strange layout

I just got some hosting with my ISP and went to transfer zen cart from the free hosting where I had been messing around with the look of the cart.

I folowed the instructions in the FAQ and after I finished the layout of the site was a mess. Just white background, no boxes around side bars etc., and also some errors when trying to access products pages.

I then DL the latest version of Zen Cart and fresh installed and I get the same issues (this is a plain fresh install. No modifications at all)

During installation on this new server I get a warning about the GD library suport for PHP being off. Could this be the issue?

Not sure what else it could be but am guessing its somthing to do with the new server.

If you want to have a look the site is www.saetek.com.au

hope someone can help. :)

Sorry for double post, coundn't find an edit button.

The error I am also getting when trying to view products is :
1054 Unknown column 'p.products_id' in 'on clause'

This is on a fresh install. I haven't altered anything.

What are your versions of PHP and MySQL?

I may not be able to find and answer, but that info will help anyway...

Chris

If you have mySQL 5, perhaps this thread will help...

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25174

Chris

When I click on your site link I just get a Cannot Find Server error. If this domain has only been added to the server today then allow it another 24 hrs to propagate on the server.

Vger

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Originally Posted by xyonnoyx

I just got some hosting with my ISP and went to transfer zen cart from the free hosting where I had been messing around with the look of the cart.

I folowed the instructions in the FAQ and after I finished the layout of the site was a mess. Just white background, no boxes around side bars etc., and also some errors when trying to access products pages.

I then DL the latest version of Zen Cart and fresh installed and I get the same issues (this is a plain fresh install. No modifications at all)

During installation on this new server I get a warning about the GD library suport for PHP being off. Could this be the issue?

Not sure what else it could be but am guessing its somthing to do with the new server.

If you want to have a look the site is www.saetek.com.au

hope someone can help. :)

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When I click on your site link I just get a Cannot Find Server error. If this domain has only been added to the server today then allow it another 24 hrs to propagate on the server.

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Not sure about that. Domain has been on this server for a few weeks. I have no trouble accessing it. Anyone else having trouble?

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What are your versions of PHP and MySQL?

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MySQL Version = 5.0.12-beta
PHP Version = 5.1.2

skimmed through that thread (will read it properly later) and if I have to start editing sql I will find a different solution. I dont know sql and think I would just cause more issues for myself.

So has there been any simple fixes for the p.products error?

I can't see your site either - I'm in the US:

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; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> www.saetek.com.au
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 5464
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.saetek.com.au.            IN      A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
com.au.                9033    IN      SOA    ns1.ausregistry.net. dns.ausregistry.net.au. 2006719310 14400 3600 3600000 86400

;; Query time: 22 msec

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(if you're not familiar with dig, it just says it can't find anything, and the server who is authoritative is: ns1.ausregistry.net).

On to PHP and MySQL...

I've read in the forum that PHP 5 shouldn't be a major problem, but...I 'd never recommend ANY beta release for a production server, SQL or otherwise.

AFAIK, zencart does not support Mysql 5 (and neither does anyone else). Hate to make this recommendation, but is it possible for you to switch hosts?

Chris

I get this when dnsreport.com does a dig "ERROR: The parent servers say that the domain saetek.com.au does not exist".

Vger

Thanks for the help.

There seems to be a problem with my domain registry and the name servers I provided them with. Trying to resolve this now.

As for the mysql I may be, 'up the creek', so to say and might have to look at alternative hosting.
I will try everything I can though after I get the name server issue sorted as the hosting is provided by my isp which makes it easy and free.

Thanks again.

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I will try everything I can though after I get the name server issue sorted as the hosting is provided by my isp which makes it easy and free.

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Free hosting is never easy when it comes to running dynamic php programmes - due to all the limitations free hosts put on the use of php. Paid hosting is so cheap that free hosting is just a waste of time and effort (IMO).

Vger

Ok, I have the dns issue sorted out now.
Still cant get the layout to work though.
Could someone please have a look at my site and see if they may know what could cause this.

www.saetek.com.au/store

It is a fresh install of the latest version (again, lol).
I have (almost) the exact same versions of apache, php and mysql setup on my comp as a test server and it works fine on that so I am guessing it is the server configuration. If I can figure out what it is my host is generally pretty good and shouldn't have a problem helping me out and changing the config to get it to work.

I have left /zc_install on the server so it may help to look at that, although there is no major errors other than gd support etc. which doesnt effect the install on my test server.

thanks in advance
me

EDIT: The mysql is working fine with the new version of zencart. so far.....

You're right - the mySQL seems OK.

The problem seems CSS-related. When I try to view the CSS, all I get is:

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http://www.saetek.com.au/store/includes/templates/classic/css/stylesheet_new.css

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<TITLE>500 Internal Server Error</TITLE>
</HEAD><BODY>
<H1>Internal Server Error</H1>
The server encountered an internal error or
misconfiguration and was unable to complete
your request.<P>
Please contact the server administrator,
 [email protected] and inform them of the time the error occurred,
and anything you might have done that may have
caused the error.<P>
More information about this error may be available
in the server error log.<P>
</BODY></HTML>

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HTH,
Chris

Sounds like your server's not liking the security protections set in the supplied /includes/.htaccess file.
Try temporarily renaming it to htaccess_bak
If that solves it, work with your host to reproduce the security settings another way based on their server configuration requirements.