Installing Zen cart in the root folder!

[Tradition]

The install text says to create a folder named such as catalog, store etc. and that is the usual way I have always installed Zen. A redirect is then needed for Zen to open when your domain url is used or you need a landing page with a link to your store.

Is Zen a security risk if I install it into the root folder. Doing this would also place the htaccess files in the root and I have also heard this is a no-no. I want to open my store with this:

http://www.mystorsite.com/

Instead of this:

http://www.mystorsite.com/catalog/

[Kim]

You do not have to use a subdirectory. You can install directly in the root.

[Tradition]

Thanks, thats what I wanted to hear.

[peppyone]

You do not have to use a subdirectory. You can install directly in the root.

While it is true you can install ZC in the root, this becomes a problem if you decide later to use Easy Populate (EP). With EP you need to have an uploads directory in the root directory above the store. This is the situation I find myself in. I don't know how to work around it.

It seems if I need this root directory (higher than my store) I need to start over with a new install.

This is what I am working on but I wish to get around the need to use:
http://www.mystorsite.com/catalog/ and use
http://www.mystorsite.com instead. Any advice for me?

[brandtim]

peppyone,

If you're on an Apache server, you can use mod_alias, mod_rewrite, or symlinks to make your urls and file structure appear to be whatever you want them to be.

BrandTim

[peppyone]

peppyone,

If you're on an Apache server, you can use mod_alias, mod_rewrite, or symlinks to make your urls and file structure appear to be whatever you want them to be.

BrandTim

Thank you BrandTim that would be fine if I was on an Apache Server but I am not. I am on a Linux server.

I am really stuck. I have gotten another webserver and will move my files over there under "shop", I will have a zillion references to edit. I really don't know what I am doing. I am afraid to experiment with my live site because it is working but in serious need of product rearrangement which is why I need EP.

So my plan is to move everything over to the new server and see if I can get that to work then if it does, I will move my domain name over.

If anybody has an easier way to do this, please help me. explain. I am open to any and all suggestions.

[DrByte]

I've only used EP on a couple sites, and not recently, but never had any problems using it from the root.

[peppyone]

I've only used EP on a couple sites, and not recently, but never had any problems using it from the root.

Maybe I did not say that correctly. The uploads directory must be in the Root and Zen Cart must be a lower directory. ie. http://www.mystorsite.com/catalog/

When ZC is installed in the directory catalog or shop or whatever then you can place the required uploads directory for EP higher. In the root directory.

am I making sense? I hope so.

[peppyone]

Thank you BrandTim that would be fine if I was on an Apache Server but I am not. I am on a Linux server.

I am really stuck. I have gotten another webserver and will move my files over there under "shop", I will have a zillion references to edit. I really don't know what I am doing. I am afraid to experiment with my live site because it is working but in serious need of product rearrangement which is why I need EP.

So my plan is to move everything over to the new server and see if I can get that to work then if it does, I will move my domain name over.

If anybody has an easier way to do this, please help me. explain. I am open to any and all suggestions.

come back brandtim - I just discovered that I am on an Apache Server. Whew! I am not really bright with this stuff but as I keep poking around, I am amazed at what I discover.

Ok so this is great. I have an advantage because i am on an Apache Server but I don't have a clue as to what you are refering to or what to do next. Sigh!!!

One minute I am elated because I discovered something and the next I feel like a dunce. I think I need some professional help. Yep! both kinds. LOL

[brandtim]

peppyone,

See your PM.

BrandTim