Thanks for the reply Rod,

I have double and triple-checked and I have both configure.php files at 777 before replacing them - opened them and checked and they are changing on the server when I change to SSL enabled or back again (after not being able to log in to the admin panel).

I think I am going to admit my mistake was continuing with 1and1 when I took over the site!

I have tried replacing the php-generated paths with the address as in a post found on this forum http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.p...ighlight=1and1 but with no joy...

At each stage I am checking the files have changed on the server by using FileZilla's view/edit and notepad++.

I think tomorrow I will be transferring to a different hosting provider, swiftinter.net have ZC installed through fantastico/softaculous and I would hope that this would configure correctly :) They also seem to have customer support who are quick to answer queries, are based here in the UK and have a great offer on ZC hosting packages at the moment - has anyone any experience of them?

Cheers,

Chris