Problem Installing Local copy

[RedSpinnaker]

Now ... here comes the trick ... I copy /includes/configure.php into /includes/local/configure.php (creating the /includes/local subdirectory if it doesn't already exist) and /YOUR_ADMIN/includes/configure.php into /YOUR_ADMIN/includes/local/configure.php.

lat9,
I'm having trouble getting my head around this - probably something I'm just not seeing - but I can't see the effect of these two changes. Can you explain a little further please?
Cheers

[lat9]

lat9,
I'm having trouble getting my head around this - probably something I'm just not seeing - but I can't see the effect of these two changes. Can you explain a little further please?
Cheers

The key is that you can keep the /includes/configure.php and /YOUR_ADMIN/includes/configure.php files to reflect the settings on your hosted store (so they're kind of a backup copy). The Zen Cart startup processing first looks to see if there's a file named /includes/local/configure.php (or /YOUR_ADMIN/includes/local/configure.php for your admin's operation) and uses that file instead if the "standard" one. In essence, the "local" directories reflect the configuration that you're running on your "localhost" copy of your website.

Like I mentioned before, if you use this method you need to make sure that you NEVER, NEVER, NEVER upload the local/configure.php files to your hosted installation because they will still be used even though your hosted installation has no way of "reaching" those files!

[RedSpinnaker]

The Zen Cart startup processing first looks to see if there's a file named /includes/local/configure.php (or /YOUR_ADMIN/includes/local/configure.php for your admin's operation) and uses that file instead if the "standard" one.

That's cool thanks lat9 :)

[lat9]

Glad to help! That little built-in "override" has helped me keep my hosted and localhost'd versions in-sync for the last couple of years!