Internal Page Links

[lsamp]

I just transfered my Oscommerce site to a new web host. They have the domain set up so it technically does not include the "www". So now when I go to my domain: http://www.flintriverranchdogfood.net, the internal pages do not include the "www" at the beginning.

 

ie. http://flintriverranchdogfood.net/catalog/

 

What do I change to make the "www" be included in the internal page links? The new web host says that I just need to make a change to a file. Anyone know waht change I need to make to which file? My SEO company says that not having the www negatively affects the site ranking.

 

THANKS!

[Guest]

catalog/includes/configure.php

[lsamp]

catalog/includes/configure.php

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Yes, I tried that. What specifically needs to be changed? This is what I have now:

 

<?php

/*

$Id: configure.php,v 1.14 2003/07/09 01:15:48 hpdl Exp $

 

osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions

http://www.oscommerce.com

 

Copyright © 2003 osCommerce

 

Released under the GNU General Public License

*/

 

// Define the webserver and path parameters

// * DIR_FS_* = Filesystem directories (local/physical)

// * DIR_WS_* = Webserver directories (virtual/URL)

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.flintriverranchdogfood.net'); // eg, http://localhost - should not be empty for productive servers

define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.flintriverranchdogfood.net'); // eg, https://localhost - should not be empty for productive servers

define('ENABLE_SSL', true); // secure webserver for checkout procedure?

define('HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'http://www.flintriverranchdogfood.net');

define('HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN', '');

define('HTTP_COOKIE_PATH', '');

define('HTTPS_COOKIE_PATH', '');

define('DIR_WS_HTTP_CATALOG', 'http://www.flintriverranchdogfood.net/');

define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');

define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');

define('DIR_WS_ICONS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'icons/');

define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');

define('DIR_WS_BOXES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'boxes/');

define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');

define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');

define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');

define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');

 

define('DIR_WS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', 'pub/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', dirname($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_FILENAME']));

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'download/');

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'pub/');

 

// define our database connection

define('DB_SERVER', ''); // eg, localhost - should not be empty for productive servers

define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', '');

define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', '');

define('DB_DATABASE', 'osCommerce');

define('USE_PCONNECT', 'false'); // use persistent connections?

define('STORE_SESSIONS', ''); // leave empty '' for default handler or set to 'mysql'

?>

[lsamp]

Can anyone help with this? Please?

[Guest]

Try this - - (I wish I hadn't temporarily nuked my testing server or I'd try this myself before suggesting it.)

  define('HTTP_COOKIE_PATH', '/');
 define('HTTPS_COOKIE_PATH', '/');
 define('DIR_WS_HTTP_CATALOG', '/');
 define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');

 

-jared

[lsamp]

Try this - - (I wish I hadn't temporarily nuked my testing server or I'd try this myself before suggesting it.)

 ?define('HTTP_COOKIE_PATH', '/');
?define('HTTPS_COOKIE_PATH', '/');
?define('DIR_WS_HTTP_CATALOG', '/');
?define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');

 

-jared

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Thanks, Jared, for getting back to me. It turns out that the problem had to do with how Oscommerce is set up on the web host. I used their auto install feature, and they actually keep their configure.php file in a local folder under includes. (catalog/includes/local/configure.php). That's why when I uploaded my previous install and made the changes to catalog/includes/configure.php it did nothing.

[Guest]

That makes me wonder what else they've changed. the "local" directory is not a standard place to keep these files.

 

I'd reinstall with "standard" osCommerce.

 

-jared