define paths confusion - mine, not yours!

[rstevenson]

Hi all,

 

In the two config files - one in catalog and one in admin - there are lots of paths defined. Some things aren't working for me. I'd like to learn as much as I can about osc, so if you can just offer me a few hints, I'll figure it out. Specifically...

 

1. In these two statements, what's the meaning of WS and FS?

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

define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', DIR_FS_DOCUMENT_ROOT . DIR_WS_ADMIN);

 

2. In which config file should I define the path to my catalog images? Both? I see one define called DIR_FS_CATALOG_IMAGES - is that the one? (It's in admin/config.php) I see another called DIR_WS_IMAGES - it's in both config files.

 

3. If I need to define a path in catalog/admin/config.php file, and the location I'm defining is outside the admin folder - say catalog/images/imgs_lg - how do I write the path? Is it like HTML, where I can move back up the path using dots, as in ../images/imgs_lg?

 

4. If I create both large and thumbnail images for every product, does osc expect them all to be in one images folder? Or can I create sub-folders? If the latter, do I gang up the folders in the define function? Something like...

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_IMAGES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . '../images/imgs_lg', '../images/imgs_sm');

 

As you can probably guess from the above, I'm getting the old "Error: Catalog images directory does not exist: /catalog/images/". Of course, the directory does exist.

 

Thanks for any help you can offer.

 

Rob

[♥Vger]

Hi all,

 

In the two config files - one in catalog and one in admin - there are lots of paths defined. Some things aren't working for me. I'd like to learn as much as I can about osc, so if you can just offer me a few hints, I'll figure it out. Specifically...

 

1. In these two statements, what's the meaning of WS and FS?

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

  define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', DIR_FS_DOCUMENT_ROOT . DIR_WS_ADMIN);

 

One stands for Web Server, and one stands for File Server.

 

2. In which config file should I define the path to my catalog images? Both? I see one define called DIR_FS_CATALOG_IMAGES - is that the one? (It's in admin/config.php) I see another called DIR_WS_IMAGES - it's in both config files.

 

the file you should be working on is admin/includes/configure.php.  You shoudl define the path to the 'images' folder in both catalog/includes/configure.php and catalog/admin/includes/configure.php (remove the 'catalog' if you have installed in the root directory of the web server).  The image path is images/

 

3. If I need to define a path in catalog/admin/config.php file, and the location I'm defining is outside the admin folder - say catalog/images/imgs_lg - how do I write the path? Is it like HTML, where I can move back up the path using dots, as in ../images/imgs_lg?

 

When you are working in 'admin' the only images you see are from catalog/admin/images folder.  When you are working in 'catalog' the only images you see are from catalog/images

 

4. If I create both large and thumbnail images for every product, does osc expect them all to be in one images folder? Or can I create sub-folders? If the latter, do I gang up the folders in the define function? Something like...

  define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_IMAGES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . '../images/imgs_lg', '../images/imgs_sm');

 

No.  If you want to use a special thumbnail contribution you will find various options in Contributions (link at top of page)

 

As you can probably guess from the above, I'm getting the old "Error: Catalog images directory does not exist: /catalog/images/". Of course, the directory does exist.

 

Set file permission on 'images' to 755

 

Thanks for any help you can offer.

 

Rob

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Vger

[rstevenson]

Thanks vger,

 

Unfortunately, I already have everything defined as you suggest. The images folder is 755, the path to it is defined in both catalog/includes/configure.php and catalog/admin/includes/configure.php as 'images/'. But I continue to get "Error: Catalog images directory does not exist: /catalog/images". Also, uploading an image for a new product has the effect of making the image disappear - it's nowhere to be found on the server when I FTP in to look for it and dosen't appear in the catalog.