need help fixing my forum link in sidebox please

[ttimbo75]

Hey all - long time no see!

What file do I need to change to get my forum link changed that is in the Information sidebox? At the moment for some wierd reason it is pointing to http://www.mysite.com.au/catalog//forum/index.php

when its ment to be pointing to:
http://www.mysite.com.au/forum/index.php

Im sure its an easy fix and a stupid question knowing me, but im doing my head in trying to fix it. Thanks everyone!

NB: I think the reason its broken is because I deleted my old store and did a fresh install of the latest version. I forgot to delete the old forum though And I was hoping I have not broken anything else in the process? Does anyone know?

[ttimbo75]

just giving this a bump - ive looked everywhere in the forum and ive found about 3 posts with the identical error but no one has posted a fix - im doing my head in lol - plz help.

[bmhayes]

might want to check your configure.php file to see that it is showing the correct path to your forum, you might have made a typo during the new install.

[ttimbo75]

might want to check your configure.php file to see that it is showing the correct path to your forum, you might have made a typo during the new install.

I cant seem to find anything wrong - although im not sure why the tscomput part is there. I tried deleting that bit but then the forum link disapears from the sidebox?!?

Here is the configure file:

<?php
/**
*
* @package Configuration Settings
* @copyright Copyright 2003-2006 Zen Cart Development Team
* @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
* @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
*/


/*************** NOTE: This file is similar, but DIFFERENT from the "admin" version of configure.php. ***********/
/*************** The 2 files should be kept separate and not used to overwrite each other. ***********/

// Define the webserver and path parameters
// HTTP_SERVER is your Main webserver: eg, http://www.yourdomain.com
// HTTPS_SERVER is your Secure webserver: eg, https://www.yourdomain.com
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.tscomputers.com.au');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.tscomputers.com.au');

// Use secure webserver for checkout procedure?
define('ENABLE_SSL', 'false');

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

define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');
define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');
define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');
define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');
define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');
define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');
define('DIR_WS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'pub/');
define('DIR_WS_TEMPLATES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'templates/');

define('DIR_WS_PHPBB', '/home/tscomput/public_html/forum/');

// * 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', '/home/tscomput/public_html/catalog/');

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'download/');
define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'pub/');
define('DIR_WS_UPLOADS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'uploads/');
define('DIR_FS_UPLOADS', DIR_FS_CATALOG . DIR_WS_UPLOADS);
define('DIR_FS_EMAIL_TEMPLATES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'email/');

// define our database connection
define('DB_TYPE', 'mysql');
define('DB_PREFIX', '');
define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost');
define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', '******************');
define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', '*******************');
define('DB_DATABASE', 'tscomput_newzencart');
define('USE_PCONNECT', 'false'); // use persistent connections?
define('STORE_SESSIONS', 'db'); // use 'db' for best support, or '' for file-based storage

// The next 2 "defines" are for SQL cache support.
// For SQL_CACHE_METHOD, you can select from: none, database, or file
// If you choose "file", then you need to set the DIR_FS_SQL_CACHE to a directory where your apache
// or webserver user has write privileges (chmod 666 or 777). We recommend using the "cache" folder inside the Zen Cart folder
// ie: /path/to/your/webspace/public_html/zen/cache -- leave no trailing slash
define('SQL_CACHE_METHOD', 'none');
define('DIR_FS_SQL_CACHE', '/home/tscomput/public_html/catalog/cache');

?>

The actual address to zencart is www.tscomputers.com.au/catalog
The actual address to the forum is www.tscomputers.com.au/forum

If you can see the issue here id really appreciate it if you can help me! Thanks heaps!

[DrByte]

You'll probably have to hard-code the link with an override:

"YOURTEMPLATE" below refers to the name of your custom template

/includes/modules/sideboxes/information.php
- if it doesn't already exists, copy this file to /includes/modules/sideboxes/YOURTEMPLATE/information.php


Now edit /includes/modules/sideboxes/YOURTEMPLATE/information.php
around line 29 you'll see:

    $information[] = '<a href="' . zen_href_link($phpBB->phpBB['phpbb_url'] . FILENAME_BB_INDEX, '', 'NONSSL', false, '', true) . '" target="_blank">' . BOX_BBINDEX . '</a>';

Change that to:

    $information[] = '<a href="http://www.tscomputers.com.au/forum/index.php" target="_blank">' . BOX_BBINDEX . '</a>';

[ttimbo75]

You are a god my friend. All fixed, thanks so much!

[micbat]

Thank you - I am having the same problem with my forum link and this fixed the problem for me as well!

[bettysue]

The hard coding didn't work for me. I should also mnention that I have the returns mod (v2.1) installed which does add content to the same file.

It's a manual add of:

if (DEFINE_RETURNS_STATUS <= 1) {
$information[] = '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_RETURNS, '', 'SSL') . '">' . BOX_INFORMATION_RETURNS . '</a>';
}

which I placed between conditions and contact us.

betty

[dogmatic69]

You'll probably have to hard-code the link with an override:

"YOURTEMPLATE" below refers to the name of your custom template

/includes/modules/sideboxes/information.php
- if it doesn't already exists, copy this file to /includes/modules/sideboxes/YOURTEMPLATE/information.php


Now edit /includes/modules/sideboxes/YOURTEMPLATE/information.php
around line 29 you'll see:

    $information[] = '<a href="' . zen_href_link($phpBB->phpBB['phpbb_url'] . FILENAME_BB_INDEX, '', 'NONSSL', false, '', true) . '" target="_blank">' . BOX_BBINDEX . '</a>';

Change that to:

    $information[] = '<a href="http://www.tscomputers.com.au/forum/index.php" target="_blank">' . BOX_BBINDEX . '</a>';

worked for me but not in my custom template/.../bla etc folder so i just copied to the main folder (i know thats not the right way but it worked)