Wordpress On ZC [Support Thread]

Hi Misty;

I've had no probs with this mod even with the current WP-2.7

Has anyone ever considered bundling up the WOZ package and the current version of WP as a ZC add-on?

Putting everything in the right place and making some adjustments to the default template that comes with WP to be more ZC friendly (like not calling the sidebar on almost every page) and removing wp index.php from the kit might simplify things for many folks.

Along with some clear tested instructions on what/where to edit and how to jump to the new wp install to finish up as normal.

I address this to you as you seem to be lead on this cool mod.

Just a thought.

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=681
There is already wordpress addon/mod from above.
ZenCart version 2.0 is due out very soon..WordPress
mod will then almost certainly have to be recoded.

Ya, what I mean is combine that module with the current version of WP (2.7 as I write this) so that installing the mod installs both the mod you mention AND WP itself with a few minor edits to the default WP template to make it play nicer with ZC out of the box.

Say call it, WOZ+WP...

And yes, ZC 2.0 changes much, but by the time it's out of beta it will still be some time.

On the other hand, it could just be a silly idea. I have lots of those. I leave it up to you to sort them out :)

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Originally Posted by misty

What is not working...if you dont specify,we dont have crystal balls to look into..

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Thanks for the reply. I was very frustrated when I wrote that post haha. I'm still getting this message "file not found site.com/blog/wp-config.php" when I go to http://www.site.com/index.php?main_page=wordpress.

I tried to uninstall and reinstall and it's still there. Is it because I am installing wordpress in its own directory /blog?

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Originally Posted by pricediscrimination

Thanks for the reply. I was very frustrated when I wrote that post haha. I'm still getting this message "file not found site.com/blog/wp-config.php" when I go to http://www.site.com/index.php?main_page=wordpress.

I tried to uninstall and reinstall and it's still there. Is it because I am installing wordpress in its own directory /blog?

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BACKUP ZENCART INSTALL INCLUDING DATABASE
Install wordpress where zencart is installed.
Have never yet successfully installed this wordpress mod,where wordpress has been installed in seperate folder.
Wordpress mod installed at
http://www.dezinashop.com/demo/

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Originally Posted by misty

BACKUP ZENCART INSTALL INCLUDING DATABASE
Install wordpress where zencart is installed.
Have never yet successfully installed this wordpress mod,where wordpress has been installed in seperate folder.
Wordpress mod installed at
http://www.dezinashop.com/demo/

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Thanks for the info. I guess I will have to install wordpress manually since godaddy's hosting connection won't allow me to install wordpress into the root since zencart is already there.

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Originally Posted by pricediscrimination

Thanks for the info. I guess I will have to install wordpress manually since godaddy's hosting connection won't allow me to install wordpress into the root since zencart is already there.

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Godaddy hosting does not always play well together with
Zencart..how it fairs with Word Press..no idea..search zen cart forums for Godaddy.

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Originally Posted by pricediscrimination

I will have to install wordpress manually

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That sounds strange. When you have wordpress installed, you don't actually overwrite the zen cart index.php file in the root directory... So Zen Cart is really still your main installation, Wordpress just has its files piled up around it.

It seems like its worth a shot, or is GoDaddy all strict about this kind of thing?

Oh, I get what you were saying, manually vs. automatic, but you will still do the install, so just disregard this.

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Originally Posted by rainthebat

That sounds strange. When you have wordpress installed, you don't actually overwrite the zen cart index.php file in the root directory... So Zen Cart is really still your main installation, Wordpress just has its files piled up around it.

It seems like its worth a shot, or is GoDaddy all strict about this kind of thing?

Oh, I get what you were saying, manually vs. automatic, but you will still do the install, so just disregard this.

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Hi, i think they set it up like that so people dont overwrite their current setup when they try to add new programs to their space.

I've installed wordpress before but as far as i can remember, its a pain in the ###### haha. I recall their instructions weren't the easiest to follow (kinda like the ones for this mod =P jk )

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Originally Posted by aesthetics

I'm attempting to install this onto our site, and I'm not having any luck. Possibly it's something I'm doing wrong? The directions with the readme file seem a little muddy, but maybe it's just my inexperience...

ZC on our site has its own folder (aestheticsbodymod.com/store.... /store being the ZC folder).

I'm just going to copy/paste vaguely the instructions from the readme file and add what I'm doing... anyone help on where I'm going wrong?

I uploaded everything but the index.php file into aestheticsbodymod.com/store (NOT the whole wordpress folder, just the contents of that folder) via FileZilla

I changed /store so that the permission is 777.

Ran the install for WP.

Changed the WP settings so that the folder matches the folder of my store -- so that's the same as where I uploaded it, right? aestheticsbodymod.com/store is what I put there... at this point, if I go to aestheticsbodymod.com/store I still see our store as usual, and if I click on "view blog" or whatever in WP's admin panel, it takes me to the ZC store as well. Should that be the case? I tried uploading it to a separate folder (aestheticsbodymod.com/store/wordpress) and at this point in the game I could go to aestheticsbodymod.com/store/wordpress and see the skeleton of an un-touched wordpress blog -- but I had read in some of the other comments that this mod only works well with ZC if you do option B and install WP into ZC's folder? I think this might be where my confusion is, but I tried it both ways and am still stumped...

Anyway...

Changed the theme on WP (it was already set to that as default actually).

Changed /ZC_ROOT/includes/templates/MY_TEMP to /ZC_ROOT/includes/templates/custom (my custom template name)

Uploaded the contents (NOT the entire folders, right?) of ZC_ROOT and WC_ROOT to aestheticsbodymod.com/store via dragging and dropping in FZ.

Didn't need to change all the 'exit' parts to 'return' since it's a new version of WP.

Changed "'ABSPATH','/var/www/vhost/example.com/public_html/blog/'"
to "ABSPATH','http://www.aestheticsbodymod.com/store'"

Logged into ZC's admin panel to make the sideboxes visible...

still doesn't work.

Any ideas? Based on my input here, is there something I'm doing wrong? I've tried this install a few times now and tried to do it a couple different ways, and I'm still not getting it to work. When I load "http://aestheticsbodymod.com/store/index.php?main_page=wordpress"

I get a file not found error still... same as if I click on any of the sidebar links for the blog in ZC.

Thanks in advance for the help!

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This reply is dated, but i'm trying to use this mod too and have followed all the steps outlined, here, no luck. blank page not even a home page or file not found. installed several times per directions. despite this post, this thread shows NO answer or remedy to the question. Can any one clearly state the steps that enabled this to work. I'm using 1.3.8 zen, 2.7 wordpress all in the same folder http://www.short-wedding-dresses.net but nothing shows. The database is the same too. still no dice. heres what i have in the wordpress-config. php, is this the right syntax? define ('ABSPATH',);
('ABSPATH','http://www.short-wedding-dresses.net/');
$woz_install=0;

did i miss a step?:(