Wordpress On ZC [Support Thread]

ok, i have been at this for about 24 hours straight now, i finally have no errors, but not much is showing up ether.

here is the site

http://extendmydesign.com/zencart-pp/

just a very rough test by the way.

the info in the sideboxes is showing up, but when you click on the links, nothing loads, the same with the blog posts as well, nothing.

im thinking it is a setting or something i missed, could someone take a look at it and let me know?
your time and effort is much appreciated, thank you

Great mod by the way, just hope to get it working.

AmandaGero:

ok, i have been at this for about 24 hours straight now, i finally have no errors, but not much is showing up ether.

here is the site

http://extendmydesign.com/zencart-pp/

just a very rough test by the way.

the info in the sideboxes is showing up, but when you click on the links, nothing loads, the same with the blog posts as well, nothing.

im thinking it is a setting or something i missed, could someone take a look at it and let me know?
your time and effort is much appreciated, thank you

Great mod by the way, just hope to get it working.

Look at your system information in the zen admin to see if you have php 5.

yes, and thank you for the quick reply
anything else that could be doing this?

Server Host: Database Host:
Server OS: Linux 2.6.18-164.6.1.el5PAE Database: MySQL 5.0.67.d7-ourdelta-log
Server Date: 12/11/2009 15:12:23 Database Date: 12/11/2009 15:12:23
Server Up Time: 15:12:23 up 24 days, 13:49, 1 user, load average: 4.13, 4.66, 6.42 HTTP Server: Apache
PHP Version: 5.2.8 (Zend: 2.2.0) PHP Memory Limit: 64M PHP Safe Mode: Off
PHP File Uploads: On Max Size: 8M POST Max Size: 8M
Database Data Size: 192 kB Database Index Size: 314 kB

AmandaGero:

yes, and thank you for the quick reply
anything else that could be doing this?

Server Host: Database Host:
Server OS: Linux 2.6.18-164.6.1.el5PAE Database: MySQL 5.0.67.d7-ourdelta-log
Server Date: 12/11/2009 15:12:23 Database Date: 12/11/2009 15:12:23
Server Up Time: 15:12:23 up 24 days, 13:49, 1 user, load average: 4.13, 4.66, 6.42 HTTP Server: Apache
PHP Version: 5.2.8 (Zend: 2.2.0) PHP Memory Limit: 64M PHP Safe Mode: Off
PHP File Uploads: On Max Size: 8M POST Max Size: 8M
Database Data Size: 192 kB Database Index Size: 314 kB

I think WOZ was developed on PHP 4 and as far as I know everyone having this issue is on php 5.

this looks like the same issue rewriting links does it not?

i'm no expert on this topic, but i noticed all your links include the the filename (/index.php?main_page=wordpress&...), but the resulting page i landed on does not (/?main_page=wordpress&...)

cheers
andy

ooh, that stinks, does zen have to be in php4, or can just wp be in php4. i can install php4 for wp, but my client already has had is site live on 5 now for some time. is there any other way around this?

AmandaGero:

ooh, that stinks, does zen have to be in php4, or can just wp be in php4. i can install php4 for wp, but my client already has had is site live on 5 now for some time. is there any other way around this?

Some hosts allow 4 or 5 to be switched off/on in the site control panel. Might be worth a try ...on a test site...

Another quirk I noticed about the new version of WOZ is that in order to create EZ pages, you have to turn off the WOZ sidebox then create your EZ page. Only then did the page and the EZ page menu itself appear...After that you can turn on the WOZ sidebox

loosefast:

I think WOZ was developed on PHP 4 and as far as I know everyone having this issue is on php 5.Apps developed in PHP4 should run in PHP5.. I haven't had a chance to test WOZ, but using only the sideboxes from this version, I don't have any issues..

nope, still isnt working.

has anyone else ran into this problem? i looked through about 40 pages yestarday. didnt find anything. ill keep looking today though, but if anyone knows how to fix this please let me know.
Thank you

well, if both zen cart and blog install in the same directory, it works. and even i can quote wp front page in zen cart home page.(but have problem with www prefix, has to redirect).

i think this is not a working mod. please try numix solution which confirmed working.

Hello:

Zen Cart version : 1.3.8a
Word Press version is the current update

I've searched for an answer to my problem but found nothing.

I have Zen Cart installed in the root directory, Word Press is installed in ./blog/

I followed these installation directions to the letter despite Zen cart being in a /shop/ directory:
http://www.geraelindsey.com/zencart-books/zen-cart-e-commerce-application-development

I changed the Blog URL (in Wordpress) to my Zen Cart installation in the root directory (ackleysrocks.com/). The side boxes are configured through Zen Cart administration and they function correctly, the breadcrumbs seem to work fine, but the blog post doesn't show up at all. We're using Wordpress as a "newsletter" with the archive listed on the right under Information. My intent was that the most recent blog post would load when the Newsletter link (EZ Pages) was clicked.

In EZ Pages I set the internal link as "?main_page=wordpress"

here's the site:
http://ackleysrocks.com

and the direct link to the blog
http://ackleysrocks.com/blog/

Any guidance in rectifying this configuration dilemma I have would be greatly appreciated. :)

shawna:

Hello:

Zen Cart version : 1.3.8a
Word Press version is the current update

I've searched for an answer to my problem but found nothing.

I have Zen Cart installed in the root directory, Word Press is installed in ./blog/

I followed these installation directions to the letter despite Zen cart being in a /shop/ directory:
http://www.geraelindsey.com/zencart-books/zen-cart-e-commerce-application-development

I changed the Blog URL (in Wordpress) to my Zen Cart installation in the root directory (ackleysrocks.com/). The side boxes are configured through Zen Cart administration and they function correctly, the breadcrumbs seem to work fine, but the blog post doesn't show up at all. We're using Wordpress as a "newsletter" with the archive listed on the right under Information. My intent was that the most recent blog post would load when the Newsletter link (EZ Pages) was clicked.

In EZ Pages I set the internal link as "?main_page=wordpress"

here's the site:
http://ackleysrocks.com

and the direct link to the blog
http://ackleysrocks.com/blog/

Any guidance in rectifying this configuration dilemma I have would be greatly appreciated. :)

Whats your php version under Server Information?

If you are using the latest version of WOZ, you might need to check your install against the new install instructions. They are VERY different than the instructions in the blog you quoted which is almost a year old. (which means they pre-date the current version of WOZ)

I personally think that there is an issue with the latest version of WOZ that has little to do with the PHP version and more to do with there just being an issue with this mod.. Unfortunately Hira doesn't post here often and there is (by his OWN admission) a language issue with him being able to support this mod..

shawna:

Hello:

Zen Cart version : 1.3.8a
Word Press version is the current update

I've searched for an answer to my problem but found nothing.

I have Zen Cart installed in the root directory, Word Press is installed in ./blog/

I followed these installation directions to the letter despite Zen cart being in a /shop/ directory:
http://www.geraelindsey.com/zencart-books/zen-cart-e-commerce-application-development

I changed the Blog URL (in Wordpress) to my Zen Cart installation in the root directory (ackleysrocks.com/). The side boxes are configured through Zen Cart administration and they function correctly, the breadcrumbs seem to work fine, but the blog post doesn't show up at all. We're using Wordpress as a "newsletter" with the archive listed on the right under Information. My intent was that the most recent blog post would load when the Newsletter link (EZ Pages) was clicked.

In EZ Pages I set the internal link as "?main_page=wordpress"

here's the site:
http://ackleysrocks.com

and the direct link to the blog
http://ackleysrocks.com/blog/

Any guidance in rectifying this configuration dilemma I have would be greatly appreciated. :)

DivaVocals:

If you are using the latest version of WOZ, you might need to check your install against the new install instructions. They are VERY different than the instructions in the blog you quoted which is almost a year old. (which means they pre-date the current version of WOZ)

I personally think that there is an issue with the latest version of WOZ that has little to do with the PHP version and more to do with there just being an issue with this mod.. Unfortunately Hira doesn't post here often and there is (by his OWN admission) a language issue with him being able to support this mod..

That's good advice about following the install instructions, however i have installed the mod on two servers running PHP 4 and I have a suspicion that php version may have something to do with :blank: posts.

PHP version 5

I'll try the install directions in the readme file of the mod.
Those directions I followed were excerpted from the Zen Cart book by Suhreed Sarkar.

back to the drawing board, I guess....

loosefast:

That's good advice about following the install instructions, however i have installed the mod on two servers running PHP 4 and I have a suspicion that php version may have something to do with :blank: posts.Have you tested it using PHP5??? Respectfully I disagree with your assessment.. I really do not think that the (continuing) issues with this mod are as simple as PHP4 versus PHP5. The OLD version of WOZ ran under PHP4 or PHP5. However (as always) the embedding portion of this mod does not work as it should. IMO the issues with the new version are the SAME as the issues with the previous version..

1. Does NOT work out the box as described
2. Cannot be fully supported by the mod author (due to language issues).
   I think the mod author is willing to work through the issues, but the language barrier prevents this from happening. Thus short of members of this community being able to get to the bottom of the issues, this mod will continue to be plagued with the same issues it has always suffered from. To be clear, the sideboxes for this mod work just fine.. It's the embedding functions that have never worked..

It's the embedding functions that have never worked..
Have not found this to be the case..never had problem installing WOZ when using either PHP4 or PHP5.

misty:

Have not found this to be the case..never had problem installing WOZ when using either PHP4 or PHP5.That's great that you've not had any issues installing this mod.. But clearly there is some sort of issue going on when there is one post after another where folks are reporting issues with this mod.. (and I have no doubt that the issue is not as simple as PHP4 versus PHP5) Based on the posts here it sounds like there is a consistent issue being reported with the new version (blank pages).

I long ago decided that the only thing I wanted from this mod is the sideboxes (they work all the time with no issues) so I have only tested those from the new version.. If I ever need an embedded blog, I'll probably use Numinix's method.. Maybe I'll load up the full mod this weekend on one of my test stores and see what's what..

DivaVocals:

Based on the posts here it sounds like there is a consistent issue being reported with the new version (blank pages).

Yes, and I am not seeing this error on the two installs I have done on PHP4 servers, and so far this seems to be the only clue as to "whats different" from my vantage point.

I'm trying to see if somebody out there can say "I have installed the new version of WOZ on a php5 server and I don't see this blank post issue".

Its possible that this is not the cause, but I don't know enough about the code to tell. There is always hope that someone in the community will take a look at the code and help us pinpoint THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE with the WOZ mod.

loosefast:

Yes, and I am not seeing this error on the two installs I have done on PHP4 servers, and so far this seems to be the only clue as to "whats different" from my vantage point.So you have NOT installed this on a PHP5 server??? Is that what you are saying??

loosefast:

**I'm trying to see if somebody out there can say "I have installed the new version of WOZ on a php5 server and I don't see this blank post issue".
**
Its possible that this is not the cause, but I don't know enough about the code to tell. There is always hope that someone in the community will take a look at the code and help us pinpoint THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE with the WOZ mod.Logic says that this is likely not the issue since the PREVIOUS version of WOZ did not have any issues related to a specific version of PHP. So it is only logical that this would NOT be the issue with the never version. In fact it is MORE likely that IF the issue was related to the version of PHP running, that folks running this under PHP4 would be the ones with the issues..

For the record, Misty has already confirmed for you that he/she is running WOZ and has no issues with with it on a PHP5 server.