Confused with fantastico install

[jdmajor]

I'm using Zen Cart -v1.3.9h- as installed through my cpanel using Fantistico.

First of all, after installation there was no zc_install directory.

With regard to "Rename your /admin folder, which folder is that supposed to be. Does the /admin folder refer to my directory
"shopping" or the subdirectory xxadmin in that directory?.

Also, my shopping/includes/configure.php DOES NOT HAVE
define('DIR_FS_ADMIN"
section at all, BUT the sibdirectory xxadmin/includes/configure.php does.

I don't want to change the wrong configure.php file.

Sorry, but I have had to uninstall and reinstall my zen-cart 4 times because of this confusion. Please help.

[gjh42]

Fantastico does a lot of things for you without even telling you it is doing them. It presumably deleted the /zc_install/ folder and renamed the admin folder to /xxadmin/ or whatever it is.

Only the admin configure.php should have define('DIR_FS_ADMIN" and its ilk.

If you want to understand what is happening during installation (it sounds like you do), your best bet is to download Zen Cart from the link on this site's home page and install it yourself. You will need to be able to create a database or know what its name, username and password are.
This will also let you install Zen Cart in the web root (www.yourdomain.com) instead of a subfolder (www.yourdomain.com/shopping) so that visitors can get to your site immediately without clicking through a separate landing page.

[frank18]

I'm using Zen Cart -v1.3.9h- as installed through my cpanel using Fantistico.

First of all, after installation there was no zc_install directory.

With regard to "Rename your /admin folder, which folder is that supposed to be. Does the /admin folder refer to my directory
"shopping" or the subdirectory xxadmin in that directory?.

Also, my shopping/includes/configure.php DOES NOT HAVE
define('DIR_FS_ADMIN"
section at all, BUT the sibdirectory xxadmin/includes/configure.php does.

I don't want to change the wrong configure.php file.

I am sure your installation worked every time.

The zc_install directory is deleted in newer versions of Fantastico after the installation is complete. If it's gone then it actually saved you deleting it manually.

Yes, the file xxadmin/includes/configure.php is the one to edit. To make sure you are editing the right file, look at the comments in the header of this file.

As Glenn said, Fantastico renames the admin folder during installation. This may be convenient initially BUT the name xxadmin is too obvious to be left unchanged. You still need to change it to something complicated using upper and lower case letters, numbers and maybe underscores.

In simple words, by all means use your installation as is and rename the xxadmin (or whatever) folder as per tutorials available from this site.

One word of warning: do not use Fantastico for upgrades, you are asking for trouble. See this thread.

Hope this helps.

[jdmajor]

Ok, that does clear up the issue for me. I didn't want Fantastico to install it in www.mydomain.com/public_html/directory/xxadmin
but I couldn't get it to do it any other way.

Thanks so much for the replies, now that I know which configure.php to modify, I'll do it and sleep good tonight.

not confused anymore.

[jdmajor]

I guess I spoke too soon. I changed the admin name on the admin configure.php, Then I renamed the actual admin directory.

My browser can take me to the store, but it cannot locate the store's admin panel so I can't login to customize my shopping cart.

You can't believe how much of a headache this has become, and I don't understand why it's so difficult to me.

Is there some other place I'm supposed to put the name change in?

I think I may have a solution and I'm gong to try it tonight just in case it works. I'll let you know tonight if it works.

[DrByte]

There's just 3 places to edit the name of the admin folder. You shouldn't touch anything other than the word "/admin/". Everything else should be left alone.
Ref: https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=33

[jdmajor]

I think I'm posting a new message.

I changed the admin as the instructions state, and my browser will take me to my store, but I can't locate my admin panel so I can login and customize my shopping cart.

I got this page instead:

2, Your /includes/configure.php and/or /admin/includes/configure.php file contains invalid path information and/or invalid database-connection information.
If you recently edited your configure.php files for any reason, or maybe moved your site to a different folder or different server, then you'll need to review and update all your settings to the correct values for your server.
See the Online FAQ and Tutorials area on the Zen Cart™ website for assistance.

[DrByte]

my browser will take me to my store, but I can't locate my admin panel so I can login and customize my shopping cart.

The URL to your admin panel is http://your_domain.com/whatever_your..._foldername_is

I got this page instead:

2, Your /includes/configure.php and/or /admin/includes/configure.php file contains invalid path information and/or invalid database-connection information.
If you recently edited your configure.php files for any reason, or maybe moved your site to a different folder or different server, then you'll need to review and update all your settings to the correct values for your server.

That's telling you that the cause of the problem MIGHT be that you edited things in the configure.php file that you ought not to have touched, or maybe your text-editor mangled the file.

What was the #3 bullet point, if any?

[jdmajor]

I changed the configure.php exactly the way the Zen-Cart instructions said to change, nothing more.

I don't know what you mean by #3 bullet point is.

I'm going to uninstall it and try to install it in the root directory www.mydomain.com. I have already notified my hosting company that I'm having trouble with it. I think that using Fantastico is making all these problems. It's so frustrating that I want to uninstall the program anyway.

Thanks to all that have tried to help in this issue.