Wordpress On ZC [Support Thread]

[loosefast]

Hira includes a file named check_path.php in his WOZ 1.5 distribution which will display your ABSPATH info when it is uploaded to he blog folder and then navigated to, as in http://www.zen-cart.com/myblogfolder/check_path.php

[DivaVocals]

Hira includes a file named check_path.php in his WOZ 1.5 distribution which will display your ABSPATH info when it is uploaded to he blog folder and then navigated to, as in http://www.zen-cart.com/myblogfolder/check_path.php

I've included similar instructions in the WOZ Sideboxes Only readme.. but that's not kburners issue..

[loosefast]

Oh, just re-read his post. Does he have his blog on a separate domain?

I've included similar instructions in the WOZ Sideboxes Only readme.. but that's not kburners issue..

[DivaVocals]

Hi DivaVocals,

Thank you for responding. My blog is located at www.kjvladiesbible.com and does not have any extensions to my zencart site www.burnerbooks.com. I contacted Bluehost and they confirmed correct path and even told me to try it without folder name. My folder name in path is same as site with kjvladiesbible.

When I tried to add the site www.kjvladiesbible.com to my path it did not work, but - I did not add the http:...I will try it again tonight with http://. Thanks. Kim

Kim,
This explains the issue.. Please look at the readme again.. Specifically the link I referenced in the section which explains what the ABSPATH is.

ABSPATH is not the URL of your blog (ie http://www.yoursite.com) but the relative path to your blog.

Absolute path example:
/home/users/c/computerhope/public_html/cgi-bin

The problem here is that your blog is NOT the same domain as the main site. WOZ Sideboxes Only like the full flavor of WOZ assumes that you have installed your blog in the same base relative path as your store.

However, your blog has a different domain altogether (and I presume different hosting space than your store) and therefore a base relative path that is not the same base as your main website.

For example your setup I believe looks like this:

• Store: /home/users/s/store/public_html/
• Blog: /home/users/b/blog/public_html/

When WOZ Sideboxes Only requires something like this:

• Store: /home/users/s/store/public_html/
• Blog: /home/users/s/store/public_html/blog/

I do not know if you would be able to use ANY of the blog embedding solutions to link your blog with your store based on this setup.. (with the exception of one of the RSS feed solutions perhaps..)

Thought it was all the same with WOZ whether it was embedded or sidebox only. Did not mean to cause any confusion. I am strictly referring to sideboxes. Kim

Trust me you didn't girl.. no worries..

Oh, just re-read his post. Does he have his blog on a separate domain?

Yep, and that is the problem unfortunately..

[kburner]

Kim,
This explains the issue.. Please look at the readme again.. Specifically the link I referenced in the section which explains what the ABSPATH is.

ABSPATH is not the URL of your blog (ie http://www.yoursite.com) but the relative path to your blog.

Absolute path example:
/home/users/c/computerhope/public_html/cgi-bin

The problem here is that your blog is NOT the same domain as the main site. WOZ Sideboxes Only like the full flavor of WOZ assumes that you have installed your blog in the same base relative path as your store.

However, your blog has a different domain altogether (and I presume different hosting space than your store) and therefore a base relative path that is not the same base as your main website.

For example your setup I believe looks like this:

• Store: /home/users/s/store/public_html/
• Blog: /home/users/b/blog/public_html/

When WOZ Sideboxes Only requires something like this:

• Store: /home/users/s/store/public_html/
• Blog: /home/users/s/store/public_html/blog/

I do not know if you would be able to use ANY of the blog embedding solutions to link your blog with your store based on this setup.. (with the exception of one of the RSS feed solutions perhaps..)

Trust me you didn't girl.. no worries..


Yep, and that is the problem unfortunately..

Thanks DivaVocals for your help. I had a feeling the different domain name was the problem even though it is still in same directory as zencart store.

[DivaVocals]

Thanks DivaVocals for your help. I had a feeling the different domain name was the problem even though it is still in same directory as zencart store.

Okay.. Now I am confused.. In order for me to FULLY answer your questions, you are going to have to provide some more complete information..

So post the following:
Your blog ABSPATH
Your store ABSPATH

Based on your post, is your domain pointed to a subfolder of your store??????? Does your blog HAVE to have it's own domain???

[kburner]

Okay.. Now I am confused.. In order for me to FULLY answer your questions, you are going to have to provide some more complete information..

So post the following:
Your blog ABSPATH
Your store ABSPATH

Based on your post, is your domain pointed to a subfolder of your store??????? Does your blog HAVE to have it's own domain???

Store:
define ('ABSPATH','/home/xxxx/public_html/');

my zencart files are located after public_html...like admin, includes, images,etc.

Blog:
define ('ABSPATH','/home/xxxx/public_html/kjvladiesbible/');

kjvladiesbible folder (WordPress site) is also located in same area as other folders

I had problems with e-commerce with WordPress to get working and ended up with new domain name. I have different products listed than burnerbooks store.

Kim

[DivaVocals]

Store:
define ('ABSPATH','/home/xxxx/public_html/');

my zencart files are located after public_html...like admin, includes, images,etc.

Blog:
define ('ABSPATH','/home/xxxx/public_html/kjvladiesbible/');

kjvladiesbible folder (WordPress site) is also located in same area as other folders

I had problems with e-commerce with WordPress to get working and ended up with new domain name. I have different products listed than burnerbooks store.

Kim

Not sure I understand the significance of this statement.. Are you saying that this issue is the reason why the blog has it's own domain??

[kburner]

Not sure I understand the significance of this statement.. Are you saying that this issue is the reason why the blog has it's own domain??

No. I started out with www.burnerbooks.com/blog. As I loaded e-commerce for Word Press I received lots of errors. I went back and forth between WP forum and host..and finally host said it would be better to just have different domain name. Could not get it to work. As soon as I switched to new domain name and reloaded...WP site works with e-commerce.

Zencart site was fine. After I got WP site working, I have been trying to get zencart sidebox to work. Kim

[DivaVocals]

No. I started out with www.burnerbooks.com/blog. As I loaded e-commerce for Word Press I received lots of errors. I went back and forth between WP forum and host..and finally host said it would be better to just have different domain name. Could not get it to work. As soon as I switched to new domain name and reloaded...WP site works with e-commerce.

Zencart site was fine. After I got WP site working, I have been trying to get zencart sidebox to work. Kim

To my knowledge, you can't link your blog to Zen Cart if the blog directory is redirected to a domain name.

Though we would need to take any talk of WordPress specific issues to the WordPress Forums, I'll say this very quick.. I'm pretty sure that your host is wrong about WordPress needing it's own domain to support the WP e-commerce plugin.. I've created development sites for clients using both WP e-Commerce & eShop for Wordpress. ALL of my dev sites are using a sub folder of my main site. So clearly something else was going on if you were unable to get e-commerce to work..