Making Zen Cart my home page

I've stumbled on several threads that explain how to move the /store folder into the root of the domain (public_html, etc.).

Basically everything from the /store folder is moved.

THEN

2 configure.php files need to be modified.

It all seems simple... in the example below... remove /shop, but what about ..._CATALOG? Is it supposed to be '/' ?

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

ALSO... I have a question.

What is the benefit of making the Zen Cart my homepage instead of creating a new index.html page in Dreamweaver using the code copied from View Source?

Thanks in advanced.

asdweb;

I also replied to your other post.

Your answer to this one is yes, your new path at a root directory that is the public level top is '/'

Not sure how to answer your second question on what you are trying to accomplish. Also be careful with dreamweaver as I have had some blank spaces creep in on me making troubleshooting the site harder,

Sincerely,

0be1

asdweb:

What is the benefit of making the Zen Cart my homepage instead of creating a new index.html page in Dreamweaver using the code copied from View Source?

If you mean that you're going to copy the source from the Zencart main page and use it to create a fake main page in the root when your cart is in /shop, that won't work.

If you mean just create a 'jump' page in root that links to Zencart in /shop - you can do that, but you'll really tick off customers like me who hate having to click for no reason. Zencart belongs in the root directory.

0be1:

asdweb;
Your answer to this one is yes, your new path at a root directory that is the public level top is '/'

Okay I did that, removed /shop from the two configure.php files and was greeted both times with "[a fatal error or timeout occurred while processing this directive]" when I saved the file. ?!?!?

Now when I go to the site, it is all messed up and zc_install/index.php is followed after my domain name.

WHAT DID I DO?????

(fortunately I downloaded the original files!)

What is the URL to take a peek please.

0be1

Old configure.php contents:

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

Are the new configure.php contents as below?

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

I did that PLUS I removed /shop from the very last line in the configure.php files from between public_html and cache.

was I not supposed to do that?

define('DIR_FS_SQL_CACHE', '/home/mypassword/public_html/cache');

I redid the configure files and now the site is up now with this error message on the top...

"Warning: I am able to write to the configuration file: %s. This is a potential security risk - please set the right user permissions on this file (read-only, CHMOD 644 or 444 are typical). You may need to use your webhost control panel/file-manager to change the permissions effectively. Contact your webhost for assistance."

When I checked the permissions for the configure.php files they are set at 644.

?!?!

Site's up - that's good.

Did you try changing the permissions via your control panel's file manager rather than your FTP client? Sometimes that's the only way, for some reason.

very good. whew!

I don't know what permissions I am supposed to change. I checked the configure.php files and they are set at 644.

?!?!

What the permission needs to be can depend on your hosting service. Try changing the permission to 444 and see what happens.

Yup. That worked changing both configure.php files to 444!!

Terrific! Thank you!