Moving the Download Folder

I have read the article about moving the download folder to protect your shop & folders. Is it as simple as renaming the two config files?

I would like to store the download files outside of the shop

Is it as simple as renaming the two config files?
Not renaming the files but the entry in them for

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'download/');

kobra:

Not renaming the files but the entry in them for

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'download/');

Sorry, that is what I meant to say.

So, if I wanted to move the download outside of the site, for example, if using a FTP and you were to drill down to the download site was: > build_shops -> mysites -> zencart_shop1as long as the config files were re-written you could have > build_shops -> feed -> download_for_zencart_shop1

Then would you write in the config files > build_shops/feed/download_for_zencart_shop1or> feed/download_for_zencart_shop1

I think that a trailing slash is in order

build_shops/feed/download_for_zencart_shop1[B]/[/B]

As long as you have created a folder for "feed" and under that one for "download_for_zencart_shop1"

Wait a minute here - the real point is to have it outside the public html folder. So if your old path was

/home/username/public_html/build_shops/mysites/zencart_shop1/download/

the new path should be

/home/username/download

or perhaps

/home/username/zencart_shop1_download

swguy:

Wait a minute here - the real point is to have it outside the public html folder
Not according to this FAQ

https://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?257-how-do-i-relocate-my-download-folder-outside-my-webroot-for-better-security

kobra:

Not according to this FAQ

https://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?257-how-do-i-relocate-my-download-folder-outside-my-webroot-for-better-security

i'm confused... that FAQ provides information on doing exactly that... locating the download folder outside of the webroot...

other than the addition of adding "Download by Streaming" or "Download by Redirect"; how is that NOT according to the FAQ?

carlwhat:

how is that NOT according to the FAQ?
swguy:

the new path should be

/download

or perhaps

/zencart_shop1_download
From the FAQ

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', '/home/my_user_name/download/');

Notice the FULL path in the FAQ vs a relative path suggested by swguy

Kobra is 100% correct - I updated my post to show the full path. Thanks for catching that.

swguy:

Kobra is 100% correct - I updated my post to show the full path. Thanks for catching that.

Post? Where can I find that? please

adb34:

Post? Where can I find that? please

He updated Post #5 to reflect an entire path rather than just a folder name. If hadn't visited this site between the time post 4 was posted and post 5, you would not have received notification of the orignal post, then if you hadn't seen post 5 before post 8, then wouldn't have seen the dfference between then and now...

A post is an entry on the forum that you create when you use the reply button on an existing thread or the post new thread button on a forum. This was my post that I was referring to:

https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.php?218666-Moving-the-Download-Folder&p=1295368#post1295368

mc12345678:

He updated Post #5 to reflect an entire path rather than just a folder name. If hadn't visited this site between the time post 4 was posted and post 5, you would not have received notification of the orignal post, then if you hadn't seen post 5 before post 8, then wouldn't have seen the dfference between then and now...

I was only asking as I thought I had missed something. I did not realize that post number 5 of this thread had been amended I thought he was talking about something else. Sorry I got it wrong. I will now go and reread post 5 of this thread.

I have just found my 'e-start your web store with Zen Cart' book. If I follow this from page 207 'providing music samples' I should, in theory, get my head around the download side of my shop.