renaming "catalog" folder issues.

Quick question. For SEO reasons, I've decided to rename the 'catalog' folder in my zen cart store... not sure if this is a brilliant move or not, but, it's what i've determined non-the-less.

That said, I followed the tutorial found here very closely.
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=122

I double checked everything, but when I completed that tutorial and tried to browse the site I received this message.

"The requested URL /sermonvideos/zc_install/index.php does not exist."

for reference, I changed the folder from "catalog" to "sermonvideos" and tried to browse by going to "beamerfilms.com/sermonvideos/"

Hope that makes since. I've sinced put the site back to it's original form, but is there a quick answer to why it was attempting to call on that install/index.php file?

Thanks for any help.

cris

Zen Cart will attempt to invoke zc_install/index.php if it finds invalid information in your configure.php files.
"Invalid" refers to incorrect settings and/or if when it uses those settings to try and locate the various Zen Cart files, it can't find them ... presumably because they are pointing to folders that don't exist.

DrByte:

Zen Cart will attempt to invoke zc_install/index.php if it finds invalid information in your configure.php files.

Thanks for the info. Presumeably, the info on that tutorial is correct, right? I'm referencing this;

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

Are their any additional steps that are required beyond what's laid out in the tutorial? Thanks again,

cris

The tutorial is correct.

I am have the same problem too. I just want for my customers to be able to type in my address diamondaffairsjewelry.com instead of diamondaffairsjewelry.com/catalog. Am I following the right tutorial? When I did it I got a 404 error and had to put everything back. If that is not the right answer how can I accomplish my goal.

That is the right tutorial.

A 404 error means "not found" ... which suggests that you didn't move all the files to the new location.