upgraded and now nothing shows...

[khopek]

well i tried upgrading the first time and it only upgraded my database

[ungeziefer]

I have the same problem. To say that this has been "frustrating" is like saying "Hell is a little warm."

I even started from scratch with a fresh install -- and now I have no products, no customers, no ANYTHING. I get no errors when installing / connecting to the database. I know all the info is in the database (in phpMyAdmin) -- but nothing shows up in ZenCart since the upgrade to 1.3.5.

Help? Please?

[khopek]

I have the same problem. To say that this has been "frustrating" is like saying "Hell is a little warm."

I even started from scratch with a fresh install -- and now I have no products, no customers, no ANYTHING. I get no errors when installing / connecting to the database. I know all the info is in the database (in phpMyAdmin) -- but nothing shows up in ZenCart since the upgrade to 1.3.5.

Help? Please?

I finally figured my problem out so maybe i can help you...

What fixed my problem was setting the FTP transfer type to Binary. I have no idea why but another user suggested this and it worked.

I don't know what FTP program you are using but if it's Filezilla it defaults to upload php files as ASCII....So changed the Transfer Type to Binary, THEN do a database upgrade....and it should upgrade your database AND Zencart.

let me know if this works

[ungeziefer]

Thanks for the help. Unfortunately, it made no difference.

I believe my problem has to do with modifying these files:

/includes/configure.php

and

/admin/includes/configure.php

Problem is, they don't exist. (They did before, but the last FOUR times I've tried a fresh install, they simply do not. Do I need them? I have no idea. What do I edit on them, if I do need them? I have no idea. I've tried copying the old versions of these files to my server -- no luck. Experimented with modifying them -- even less luck. ...)

This Zen-Cart business might just too complicated for me.

Thanks, anyway.

dustin

p.s.: for FTP, I'm using "Transmit" version 3.5.4 (on a Mac) -- the Transfer Mode was set to "Auto," so for a minute I had indeed hoped that setting it to "Binary" as you said might work. [sigh.]

[Ajeh]

If you look in the two configure.php file ...

Check what database name, username and password are being used as well as if you are using a prefix on the table names or not ...

Make sure everything matches ...

[ungeziefer]

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.

[Ajeh]

Zen Cart does not include the 2 configure.php files otherwise you would risk overwritting an existing site on an upgrade ...

Instead, for NEW INSTALLS, there are the dist-configure.php
/includes/dist-configure.php
/admin/includes/dist-configure.php

On a NEW INSTALL, these could be rename to:
/includes/configure.php
/admin/includes/configure.php


On an UPGRADE you would copy the two files:
/includes/configure.php
/admin/includes/configure.php

from your LIVE site to your UPGRADE site and edit them to alter the paths, database name, username and password ...