site doesnt work

Ok, I built a ZenCart site in a folder on my main directory /. called rbackyard. If I type in http://www.rbackyard.net/rbackyard the site works great! When I logged into my hoast and changed the Main directory destonation to /rbackyard and typed in http://www.rbackyard.net the ZenCart site went to crap! It showed the main page all out of porportion with no pictures and if I clicked on anything it gave me a 404error. What did I do wrong? I changed everything back to the way it was and now its pointing to my old site and to see the zen site I have to type in http://www.rbackyard.net/rbackyard

Thanks,
Chad

Did you change the includes/configure.php and admin/includes/configure.php files to tell them where you had moved the site to?

No, I didnt know I had to do that:blink: How is this done?

Thaks,
Chad

There's an outline explanation in the FAQ. but the detail will depend on your specific situation

im not moving my files I am just pointing to a new folder where my zen is located in my hosting plan.

OK. I see. You still need to change your configure.php files to reflect the change. If you integrate the rbackyard folder into the URL resolution in your hosting plan, you will need to remove it from websystem references in your configure files.

Im sorry but I still dont quite understand. I have read the https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=101 and it talks about if I move my forlder "Which im not" and now you saying I just have to modify my config.php file (which is located where) and what do I modify? I just want to change my web host directory to point to that folder (rbackyard) so my Zencart website can be used so if I change the directory to (/rbackyard) what exactly will I have to chang in the ZenCart files:frusty:

Thanks,
Chad

What do you have currently for lines 15-26 of your includes/configure.php file?

here is lines 14-27

// 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://www.rbackyard.net');
  define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.rbackyard.net');

  // 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', '/rbackyard/');
  define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/rbackyard/');

SInce you are making changes to your hosting setup such that any web address starting https://www.rbackyard.net actually goes to https://www.rbackyard.net/rbackyard, you need to stop Zen Cart from then looking for the rbackyard folder that visitors will already be in.

To do this you change these two lines> define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/rbackyard/');

define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/rbackyard/');
to > define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');in both of your configure.php files.

Thanks a million! Is this the only thing I have to change?

As long as you do it for both configure.php files, that should be enough. Moving (or in this case re-directing) Zen Carts is one of those things that's really difficult to get your head around, and yet really easy in practise. If you have any further problems with this, come back here and we'll sort them.

KUROI, I did what you said and the site works! But, the admin section doesnt. I log into my admin section with http://www.rbackyard.net/admin/login.php and it show fine but when I put in my pass and user it gives me an 404 error.

Thanks,
Chad

What do you have in lines 49-52 of your admin/includes/configure.php file?

define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_TEMPLATE', HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'includes/templates/');
  define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');
  define('DIR_WS_BOXES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'boxes/');
  define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');

Apologies, it's actually 41-44 that I need, i.e starting from define('DIR_WS_ADMIN'

 define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/rbackyard/admin/');
  define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
  define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN', '/rbackyard/admin/');
  define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');

Same problem as before... just remove the bits in red and all should work fine> define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/rbackyard/admin/');

define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN', '/rbackyard/admin/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');

I think im going to cry!! It worked:clap: Is there anything else I need to do?

No. Just sit back. Enjoy a cold beer. And revel in your streamlined URL. :smartalec: