The database name, user name and password are correct. No prefix.

So what about the fact that these files, as I said, do not even exist? Is that a bug? Or is that a normal (but never explained) phenomenon?

Did I do the right thing, then, in just copying my old versions of these files?? (And, if so, why should I have to do this, exactly?)

I think this is the section that has me confused:


. . . . . . . .
// NOTE: be sure to leave the trailing '/' at the end of these lines if you make changes!
// * DIR_WS_* = Webserver directories (virtual/URL)
// these paths are relative to top of your webspace ... (ie: under the public_html or httpdocs folder)
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/zencart/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/zencart/');

define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');
define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');
. . . . . . . .


What are these "catalogs"? Where should they go? Do I have to create these directories, or are they part of the install? What should the path/hierarchies be, relative to my shop?

In particular : What does this mean? :


// these paths are relative to top of your webspace ... (ie: under the public_html or httpdocs folder)


(My store is a subdomain of a web site, so there is no real way to make a path relative to the root. Or is there?? Do I have to do some crazy directory path with a bunch of ".."s? -- like ../../../../store/ or something?)

Am I even making any sense?

Is it a bad idea to even use a subdomain?

Thanks for your patience.