Wordpress On ZC [Support Thread]

I am back for more help. I was here a few month ago when I installed WordPress for ZenCart. The problem then was that my whole website was https. I changed it back to http and WP started to work.

However I still have a few bugs to iron out. Here is my first questions:

1. When I publish a new article google picks up the main description to my site, not the new article title. I also have the same problem with the RSS feed. Once you click on expand the article it directs me to the home page. Here is the RSS feed link:feed://unlockology.com/blog/?feed=rss2
   I noticed that when redirected it sends me to: http://unlockology.com/?p=210
   This url is missing the (blog) directory. The url should be http://unlockology.com/blog/?p=210

So my question is what is the file/s I need to change to make sure the Blog directory is added and where is the file/s located?

Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.

I have just installed wordpress and woz professional on https://www.classicalchandeliers.co.uk
Is it possible to get permanlinks working with ceon so that the wordpress URLS are improved?
If so please advise on how this can be done.

many thanks

Paul

Hello.
As for you, URLS is improved by changing the following setting :smile:
wp-admin: Settings: Permalink

ptowers49:

I have just installed wordpress and woz professional on https://www.classicalchandeliers.co.uk
Is it possible to get permanlinks working with ceon so that the wordpress URLS are improved?
If so please advise on how this can be done.

many thanks

Paul

The version that you use?
The latest edition is v1.5.

Unlockology:

I am back for more help. I was here a few month ago when I installed WordPress for ZenCart. The problem then was that my whole website was https. I changed it back to http and WP started to work.

However I still have a few bugs to iron out. Here is my first questions:

1. When I publish a new article google picks up the main description to my site, not the new article title. I also have the same problem with the RSS feed. Once you click on expand the article it directs me to the home page. Here is the RSS feed link:feed://unlockology.com/blog/?feed=rss2
   I noticed that when redirected it sends me to: http://unlockology.com/?p=210
   This url is missing the (blog) directory. The url should be http://unlockology.com/blog/?p=210

So my question is what is the file/s I need to change to make sure the Blog directory is added and where is the file/s located?

Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.

hira:

The version that you use?
The latest edition is v1.5.

I have WOZ version 1.5 and Zen Cart 1.3.8a

hira:

Hello.
As for you, URLS is improved by changing the following setting :smile:
wp-admin: Settings: Permalink

If you change the Permalink setting (from Default) to either:

1. Day and Name or
2. Month and Name

Then you do get the custom URI with the key words that are so important. However, I tried this and went onto the blog home page. My articles are long so the have the MORE or READ THE REST buttons. When you click on these buttons, it sends you to the website's homepage and not to the blog article.

I had to change the Permalink back to Default.:(
Is there a way to fix this?

Unlockology:

If you change the Permalink setting (from Default) to either:

1. Day and Name or
2. Month and Name

Then you do get the custom URI with the key words that are so important. However, I tried this and went onto the blog home page. My articles are long so the have the MORE or READ THE REST buttons. When you click on these buttons, it sends you to the website's homepage and not to the blog article.

I had to change the Permalink back to Default.:(
Is there a way to fix this?
Unfortunately one of the many issues I frequently ran into with WOZ was the inability to use permalinks. I was never able to make permalinks work with WOZ or even the WOZ Sideboxes Only edition.. I know this wasn't much help.. Maybe Hira has a magic solution to this.. Good luck..

Hi, and thank you for this mod .. I got everything worked but I found a few thing didn't work in this mod and I'm wondering if it's bugs or I did something wrong.

1. First noticed is that the search function in wordpress didn't work and I didn't see wp_search included, only these was included in the mod "wp_archive, wp_cats, wp_links, wp_pages, and wp_sidebar".

2. Second noticed is permalinks didn't work and when I did make a new post, the view post button in wordpress will not lead direct to the post but lead to zen-cart home page.

3. Third noticed is the wordpress directory will not display correctly by itself. It's only display right under zen-cart directory.

Note: My wordpress and zen-cart are in seperated directory and DB.

My site with WOZ is: http://phamcs.dyndns.org/store/index.php?main_page=wordpress

My blog address is: http://phamcs.dyndns.org/portal/

Please, let me know if I did something wrong.

Shiginami:

1. First noticed is that the search function in wordpress didn't work and I didn't see wp_search included, only these was included in the mod "wp_archive, wp_cats, wp_links, wp_pages, and wp_sidebar"..It's likely that since this is an embedded WP solution that the WP files don't contain everything you would have in a standalone WordPress install

Shiginami:

2. Second noticed is permalinks didn't work and when I did make a new post, the view post button in wordpress will not lead direct to the post but lead to zen-cart home page..Just discussed in the post RIGHT above yours..

Shiginami:

3. Third noticed is the wordpress directory will not display correctly by itself. It's only display right under zen-cart directory.It's an EMBEDDED WordPress solution, therefore the template included is designed to best display an embedded blog.

DivaVocals:

It's likely that since this is an embedded WP solution that the WP files don't contain everything you would have in a standalone WordPress install

Just discussed in the post RIGHT above yours..

It's an EMBEDDED WordPress solution, therefore the template included is designed to best display an embedded blog.

So is there a solution to fix this? If I merged 2 directories and 2 DB together wil it works? Thanks.

Shiginami:

So is there a solution to fix this? If I merged 2 directories and 2 DB together wil it works? Thanks.
There isn't a "fix" for this.. With the exception of the issue with the permalinks (which if you read my recent post you'll see I DON'T have a fix for) The WOZ module is working the way it's supposed to. It embeds WordPress into your blog. If you want your blog to work as a standalone blog as well as an embedded blog you MIGHT be able to create a WordPress template that could serve both purposes and replace the WordPress template that comes with WOZ...

Hello, I installed WOZ and it embeds nicely. Works with Connor's URI mod nicely as well. :)

I have one issue - with this mod installed, the shipping estimator does not work.

When I enter data into the fields, such as State and Zip Code, nothing happens. The screen just refreshes and no data output is shown.

Any ideas?

Thank you in advance.

I need it but not as good as I need.

agelleen:

I need it but not as good as I need.Then improve it. That's what open source is all about.

Has anyone found a fix to truly use WOZ with SSU.. I could not use numinix's hack because it would have meant uninstalling WOZ which worked fine. Is there a way I can turn off SSU for woz at all

I have tried to upgrade my previous version of wordpress that was working perfectly fine on my zen cart site. I originally upgraded to Wordpress 3.0 and it makes my site go completely blank. So I then tried to do a fresh installation of wordpress 2.9 with a fresh database and when I do to my zen cart admin side and install it from there it wipes the whole website blank. As soon as i click the uninstall button it makes the website work fine again. I have tried to read the instructions over and over again and I believe I have installed everything correctly but the instructions are a bit hard to understand.

Has anyone else been having this problem and if soe does anyone know how to fix it? Any help would be great.

@Elvis: ssiigghh. Join the club, dude. I'm also struggling mightily with this issue. As soon as I figure it out, I'll post my results Immediately. But until then, you might try this:

http://www.numinix.com/blog/2009/09/26/integrating-wordpress-into-zen-cart-1-3-8a/

...I'm hoping that Dr. Byte himself will look at this solution and comment on it here. This is the solution I'm working with currently, until the zencart team comes up with something.

:cry:

Pudnik:

@Elvis: ssiigghh. Join the club, dude. I'm also struggling mightily with this issue. As soon as I figure it out, I'll post my results Immediately. But until then, you might try this:

http://www.numinix.com/blog/2009/09/26/integrating-wordpress-into-zen-cart-1-3-8a/

...I'm hoping that Dr. Byte himself will look at this solution and comment on it here. This is the solution I'm working with currently, until the zencart team comes up with something.

:cry:

sigh I have deleted the WOZ install on my cart and installed the numinix one and am still having problems. I can see my blog and and I can see my site but can not get them to work together on the same page.
http://grunionfabrication.com/blog/
Just gets me my blog and I have checked and rechecked the installation instructions and I dont have any idea why i am not getting the correct results. I am using Ultimate URLS i dont know if this might be the problem....?

Unless Dr Byte plans to re-write WOZ (which is unlikely) I'm not sure what you expect from him for this particular module. As far as I'm aware there are no plans by the Zen Cart team to include WordPress embedding in any future Zen Cart release..

WOZ has been problematic for YEARS.. Reading through this support thread will give a full list of all the issues and solutions/patches. IMO the Numinix solution works much better and has better support.. if you are having issues with it, you should post your questions on the Numinix blog/forum. (I suggest checking your install and make sure you followed ALL of the instructions.. You should also read through the existing comments before posting new questions)

Pudnik:

@Elvis: ssiigghh. Join the club, dude. I'm also struggling mightily with this issue. As soon as I figure it out, I'll post my results Immediately. But until then, you might try this:

http://www.numinix.com/blog/2009/09/26/integrating-wordpress-into-zen-cart-1-3-8a/

...I'm hoping that Dr. Byte himself will look at this solution and comment on it here. This is the solution I'm working with currently, until the zencart team comes up with something.

:cry:

elvis44:

sigh I have deleted the WOZ install on my cart and installed the numinix one and am still having problems. I can see my blog and and I can see my site but can not get them to work together on the same page.
http://grunionfabrication.com/blog/
Just gets me my blog and I have checked and rechecked the installation instructions and I dont have any idea why i am not getting the correct results. I am using Ultimate URLS i dont know if this might be the problem....?

...Welp, nKay, I have to the best of my ability captured the entire sordid story Here. ...Looks like I've got a loooooong road ahead of me trying to get the two to work, hacking my own PHP server-side code and maintaining that hacked code to keep up with wordpress and zencart updates. Wish I knew PHP nearly as well as I know ASP...

:yuck: