Moving Installation

[jasonh1234]

How difficult is it to move a working installation of zencart from

domain.com/store/
to
domain.com/

I assume just moving all the files from /store/ up a level will break the hell out of everything.

I assume setting up some kind of redirect will probably be bad for SEO too.

Insights?

[schoolboy]

Hi Jason

It is relatively quick (and easy), and fundamentally, requires changes to the configure.php files only.

There is also a setting that needs changing in the database (sessions directory path) but this can be done after the move.

There is a TUTORIAL on moving up a level... look under TUTORIALS

[jasonh1234]

There is a TUTORIAL on moving up a level...

Here's the link if anyone else is looking/comes across this thread.

Tutorial

[davebeing]

Hi: I am running ZC 1.3.9 fresh install modified/configured as I want it with no addons.
I want to move the the site to another folder on the same server however, the directions at https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=122 read:

"Moving your site to another folder on your server
Determine the new foldername where your Zen Cart® files will be running from
Go into Admin > Configuration > Sessions and change the Session Directory to reflect the new folder name. If you cannot do this, see the alternate approach in step 5 below."

The ZC 1.3.9 installation that I am running has an Admin > configuration.php file but no such Admin > Configuration directory.
My site does show basic info but no background color or boxes.
Where is the file(s) that need to be rewritten / reconfigured in 1.3.9?

[DrByte]

That point has nothing to do with configure.php files or configuration.php files. It's referring to menu options, not directories. Admin has a "Configuration" menu, and in that menu is a "Sessions" option.

[davebeing]

It looks like this
http://transendus.com/denvercoop/

[davebeing]

That point has nothing to do with configure.php files or configuration.php files. It's referring to menu options, not directories. Admin has a "Configuration" menu, and in that menu is a "Sessions" option.

Thank you. when I go there I get a page not found error.
"The requested URL /mysite/admin/configuration.php was not found on this server."
even though I can see the file there in the directory.
all of the menu items in the admin area return a page not found error.

[davebeing]

Now nothing of admin will load. the url returns a page not found error.

[davebeing]

Now nothing of admin will load. the url returns a page not found error.

OK so I found that the store/admin/configure.php file was incorrectly modified as:
define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/store/admin/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN', '/store/admin/');
a change to:
define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/admin/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN', '/admin/');
solved the problem for the admin functionality;
but the public site still does not load correctly.

Changing the session directory did not help.

[davebeing]

OK I fixed it!!

the zencart ebook directs the reader to write the configure.php file as:
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/store/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/store/');
which did not work for me. Instead I wrote it as:
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');

and it works!!

Thank you for your time!