Wordpress On ZC [Support Thread]

Oof! Good luck, I'm clueless on that. I a pretty basic user/programmer. Hopefully nobody else will fall into the trap and will read this forum first.

Jacque

Hi. i upgraded the other day on a new site I am working on and it went really smoothly. Basically you have to delete all of the old files. Back up your template files first though. Then upload the new WP and run the upgrade file that they state to use in the directions. It will then tell you that your database is old. So click the button to upgrade it. Then you can upload your template files again. Be sure to NOT upload WP's index.php file. It should work just fine. I believe that was all I did to get it to work.

This version of wordpress takes more memory than other versions. You may need to request more memory for it from your host. They should know what you are talking about. :P My host was great about it. Good luck. :)

Kate / libragear

oh and back up your wp-cofig.php file. It will need to be uploaded with the WP package before you run the upgrade script. It needs that info to upgrade. :)

Kate

Exciting! I have a fresh install of WP 2.5 so if I understand correctly I just need to follow the directions.

Jacque

I did a fresh install of WP 2.5 when I was receiving all the errors and such. I could not even log into the Zen Cart admin -- and wordpress was in a sub folder, not the root folder w/ Zen Cart. So, really not sure why it is working for you but didn't for me. Unfortunately, it was very important that I uninstall it immediately for obvious reasons. Maybe I will try again with a fresh install of Zen Cart and WP 2.5 -- and see how that goes.

I wish the guy who created this mod was still supporting it. I haven't seen any activity from him in quite some time.

Thanks for letting me know it worked for you! At least I have some hope and will try again.

jacque427:

Exciting! I have a fresh install of WP 2.5 so if I understand correctly I just need to follow the directions.

Jacque

lol. yup. :) It should work just fine. :)

Kate

The install that I just did had zen and wp in the same folder as well as the same database. That stemmed from the fact that my clients host only allows her one database though. You might want to look into the memory thing. Were you getting blank screens or perhaps a 500 internal server error? If that is the case I can give the text I used to contact Doteasy (my host) about it.

Kate

Naw, its not a memory issue because WP functions just fine on its own. I have quite a few installs of the new WP functioning very nicely... and no problems with memory. So far, I really love the new WP -- so I may give this a try again. The client I was doing this for decided he would rather have the Google Base Feeder working -- and unfortunately they do not work together. I might just run the blog entirely separate and use some WP techniques to display things in the sideboxes of this site.

Thanks for letting me know of your success though -- I have another client who is really enjoying WOZ. He will probably enjoy it more with the new version of WP.

Take Care!

I'll give it a shot tomorrow and will post the results here.

I'm off for a walk to my favorite Thai restaurant. Anyone want to join me?

:)

Jacque

Cool. I am anxious to see how everyone's upgrade goes. I just updated my own site and it went smoothly. So good luck to you all. If you need help let me know :) And I so want Thai now... thanks.

A quick question before I hit the road.

Kate, in looking at your site it appears your blog is automatically inside of the main_page.php.

Is that what this contribution does? I want to keep my main_page.php, just want to be able to have the blog view within ZC. Kind of like info or ez pages.

Jacque (getting hungry)

jacque427:

A quick question before I hit the road.

Kate, in looking at your site it appears your blog is automatically inside of the main_page.php.

Is that what this contribution does? I want to keep my main_page.php, just want to be able to have the blog view within ZC. Kind of like info or ez pages.

Jacque (getting hungry)

I actually have an extra piece of code that I found many posts ago in this thread that puts the blog on the front page. If you don't use that piece of code in the main page then it will have the blog at http://yourURL.com/? and then you can just link to it. :)

Kate

Ok then. Off to din-din

jacque

After reading the last few posts it sounds like people have managed to get WordPress 2.5 and Zen Cart 1.3.8a working together (using WOZ).

Can someone confirm this please?

Good Morning!

I have installed Wordpress in the root directory... Zen cart in /store. Things are improved this morning- I'm not getting an error message! It all still looks a little funny but that's cosmetic!

My main question here is... When I goto https://www.mysite.com, I'm getting the generic wordpress template. When I goto https://www.mysite.com/store/index.php?main_page=wordpress I see the wordpress in my zen cart template (which is what I want - minus the cosmetic issues of course). How do I make https://www.mysite.com look like that?

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Nancy

I keep silence for a long time.
I am sorry without getting time without having replies really. It is after a long absence that I accessed a forum. :cry:

A problem seems to occur by installation to WordPress 2.5. I prepare for a demonstration site and want to test it.
Because I report it after a test some other time, please already wait slightly.

libragear:

I actually have an extra piece of code that I found many posts ago in this thread that puts the blog on the front page. If you don't use that piece of code in the main page then it will have the blog at http://yourURL.com/? and then you can just link to it. :)
Kate
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpost.php?p=539573&postcount=3

**HIRA.. great to see you back at zencart forums**
:smile:

Hi,misty!I haven't seen you for a long time.
Thank you for supporting this module and this thread.:hug:

hira:

Hi,misty!I haven't seen you for a long time.
Thank you for supporting this module and this thread.
My pleasure Hira, thank you for creating WP mod
:hug:

Hi,Alex Clarke

Alex Clarke:

After reading the last few posts it sounds like people have managed to get WordPress 2.5 and Zen Cart 1.3.8a working together (using WOZ).

Can someone confirm this please?

I tried a combination test of Zen-Cart v1.3.8 and WordPress 2.5.
Because blog introduces it, please access it.
http://www.s-page.net/en/2008/04/13/test_zenv138_and_wp25/

It works without a problem in particular.