Problem with the download folder relocation

[ben_jadue]

Does anybody have any advice / ideas regarding the change of the download directory location? I did it as it is suggested below and it is not working.

Usually the "download" folder is located inside your store area, for example:
- /home/my_user_name/public_html/mystore/download

You want to move it "above" your public_html folder, something like this:
- /home/my_user_name/download


Edit your two configure.php files to show the new path to your download folder:
- /includes/configure.php
- /admin/includes/configure.php

You'll need to edit the line that says this:

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

to look something like this:

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', '/home/my_user_name/download/');

I did do all of what has been mentioned and I still get the red tape warning sign on top of the web page regarding the download directory not been found.

[RodG]

You'll need to edit the line that says this:

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

to look something like this:

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', '/home/my_user_name/download/');

I did do all of what has been mentioned and I still get the red tape warning sign on top of the web page regarding the download directory not been found.

For you to get this error means that your download folder simply isn't where you have specified... If you used the example as entered above then it will not work, because I can assure you that the directory '/home/my_user_name/download/' really doesn't exist. You need to modify this for *your* site.
Also take careful note of the leading '/' in the example above. This '/' ISN'T needed with the default setup because the path is *relative* to the document root.. This is no longer the case if you relocate the directory outside of this folder which is why you need to use the FULL path, which includes the leading '/'.

The final thing to note is that the relocated directory MUST be in a place accessable by the webserver, which means it will still need to reside somehere in the public_hrml folder. If this is where the top/root level of your store is located then you won't be able to move the download folder up any higher anyway.

Cheers
Rod