Error changing downloads folder location

[jedpak]

I had installed the newest version and started modifying, I got to the part about changing location of download folder. I had followed the FAQs about it to the letter but when complete I would get a error at top of page "Warning: The downloadable products directory does not exist: /home/xxxxxxx/public_html//home/xxxxxx/download/. Downloadable products will not work until this directory is valid. Now for some reason it is getting /home/xxxxxxx/public_html/ from somewhere else as in the locations that are required to be changed in the two config files are set to /home/xxxxxx/download/
Any thoughts?

[DrByte]

Sounds like you've made some incorrect edits.

Post what you've got in the file on your server ... without the database password.

[jedpak]

Here is the configure.php from the includes folder:

<?php
/**
* @package Configuration Settings circa 1.3.9
* @copyright Copyright 2003-2010 Zen Cart Development Team
* @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
* @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
* File Built by zc_install on 2010-09-11 01:16:23
*/


/*************** NOTE: This file is similar, but DIFFERENT from the "admin" version of configure.php. ***********/
/*************** The 2 files should be kept separate and not used to overwrite each other. ***********/

// Define the webserver and path parameters
// HTTP_SERVER is your Main webserver: eg-http://www.your_domain.com
// HTTPS_SERVER is your Secure webserver: eg-https://www.your_domain.com
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://pennerparables.com');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://pennerparables.com');

// Use secure webserver for checkout procedure?
define('ENABLE_SSL', 'true');

// NOTE: be sure to leave the trailing '/' at the end of these lines if you make changes!
// * DIR_WS_* = Webserver directories (virtual/URL)
// these paths are relative to top of your webspace ... (ie: under the public_html or httpdocs folder)
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');

define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');
define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');
define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');
define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');
define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');
define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');
define('DIR_WS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'pub/');
define('DIR_WS_TEMPLATES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'templates/');

define('DIR_WS_PHPBB', '/');

// * DIR_FS_* = Filesystem directories (local/physical)
//the following path is a COMPLETE path to your Zen Cart files. eg: /var/www/vhost/accountname/public_html/store/
define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/home/pennerpa/public_html/');

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', DIR_FS_CATALOG . '/home/pennerpa/download/');
define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'pub/');
define('DIR_WS_UPLOADS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'uploads/');
define('DIR_FS_UPLOADS', DIR_FS_CATALOG . DIR_WS_UPLOADS);
define('DIR_FS_EMAIL_TEMPLATES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'email/');

// define our database connection
define('DB_TYPE', 'mysql');
define('DB_PREFIX', '');
define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost');
define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', '');
define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', '');
define('DB_DATABASE', '');
define('USE_PCONNECT', 'false');
define('STORE_SESSIONS', 'db');
// for STORE_SESSIONS, use 'db' for best support, or '' for file-based storage

// The next 2 "defines" are for SQL cache support.
// For SQL_CACHE_METHOD, you can select from: none, database, or file
// If you choose "file", then you need to set the DIR_FS_SQL_CACHE to a directory where your apache
// or webserver user has write privileges (chmod 666 or 777). We recommend using the "cache" folder inside the Zen Cart folder
// ie: /path/to/your/webspace/public_html/zen/cache -- leave no trailing slash
define('SQL_CACHE_METHOD', 'database');
define('DIR_FS_SQL_CACHE', '/home/pennerpa/public_html/cache');

// EOF

Thanks for all help,

Dave

[DrByte]

Okay ... so ... you've got this:

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/home/pennerpa/public_html/');

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', DIR_FS_CATALOG . '/home/pennerpa/download/');

And, since DIR_FS_CATALOG is (correctly) already defined as /home/pennerpa/public_html, when you add /home/pennerpa/download/ to the end of that you get /home/pennerpa/public_html/home/pennerpa/download/ exactly as the store is telling you.

That's why the instructions on changing the download location show you to remove DIR_FS_CATALOG from the define when you edit it. Read again: https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=280