Help with installation

[Jabbawocky]

Hi all

All was going well until I received this 406 message after pressing the Save systems Settings button.

Not Acceptable

An appropriate representation of the requested resource /catalog/zc_install/index.php could not be found on this server.

had a good look, but cannot see what has gone wrong????

Cheers Mick

[DrByte]

You might need to rename the /zc_install/.htaccess file to htaccess_OFF
Some servers don't like the security overrides it attempts to implement just during install-time.

[Jabbawocky]

Thanks for the quick reply. Tried the mod you suggested. Sorry to say, I am still getting exactly the same message.

Cheers Mick

[DrByte]

If you have access to your server's errorlog, you'll likely find that the 406 error is caused by a mod_security rule being violated ... namely because the installer is passing your requested domain URL via the command line as a parameter. This is often viewed as risky by many server security settings because hackers will sometimes use that approach for rogue activities.

We're rewriting the installer to use a different method; but it's not ready for release yet.

You could ask your hosting company to relax the mod-security rules for your account temporarily while you do the installation ...

[Jabbawocky]

Hi

I have spoken with the Technical help at Webfusion, who host my site. They are not prepared to reduce the security as it is a shared server. All they could suggest was to turn off the htaccess. I told them we had already tried that. What to do next??? Throw the computer and go live on an Island??? or look for another host?? or are there any other options??? Shame as this host is very cheap for the package , well it looks so to a complete novice???

Mick

[DrByte]

Well ... it *is* possible to relax it for specific domains.
And ... they *should* be able to configure it to allow *you* to override it *using* .htaccess (which is what is supplied in the Zen Cart zc_install folder already).

I'm not sure it warrants getting a new host ... unless they're revealing a lack of knowledge/ability through this ...

[slh]

ok i just registered to post this reply so I hope it helps

error 406:
An appropriate representation of the requested resource /zen-cart/catalog/zc_install/index.php could not be found on this server

What you need to do is this.


in the url you will see your websites address: http://www.mysite.co.uk/

remove your url from the address bar I think it appears 3 times, but i cannt quite remember.

hit enter.

you should now be able to continue the installation.

once installed go to includes/configure.php (the one zen complains about having write permissions on)

on line 17 & 18 you will see

define('HTTP_SERVER', '://');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', '://');

or something similar.

just remove :// (or whatever is there) and insert your url inside single quotes.

save the file and check your site, view the source of your site and ensure that any links and images are using your absolute path ie http://mysite.co.uk/link.html or whatever.

if there are extra slashes adjust your url.

hope that helps someone. oh and dont forget to change includes/configure.php back to read only permissions.