAMPP in C:\xampp, and placed ZenCart and WordPress into separate directories, like so: (see attachment for picture)

C:\xampp\htdocs\blog
C:\xampp\htdocs\catalog

I followed the instructions in the readme, keeping the installation as default as possible, and everything went smoothly. However, I kept getting: file not found: /wp-config-php. After nearly pulling my hair out, I discovered the correct configuration for wordpress-config.php:

define ('ABSPATH','/xampp/htdocs/blog/');

It appears to be working now. I'm running XAMPP 1.6.3a, Zen Cart 1.3.6, and WordPress 2.2.3, with the Acadame template by IChoze.

I'm going to attempt upgrading to ZC 1.3.7... If I have any problems I might post about them.

Hope this helps someone!

[bigjoed]

Hi Misty:

I hope that you can help me with this. In reference to my post #272, and the suggested solution #273. Do you know a way to fix this? I tried looking for a redirect onn the .htaccess file or on my cPanel. I can not find any.

To make a long story short, if you try going to my site http://stunmasters.net, you get automatically redirected to the blog page.

Thanks for your help.

PS. In reference to my post #268, the problem was that I was using an image as a breadcrumb divider. The html for that was added to the title and therefore the top of my page was totally messed up.

[misty]

Hi Misty:

I hope that you can help me with this. In reference to my post #272, and the suggested solution #273. Do you know a way to fix this? I tried looking for a redirect onn the .htaccess file or on my cPanel. I can not find any.

To make a long story short, if you try going to my site http://stunmasters.net, you get automatically redirected to the blog page.

Thanks for your help.

PS. In reference to my post #268, the problem was that I was using an image as a breadcrumb divider. The html for that was added to the title and therefore the top of my page was totally messed up.

If you need to use htaccess, then wordpress is not installed correctly and adding an extra file could affect your zencart install and how it works correctly..suggest you read post by mafiasam (post 274)and reinstall wordpress..

[HomsteadMom]

Ok I've been trying to get this set up for a while doing a lot of . I have wordpress set up in a sub directory and zen in the root. I can access wordpress to write a post etc. But can't get them to show on my site. I'm getting this error:
file not found wp-config.php when I click on the wp sidebars. Also my post don't show in the sidebars either...
My site is www.homestead-acres.com
Any help is much appreciated!

Also I would like to have the blog accesable from the drop menu. Any advice on how to add it there??

Thanks!

[misty]

I'm getting this error:
file not found wp-config.php when I click on the wp sidebars. Also my post don't show in the sidebars either...
My site is www.homestead-acres.com
Any help is much appreciated!

Also I would like to have the blog accesable from the drop menu. Any advice on how to add it there??

Thanks!

See Post 275..similar problem..fixed by ensuring wp-config.php is correctly
set..

[andy1234]

Hi everybody,

I have just installed a fresh wp on zc and it works fine, but opens wp in a separate window (not as a zc page). What is wrong with the templates? I managed to install it a long time ago on another site, but just cannot remember how I fixed this.

Please, advise, it should be a quick fix with the tempolates somewhere.

Thanks

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