zencart admin backend showing incorrect

[abs007]

Hi
I am using the latest version of zencart and have followed the procedures to install the programme. I had a few issues with the template not showing up but thanks to the forum i managed to get this sorted.what i did was
change the .htaccess to .htaccess_off on the includes and admin

I have also emailed my server streamline.net to see if they can help with the security by either making this compatible or changing the access privileges. Dont really know how to explain it but i found an article on this forum advising me what to do. So with the small change the template is coming up.

I went to change the chmod configure.php back to and found that they had already changed from 777 to 644. When i load my homepage it has a warning message that says

Warning: I am able to write to the configuration file: /home/fhlinux139/r/ravsappliances.com/user/htdocs/shop/includes/configure.php. This is a potential security risk - please set the right user permissions on this file (read-only, CHMOD 644 or 444 are typical). You may need to use your webhost control panel/file-manager to change the permissions effectively. Contact your webhost for assistance. See this FAQ

so i tried to change the chmod from 644 to 444 as it clearly picks out the chmod of 644 being a issue.

For some reason every time i change it and save it over it looks like it has worked but when i go back into the folder to check the chmod is set to 644 still. Dont know what the problem is so done a little reading and found that i need to do something with SSH.

I have created the SSH and have tried to access it with puTTy but dont know where to go from here.

Another big issue that i have got is that the admin back end is incorrect. i am very new to zencart and watched a tutorial on how to add a product. I have managed to add categories however there is no option to add a product. The admin back end of the tutorial compared to my admin backend is different. I have taken a screenshot for you to see.

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Here is a image from the category and products link. As you will notice at the bottom it says products can not be added

http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/w...kenew/zen2.jpg

Im not sure what to do now as i am assuming i have either installed it incorrectly or the chmod attributes haven't been added correctly or are not saving.

Saying that i did check the images directory as this also needed to be changed to 777 and it is still at 777 so that looks fine.

Any help will be extremely appreciated

cheers

[stevesh]

Your host should be able to answer the permissions question, but sometimes you can't use an FTP client to change file permissions. You shouldn't need shell access. Try using the File Manager in your control panel.

For the adding products question, Zencart categories can contain subcategories or products, but not both. Create your products within the subcategories.

[gjh42]

Click on the folder icon to the left of your category name to go to that category. Then, as long as you do not create a subcategory in it, you can add products.

[abs007]

Hi
Thanks for the help guys.
I dont have a file manager in my control panel, well i cant seem to find it anywhere.

So simple. I clicked on the folder like you said and it now allows me to add products.

But what do you guys think about the way the layout is on the screen shot. Is it incorrect? Well its certainly different from what the tutorial was showing

[gjh42]

The first screenshot is without a stylesheet, but the second one is showing the effects of a stylesheet.
Apparently your admin home page is not seeing the stylesheet.

[abs007]

any idea how i can resolve this

I have added another screen shot below. Its for when i want to add a product. As you can see i dont have any toold to increase the font size or anything. Surely something is wrong

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[gjh42]

Nothing is wrong there - you just have the editor turned off.

Go to admin > Configuration > My Store > HTML Editor.

[abs007]

Hi
Thanks alot
your a great help. Dont know what i would do without you. lol.
Honestly cheers

any idea how i can get the admin stylesheet to show

cheers

Ok ive turned the html editor on but still no joy, still no options on the description parts

[Merlinpa1969]

are you using a live url or a shared one?

[abs007]

Hi
Its a live url
not shared