URL shows the /ZenCart folder. How to remove?

[CheapStairParts]

My zencart is installed in a folder, instead of the root directory.

http://www.cheapstairparts.com/ZenCart

I have a redirect, so if you just type in cheapstairparts.com it will redirect you to the folder... but I don't want the /ZenCart to show up.

As I understand, you can edit the .htaccess file to fix this, but I have no idea how to do this.

Can anybody look at this code and help me?

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^cheapstairparts.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.cheapstairparts.com$
RewriteRule ^/?$ "http\:\/\/www\.cheapstairparts\.com\/ZenCart" [R=301,L]

[pensandpencils]

Just make that folder the root folder of that website.

That'll do it.

What kind of server you using?

[CheapStairParts]

I am on shared hosting, because I have other domains, and changing root folders is not allowed.

My only option is editing this .htaccess file, and it is way above my level.

[stevesh]

You can't copy the contents of /zencart into the root of that domain and edit the two configure.php files?

[pensandpencils]

Maybe change the folder title to '.' or 'store' so its a little more palatable if your hosting package is that limiting.

Or maybe get a hosting package where you can control this sort of thing ;-)

[CheapStairParts]

well I can try to move everything to the root folder and edit the config files, is there anything else I need to change other than config files before I transfer?

[stevesh]

Nope. That should do it - all you have to change is the paths, so just remove the /zencart from them and you should be good. You'll have to change permissions on the configure files to change them, of course.

I assume that in your previous post you meant that you couldn't point a domain to a subdirectory of another domain. My host doesn't allow that either on shared servers, and I think it's a good policy.

[skipwater]

My zencart is installed in a folder, instead of the root directory.

http://www.cheapstairparts.com/ZenCart

I have a redirect, so if you just type in cheapstairparts.com it will redirect you to the folder... but I don't want the /ZenCart to show up.

As I understand, you can edit the .htaccess file to fix this, but I have no idea how to do this.

Can anybody look at this code and help me?

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^cheapstairparts.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.cheapstairparts.com$
RewriteRule ^/?$ "http\:\/\/www\.cheapstairparts\.com\/ZenCart" [R=301,L]

Try this rewrite mod it works for me.

# ReadWrite Rules SW 05.07.08
# ZenCart installed in subdirectory but want URL to appear as root

Options -Indexes
RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.mysite\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule .* http://www.mysite.com/ [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^$ store/index.php [L]
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/store%{REQUEST_URI} -f
RewriteRule .* store/$0 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule .* store/index.php?q=$0 [QSA]

Of course you would change mysite to your url and store to your subdirectory name

Next:
I edited includes/configure.php and changed the following from the install.
Code::

define('DIR_WS_HTTP_CATALOG', '/store/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/store/');

To this:
Code::

define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');

As for the admin config I made no changes.

NOTE: MAKE BACKUPS

Skip

[CheapStairParts]

This "did" work but the CSS was not working after I did it.

I think I will just leave the /ZenCart on the URL, so far it isn't worth the trouble to fix.