Domain name question

Currently to get to my store I need to add /shop to the end of my domain name.
However I would like it so that via my domain nam only, I can access the store.
In other words I want my store front to be the home page.
How do I do that?

Thanks in advance

Flex, in order to do this, you need to move all the contents from the folder "shop" into the main directory, "www", "pub", "public", whichever it may be. you will, then, need to edit the admin/includes/configure.php and includes/configure.php to reflect this change. eg; remove the "shop" from the path, in both of these files.

Hope this helps.

OK, there seems to be a lot of places where it says shop in the configure file.Do you know exactly which part I have to delete the word 'shop' from?

Thanks!

Oh, yea. All of them. As your site will no longer be in that folder, ANY reference to that particular folder will result in an error being shown, instead of your site.

Edit: except for this one, unless you want to change your database.

define('DB_DATABASE', 'shop');

It may say something else, depending on what you named your database, but you DON'T want to change this entry on either file. The rest you can change.
Sorry. Forgot about that one.

Well there is an easier way, you can do a permanent redirect on the default index page.

Yea, you could, but.............that's kinda cheesy, ain't it? Using a redirection script scares some people off, as they don't trust a place that redirects their traffic, plus you're adding another 5-6 seconds load time, when the general population won't wait that long. By the time it gets redirected, the shop loads up.....they're gone!
Now, that my just be my opinion, but I don't think so. I think you'll find a lot of people, in and out, of this forum, that agrees with me on this issue.

... and unless you do a bunch of URL rewriting you still see the subdirectory in the browser address bar when you do a redirect.

I agree that the re-direct is kind of cheesy but if you use PHP as opposed to a meta-refresh the change seems almost transparent, and it doesn't add the 5-6 seconds either. Well, at least not as far as I can tell.

Is what I have used in the past.

flex22:

OK, there seems to be a lot of places where it says shop in the configure file.Do you know exactly which part I have to delete the word 'shop' from?

Thanks!

If you go this route using the 'Find and Replace' might make your life easier.

Actually it isn't cheesy at all. I use an index.php page instead of a index.html page:

Google loves it as I use their HTML method of verification and I didnt have to move my file structure around or alter my config files.

The only difference the consumer sees is the addition of a subdirectory on their address bar.

Of course having your store in your root folder is ideal but those of us that already have a crapload of stuff there for other things it is not always feasible, that and the fact that I try not to alter the config files if I dont have to.

ok so what would I put in this part to replace shop:

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

I can delete shop from some areas and just eave admin, but what about the places where it only says 'shop'? ie: after CATALOG.

Thanks!

flex22:

ok so what would I put in this part to replace shop:

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

I can delete shop from some areas and just eave admin, but what about the places where it only says 'shop'? ie: after CATALOG.

Thanks!

If I'm understanding you correctly . . . you would change

define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/shop/admin/');

to

define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/admin/');

Make sense?

That's exactly right. You don't need to replace "shop".......just get rid of it.

I need to be sure before I f%$£ anything else up.Zen cart seems like a harder slog than I had envisioned so far.Who knows, maybe it'll get lighter :blink:

So where it says:

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

Just get rid of 'shop' and leave nothing then???

No, you delete either /shop or shop/, leaving you in this case with just /.

Correct. That way, it just points to the "root" of your host site, and not to "shop". which after the move, won't exist.

Yes, gj is right (as usual).....you've got to have the "/" there. I was just confirming the deletion of the word "shop". I should have been more clear on that.....sorry.

Thanks for clearing that up guys.I'll get onto it and report back.