Wordpress On ZC [Support Thread]

[busyMom]

I'm just headed off to install and have a few questions...

1) I see that WP says that 2.3 is now their current stable version, but all discussion here has been on a 2.2.x base. Should I be concerned about using the current stable version?

2) I'm installing WP into its own directory in root, and I currently have ZC installed in a subdirectory of root while I do my debug on the store. When I'm done, I was planning to change its location to root via the ZC instructions for changing the install directory. I was planning to have them share a database. Are there any concerns from the WP/WOZ perspective to be aware of if I proceed with this plan vs. waiting until ZC is in its final location before installing WOZ?

I've got other usage questions, but they can wait until I've got the installation working first!

TIA Karen

[misty]

Misty,

Obviously you know a lot about wordpress on zencart. I'm running into a problem that is described above. On top of my page after I click on (for example) the uncategorized category, I get this html at the top of my page.

Uncategorized "/> Category keywords here... (all my categories get displayed here) ">

Then the rest of the page looks normal, any help will be really appreciated.

thanks

Url of your zencart site is?
Url of wordpress install relating to zencart install is?

[misty]

I'm just headed off to install and have a few questions...

1) I see that WP says that 2.3 is now their current stable version, but all discussion here has been on a 2.2.x base. Should I be concerned about using the current stable version?

2) I'm installing WP into its own directory in root, and I currently have ZC installed in a subdirectory of root while I do my debug on the store. When I'm done, I was planning to change its location to root via the ZC instructions for changing the install directory. I was planning to have them share a database. Are there any concerns from the WP/WOZ perspective to be aware of if I proceed with this plan vs. waiting until ZC is in its final location before installing WOZ?
TIA Karen

1. Version of wordpress should not make any difference.
2. Having wordpress in root directory and zencart in sub directory may
cause probs..
Personally, would have zencart installed/working/tested
in permanent home/url before attempting
wordpress/woz install..
Always backup zencart and its database before installing anything
extra.
HTH

[busyMom]

Thanks, Misty. I have another (probably dumb!) question...

Is there any preference to whether I use the same userid for the shared database access or if I give a unique userid to WP?

Also, while I'm thinking about it...
Are there any benefits to having them NOT share the same database (if in fact the integration will work that way)? I'm thinking things like future upgradability, WP mods, speed/performance to end user?

Thanks,
Karen

[Fred9V]

Hi everybody!
I've successfully installed WOZ on localhost last night and I love it!

Since my website will be multilingual (French and English). I tried different language switch plugins but I really don't like how they behave so I'll be using 2 Wordpress installations.

I am now wondering how I could connect those two blogs on my multilingual cart. I am not a programmer but I came with the idea to replace the value of ABSPATH found in wordpress-config.php with a constant like BLOG_PATH and add a define in my language file so that when a user switch languages in Zen-Cart, the blog would update accordingly.

I tried using this new constant define in my main language file as well as in the provided language file in the mod with no success.

I'm pretty sure I'm close to a solution but can't get it to work that way. Anyone could provide me with tips? I surely must not be the only one who could benefit from such a tweak in the mod!

Thanks all!

Does anybody can help me on this one? If not, just let me know because in this case I will simply link to my Wordpress installations in the header from my template! :)

[misty]

Fred9V - Sorry cannot help with your problem..for security
reasons tho', I would link to your wordpress installs via zencart header,
as you have suggested..

busyMom..use whichever method suits your requirements..
have found that wordpress installed in same database as
zencart, can slow down performance of store, if you have
lots of products and numerous wordpress entries.

[Fred9V]

Hey Misty, thanks for letting me know!

Cheers!

[bigjoed]

Thanks Misty for your reply. My website has not been published yet. I'm building it on my server, once everything is the way it should be I will publish it. I'm attaching a picture that will describe my problem. I'm also including the source code below.

When I access "[zencart path]/index.php?main_page=wordpress" everything works fine. When I click on a category, that's when I get the wrong code. The wordpress installation is located at "[zencart path]/blog/" folder.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr" lang="en">
<head>
<title>Self Defense, Home Protection, Safety and Surveillance&nbsp;&nbsp;<img alt="" src="includes/templates/theme005/images/a3.gif" width="4px" height="7px"/>&nbsp;Uncategorized : Zen Cart!, The Art of E-commerce</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<meta name="keywords" content="Stun Guns Home Protection Surveillance Child Safety Knives Tasers Mace™ Defense Sprays Personal Alarms Animal Repellers Martial Arts Weapons Miscellaneous Fighting DVD's Home & Work Safety Diversion Safes Metal Detectors Pepper Sprays ecommerce, open source, shop, online shopping Self Defense, Home Protection, Safety and Surveillance&nbsp;&nbsp;<img alt="" src="includes/templates/theme005/images/a3.gif" width="4px" height="7px"/>&nbsp;Uncategorized" />
<meta name="description" content="Zen Cart! : Self Defense, Home Protection, Safety and Surveillance&nbsp;&nbsp;<img alt="" src="includes/templates/theme005/images/a3.gif" width="4px" height="7px"/>&nbsp;Uncategorized - Stun Guns Home Protection Surveillance Child Safety Knives Tasers Mace™ Defense Sprays Personal Alarms Animal Repellers Martial Arts Weapons Miscellaneous Fighting DVD's Home & Work Safety Diversion Safes Metal Detectors Pepper Sprays ecommerce, open source, shop, online shopping" />
<meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no" />
<meta name="author" content="The Zen Cart&trade; Team and others" />
<meta name="generator" content="shopping cart program by Zen Cart&trade;, http://www.zen-cart.com eCommerce" />

<base href="http://localhost/bigjoedefense/" />

Thanks so much for your help!

[misty]

Looks like you did not assign blog post to a category
BUT

My website has not been published yet. I'm building it on my server,

sometimes using localhost, on server/home computer,
correct/desired results are not achieved, and without an active domain
for your zencart, sorry..cannot help further at this stage..

[bigjoed]

Thanks for trying.