Thanks in advance for any help!

First, let me start of by saying I am a complete idiot when it comes to coding. I know absolutely nothing.

Second, I have been lurking around the forums for a couple of weeks now spending countless hours reading posts and gathering tons of information. I am so thankful for all you wonderful people who make things so much easier on newbs like me!

Now I am proud to say that I have customized my shop and have everything running exactly the way I want it, all without have to post an "I need help" thread.. until now!!!

Here's where I stand. I am hosted on hairyglove.com where I have CPanel and unfortunately I used Fantastico to install ZenCart. I didn't find all of the no-no's about this until today. My ZenCart version is 1.3.8a so at least I am current.

But, when I tried to install in my root, I got the error that files existed that could not be overwritten. So, I installed in a directory called catalog. So in my file manager I have public_html/catalog which obviously means to see my cart you have to go to https://www.lilshopofsecrets.com/catalog I want my cart to pull up when you type in just lilshopofsecrets.com I deleted HairyGlove's default index.php But I have no idea where to go from here.

I know I did a terrible thing by letting fantastico install for me, but I have spent all this time learning and customizing my cart and I really, really, REALLY do not want to start over!!!

If anyone could help me to just get my cart visible withought having to go to /catalog I would be ever so greatful!!! Thank you all again so much.

https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=122

Thanks for your reply.

I have read that tutorial, but I thought I understood that I would have to move my /catalog directory, or rename it. That is where I'm lost. Or will changing the session directory via ZenCart Admin eliminate the need for messing with /catalog ?

I Just tried to follow the steps in the tutorial for changing the sessions directory. I guess I just don't understand. The sessions directory in admin is matching with everything in the includes/configure.php and admin/includes/configure.php as the tutorial suggests. Everything ends in /catalog

Do I need to rename /catalog to /index or something? Or maybe delete public_html and rename /catalog to public_html? I am just so worried I will break something!

The link Kim shared with you, requires you to relocate ALL files located in your "/catalog" folder that you currently have Zen Cart installed in to your "Root" directory.

Just renaming the /catalog folder won't do what you are after; as all it will do is put a folder called "public_html" in your "public_html" folder (which would cause the new address to: www.lilshopofsecrets.com/public_html ... still causing you to have to point your customer elsewhere.)

I am not familure with your hosting company, but most company's allow you to point to a particular folder (contact you hosting company to see if they offer this service); in this option you could set it up so that if someone types: www.lilshopofsecrets.com it would load www.lilshopofsecrets.com/catalog automaticly behind the scenes.

The downside to this option is, you would have to make sure ALL traffic comes to your site with the "www" intact, or they won't get your catalog... there are several ways of insuring that your customers don't get a "page not found" if they don't show up if they leave off the "www" including creating a "landing page" for your site.

But in the long run, I think the time and effort required to move your current store to your Root directory (public_html) will be in your best interest.

Hopefully this information helps.

Dwells,

Thanks so much for the reply. Let me make sure I understood you correctly.

I really don't want to have to send people to lilshopofsecrets.com/catalog and I don't want them to be redirected.

So, it sounds like I need to open /catalog and copy each file to the clipboard, then paste it into public_html Then once /catalog is empty I can just delete that directory and at that time go to admin-configuration-sessions and go from there as the tutorial suggests.

That makes so much sense, yet I was so blind to it! lol

lilshopofsecrets:

Dwells,

Thanks so much for the reply. Let me make sure I understood you correctly.

I really don't want to have to send people to lilshopofsecrets.com/catalog and I don't want them to be redirected.

So, it sounds like I need to open /catalog and copy each file to the clipboard, then paste it into public_html Then once /catalog is empty I can just delete that directory and at that time go to admin-configuration-sessions and go from there as the tutorial suggests.

That makes so much sense, yet I was so blind to it! lol

That is an option, but best practice to insure all files are copied correctly would be to download a copy of your current store (good to have a backup anyway, regardless); then upload it using an FTP program like FileZilla (you can use it to upload/download a copy of your site). I would also suggest using a compare program like "Beyond Compare" to verify that your site copied correctly to your local computer.

If all you do is download a back-up copy of your current (functioning) Zen Cart install before you begin the copy/paste (drag/drop) it will save you a huge heart-ache in the event something doesn't copy correctly.

I got it! :clap: It was so easy, I don't know why I was so worried! lol Thank you very,very much!!

If anyone else using CPanel has installed ZC via Fantastico and is having this same issue, I will be happy to help!! I may not be any good at coding, but I can sure explain this to you in plain English!!