Please assist with set up.

Hi Guys and Gals, I am sorry to bother you with this but I have looked through pages of help and I am still stuck.
I downloaded the latest working version of Zencart and unpacked from ZC site, purchased a domain name and hosting.
Uploaded all the files to public_html into a folder I named Zencart.
Changed all the permissions as stated in the FAQ pages and then entered my address domain name/home/public_html and nearly every other address I could think of but I just get a "why am I seeing this page"
Any help much appreciated as I know it must be something I have done wrong.
Thanks in advance.

Try navigating to https://www.yourwebsitename.com/Zencart

lat9:

Try navigating to https://www.yourwebsitename.com/Zencart

Thanks lat9 but that doesnt work.

That page nearly always means the path information in your configure.php file(s) is wrong. Please post the contents of those files, Xing out the database credentials.

Is this the configure.php file you mean STEVESH.

/**

• @package admin
• @copyright Copyright 2003-2012 Zen Cart Development Team
• @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
• @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
• @version GIT: $Id: Author: Ian Wilson Thu Aug 16 12:36:12 2012 +0100 Modified in v1.5.1 $
  */

require('includes/application_top.php');

$action = (isset($_GET['action']) ? $_GET['action'] : '');

if (zen_not_null($action)) {
switch ($action) {
case 'save':
// demo active test
if (zen_admin_demo()) {
$_GET['action']= '';
$messageStack->add_session(ERROR_ADMIN_DEMO, 'caution');
zen_redirect(zen_href_link(FILENAME_CONFIGURATION, 'gID=' . $_GET['gID'] . '&cID=' . $cID));
}
$configuration_value = zen_db_prepare_input($_POST['configuration_value']);
$cID = zen_db_prepare_input($_GET['cID']);

    $db->Execute("update " . TABLE_CONFIGURATION . "
                  set configuration_value = '" . zen_db_input($configuration_value) . "',
                      last_modified = now() where configuration_id = '" . (int)$cID . "'");
    $configuration_query = 'select configuration_key as cfgkey, configuration_value as cfgvalue
                      from ' . TABLE_CONFIGURATION;

    $configuration = $db->Execute($configuration_query);

    // set the WARN_BEFORE_DOWN_FOR_MAINTENANCE to false if DOWN_FOR_MAINTENANCE = true
    if ( (WARN_BEFORE_DOWN_FOR_MAINTENANCE == 'true') && (DOWN_FOR_MAINTENANCE == 'true') ) {
    $db->Execute("update " . TABLE_CONFIGURATION . "
                  set configuration_value = 'false', last_modified = '" . NOW . "'
                  where configuration_key = 'WARN_BEFORE_DOWN_FOR_MAINTENANCE'"); }

    $configuration_query = 'select configuration_key as cfgkey, configuration_value as cfgvalue
                      from ' . TABLE_CONFIGURATION;

    $configuration = $db->Execute($configuration_query);

    zen_redirect(zen_href_link(FILENAME_CONFIGURATION, 'gID=' . $_GET['gID'] . '&cID=' . $cID));
    break;
}

}

$gID = (isset($_GET['gID'])) ? $_GET['gID'] : 1;
$_GET['gID'] = $gID;
$cfg_group = $db->Execute("select configuration_group_title
from " . TABLE_CONFIGURATION_GROUP . "
where configuration_group_id = '" . (int)$gID . "'");

if ($gID == 7) {
$shipping_errors = '';
if (zen_get_configuration_key_value('SHIPPING_ORIGIN_ZIP') == 'NONE' or zen_get_configuration_key_value('SHIPPING_ORIGIN_ZIP') == '') {
$shipping_errors .= '<br />' . ERROR_SHIPPING_ORIGIN_ZIP;
}
if (zen_get_configuration_key_value('ORDER_WEIGHT_ZERO_STATUS') == '1' and !defined('MODULE_SHIPPING_FREESHIPPER_STATUS')) {
$shipping_errors .= '<br />' . ERROR_ORDER_WEIGHT_ZERO_STATUS;
}
if (defined('MODULE_SHIPPING_USPS_STATUS') and (MODULE_SHIPPING_USPS_USERID=='NONE' or MODULE_SHIPPING_USPS_SERVER == 'test')) {
$shipping_errors .= '<br />' . ERROR_USPS_STATUS;
}
if ($shipping_errors != '') {
$messageStack->add(ERROR_SHIPPING_CONFIGURATION . $shipping_errors, 'caution');
}
}

?>

<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html <?php echo HTML_PARAMS; ?>> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=<?php echo CHARSET; ?>"> <title><?php echo TITLE; ?></title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="includes/stylesheet.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="includes/cssjsmenuhover.css" media="all" id="hoverJS"> <script language="javascript" src="includes/menu.js"></script> <script language="javascript" src="includes/general.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- function init() { cssjsmenu('navbar'); if (document.getElementById) { var kill = document.getElementById('hoverJS'); kill.disabled = true; } } // --> </script> </head> <body marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" topmargin="0" bottommargin="0" leftmargin="0" rightmargin="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" onLoad="init()"> <!-- header //--> <?php require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'header.php'); ?> <!-- header_eof //--> <!-- body //--> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <!-- body_text //--> <td width="100%" valign="top"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td class="pageHeading"><?php echo $cfg_group->fields['configuration_group_title']; ?></td> <td class="pageHeading" align="right"><?php echo zen_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', HEADING_IMAGE_WIDTH, HEADING_IMAGE_HEIGHT); ?></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr class="dataTableHeadingRow"> <td class="dataTableHeadingContent" width="55%"><?php echo TABLE_HEADING_CONFIGURATION_TITLE; ?></td> <td class="dataTableHeadingContent"><?php echo TABLE_HEADING_CONFIGURATION_VALUE; ?></td> <td class="dataTableHeadingContent" align="right"><?php echo TABLE_HEADING_ACTION; ?> </td> </tr> <?php $configuration = $db->Execute("select configuration_id, configuration_title, configuration_value, configuration_key, use_function from " . TABLE_CONFIGURATION . " where configuration_group_id = '" . (int)$gID . "' order by sort_order"); while (!$configuration->EOF) { if (zen_not_null($configuration->fields['use_function'])) { $use_function = $configuration->fields['use_function']; if (preg_match('/->/', $use_function)) { $class_method = explode('->', $use_function); if (!is_object(${$class_method[0]})) { include(DIR_WS_CLASSES . $class_method[0] . '.php'); ${$class_method[0]} = new $class_method[0](); } $cfgValue = zen_call_function($class_method[1], $configuration->fields['configuration_value'], ${$class_method[0]}); } else { $cfgValue = zen_call_function($use_function, $configuration->fields['configuration_value']); } } else { $cfgValue = $configuration->fields['configuration_value']; }

if ((!isset($_GET['cID']) || (isset($_GET['cID']) && ($_GET['cID'] == $configuration->fields['configuration_id']))) && !isset($cInfo) && (substr($action, 0, 3) != 'new')) {
  $cfg_extra = $db->Execute("select configuration_key, configuration_description, date_added,
                                    last_modified, use_function, set_function
                             from " . TABLE_CONFIGURATION . "
                             where configuration_id = '" . (int)$configuration->fields['configuration_id'] . "'");
  $cInfo_array = array_merge($configuration->fields, $cfg_extra->fields);
  $cInfo = new objectInfo($cInfo_array);
}

if ( (isset($cInfo) && is_object($cInfo)) && ($configuration->fields['configuration_id'] == $cInfo->configuration_id) ) {
  echo '                  <tr id="defaultSelected" class="dataTableRowSelected" onmouseover="rowOverEffect(this)" onmouseout="rowOutEffect(this)" onclick="document.location.href=\'' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_CONFIGURATION, 'gID=' . $_GET['gID'] . '&cID=' . $cInfo->configuration_id . '&action=edit') . '\'">' . "\n";
} else {
  echo '                  <tr class="dataTableRow" onmouseover="rowOverEffect(this)" onmouseout="rowOutEffect(this)" onclick="document.location.href=\'' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_CONFIGURATION, 'gID=' . $_GET['gID'] . '&cID=' . $configuration->fields['configuration_id'] . '&action=edit') . '\'">' . "\n";
}

?>
<td class="dataTableContent"><?php echo $configuration->fields['configuration_title']; ?></td>
<td class="dataTableContent"><?php echo htmlspecialchars($cfgValue, ENT_COMPAT, CHARSET, TRUE); ?></td>
<td class="dataTableContent" align="right"><?php if ( (isset($cInfo) && is_object($cInfo)) && ($configuration->fields['configuration_id'] == $cInfo->configuration_id) ) { echo zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'icon_arrow_right.gif', ''); } else { echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_CONFIGURATION, 'gID=' . $_GET['gID'] . '&cID=' . $configuration->fields['configuration_id']) . '" name="link_' . $configuration->fields['configuration_key'] . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'icon_info.gif', IMAGE_ICON_INFO) . '</a>'; } ?> </td>
</tr>

<?php $configuration->MoveNext(); } ?>

        </table></td>

<?php $heading = array(); $contents = array(); switch ($action) { case 'edit': $heading[] = array('text' => '<b>' . $cInfo->configuration_title . '</b>'); if ($cInfo->set_function) { eval('$value_field = ' . $cInfo->set_function . '"' . htmlspecialchars($cInfo->configuration_value, ENT_COMPAT, CHARSET, TRUE) . '");'); } else { $value_field = zen_draw_input_field('configuration_value', htmlspecialchars($cInfo->configuration_value, ENT_COMPAT, CHARSET, TRUE), 'size="60"'); } $contents = array('form' => zen_draw_form('configuration', FILENAME_CONFIGURATION, 'gID=' . $_GET['gID'] . '&cID=' . $cInfo->configuration_id . '&action=save')); if (ADMIN_CONFIGURATION_KEY_ON == 1) { $contents[] = array('text' => '<strong>Key: ' . $cInfo->configuration_key . '</strong><br />'); } $contents[] = array('text' => TEXT_INFO_EDIT_INTRO); $contents[] = array('text' => '<br><b>' . $cInfo->configuration_title . '</b><br>' . $cInfo->configuration_description . '<br>' . $value_field); $contents[] = array('align' => 'center', 'text' => '<br>' . zen_image_submit('button_update.gif', IMAGE_UPDATE, 'name="submit' . $cInfo->configuration_key . '"') . ' <a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_CONFIGURATION, 'gID=' . $_GET['gID'] . '&cID=' . $cInfo->configuration_id) . '">' . zen_image_button('button_cancel.gif', IMAGE_CANCEL) . '</a>'); break; default: if (isset($cInfo) && is_object($cInfo)) { $heading[] = array('text' => '<b>' . $cInfo->configuration_title . '</b>'); if (ADMIN_CONFIGURATION_KEY_ON == 1) { $contents[] = array('text' => '<strong>Key: ' . $cInfo->configuration_key . '</strong><br />'); } $contents[] = array('align' => 'center', 'text' => '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_CONFIGURATION, 'gID=' . $_GET['gID'] . '&cID=' . $cInfo->configuration_id . '&action=edit') . '">' . zen_image_button('button_edit.gif', IMAGE_EDIT) . '</a>'); $contents[] = array('text' => '<br>' . $cInfo->configuration_description); $contents[] = array('text' => '<br>' . TEXT_INFO_DATE_ADDED . ' ' . zen_date_short($cInfo->date_added)); if (zen_not_null($cInfo->last_modified)) $contents[] = array('text' => TEXT_INFO_LAST_MODIFIED . ' ' . zen_date_short($cInfo->last_modified)); } break; } if ( (zen_not_null($heading)) && (zen_not_null($contents)) ) { echo ' <td width="25%" valign="top">' . "\n"; $box = new box; echo $box->infoBox($heading, $contents); echo ' </td>' . "\n"; } ?>

      </tr>
    </table></td>
  </tr>
</table></td>

<!-- body_text_eof //--> </tr> </table> <!-- body_eof //--> <!-- footer //--> <?php require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'footer.php'); ?> <!-- footer_eof //--> <br> </body> </html> <?php require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'application_bottom.php'); ?>

Nope. It will be includes/configure.php.

You said that you uploaded the files to the public_html directory on your server. It sounds like you never actually did an install. If that's the case there wouldn't be a config file created yet. It will depend on what you actually uploaded to determine what you need to put in the browser to start the install. If the public_html folder on your server contains a folder called admin then you should be able to enter https://www.yourdomain.xxx and it should detect that an installation is required. If the folder in public_html is something like zen-cart-v1.5.1-full-fileset-09182012 then your should enter https://www.mydomain.xxx/whateverthatdirectory is.

badarac:

You said that you uploaded the files to the public_html directory on your server. It sounds like you never actually did an install. If that's the case there wouldn't be a config file created yet. It will depend on what you actually uploaded to determine what you need to put in the browser to start the install. If the public_html folder on your server contains a folder called admin then you should be able to enter https://www.yourdomain.xxx and it should detect that an installation is required. If the folder in public_html is something like zen-cart-v1.5.1-full-fileset-09182012 then your should enter https://www.mydomain.xxx/whateverthatdirectory is.

I followed the instructions and made a folder called Zencart in my public_html folder then changed the permissions as instructed in the docs page by uploading all the files from the download. Also tried https://www.mydomain.co.uk/home/fragallr/public_html/zencart/zc_install.

stevesh:

Nope. It will be includes/configure.php.

This is the one in includes/configure.php

/**

• dist-configure.php
• @package Configuration Settings
• @copyright Copyright 2003-2012 Zen Cart Development Team
• @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
• @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
• @version GIT: $Id: Author: DrByte Tue Jul 31 17:24:25 2012 -0400 Modified in v1.5.1 $
• @private
  */
  // 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://localhost');
  define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://localhost');

// 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', '/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_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/');

// * 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', '/');

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', ''); // prefix for database table names -- preferred to be left empty
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost');
define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', '');
define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', '');
define('DB_DATABASE', '');

// 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', '/enter/your/path/to/public_html_or_htdocs/and/zencart/here/zen/cache');

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://localhost');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://localhost');

If you're installing Zencart locally, we needed to know that. If not, these need to be changed to reflect the server path.

Hi Stevesh and Badarac, thank you both for your help but it seems that neither myself or Zencart are at fault.
I have just been advised that my domain name registrar has yet to transfer my domain to my new hosting site and therefore I am effectively "locked out"
Should I need help at a later stage I will return and repost here.
Thanks again

The fact that you posted the dist-configure file tells me that you have not done an install. You should have received a welcome email from the hosting company that provides instructions for accessing the site using the IP address. You will need to use the IP until the domain name is pointed at the hosting account. So to begin the install you would enter the url like http://11.11.111.111/Zencart. That should present you with the install page for zencart. Once the install is completed the config files will be built with the correct links to the site using the IP address. Because you have chosen to install zencart into a directory under public_html you will not land in zencart when customers access your site as https://www.domain.com. If you want them to land in zencart with it installed in a subdirectory you will need to create a redirect from the root of the domain to the zencart directory. The alternative is to copy the files in the zencart directory to public_html. Hope this helps.