Renaming directory

[Decostyle]

Before I start messing up my zen cart store, I hope someone can help answer this question:

I now have my store under a directory:

www.mystore/zencart/

I now want to change the directory of zencart into "store". So it would look like this

www.mystore/store/

Is it as easy as just renaming it or will there be a host of other stuff to rename and change?

[kobra]

As long as you manually have not added hard paths to any files or to images in the admin or to the stylesheet.css files then you only need to edit the folder name in the path's in your 2 configure.php files

Relative paths are ok

[Decostyle]

Thank you kobra! Would you let me know which files exactly and where they are located? The configure.php in admin did not include any path? Or am I missing something? Thanks for your help!

As long as you manually have not added hard paths to any files or to images in the admin or to the stylesheet.css files then you only need to edit the folder name in the path's in your 2 configure.php files

Relative paths are ok

[gjh42]

In /includes/configure.php and similarly in /admin/includes/configure.php, find this:

// 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/'); 

and change to this:

// 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', '/store/');
  define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/store/'); 

Also this

// * DIR_FS_* = Filesystem directories (local/physical)
  //the following path is a COMPLETE path to your Zen Cart files. eg: /var/www/vhost/accountname/public_html/store/
  define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', 'C:/xampp/htdocs/zencart/'); //(whatever your path is) 

to this

// * DIR_FS_* = Filesystem directories (local/physical)
  //the following path is a COMPLETE path to your Zen Cart files. eg: /var/www/vhost/accountname/public_html/store/
  define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', 'C:/xampp/htdocs/store/'); 

[Decostyle]

I'm using zencart version 1.3.8a and found that the files are named differently and actually doesn't show the name of the path:

admin/includes/configure.php is named dist-configure.php and the path below looks like this:

// * 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_ADMIN', '/admin/');
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN', '/admin/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');

// * DIR_FS_* = Filesystem directories (local/physical)
//the following path is a COMPLETE path to your Zen Cart files. eg: /var/www/vhost/accountname/public_html/store/
define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', '/admin/');
define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/');


doesn't mention my path /zencart/ therefore does that mean I need not chaneg anything except for those I hard coded in html pages?

In /includes/configure.php and similarly in /admin/includes/configure.php, find this:

// 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/'); 

and change to this:

// 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', '/store/');
  define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/store/'); 

Also this

// * DIR_FS_* = Filesystem directories (local/physical)
  //the following path is a COMPLETE path to your Zen Cart files. eg: /var/www/vhost/accountname/public_html/store/
  define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', 'C:/xampp/htdocs/zencart/'); //(whatever your path is) 

to this

// * DIR_FS_* = Filesystem directories (local/physical)
  //the following path is a COMPLETE path to your Zen Cart files. eg: /var/www/vhost/accountname/public_html/store/
  define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', 'C:/xampp/htdocs/store/'); 

[gjh42]

dist-configure.php is the "virgin" copy of configure.php, which will be renamed by the installer and supplied with the actual info for your installation.
So that file is irrelevant to the question. You need to look in /admin/includes/configure.php in your actual store files.

[yellow1912]

Or, perhaps you didnt even install ZC yet? In that case simply rename then start the install process.

[Decostyle]

Great! My mistake was I was using the virgin file in my computer and not getting the files from the store.

In addition to above, I also had to make changes in the following files:
DIR_FS_SQL_CACHE
DIR_FS_ADMIN
DIR_WS_ADMIN
DIR_WS_HTTP_ADMIN

Also had to change permission number to 444 for the configure.php files...I learned otherwise you have this big red warning on the main page when you go to it!