What is the path ?

[yuande]

Hello,

on my first page of my catalog, there is a picture with links inside > theses links goes to products.

The path a gave to those links are : "..catalog/index.php?cPath=1_4" or ../catalog/index.php?cPath=1_8 ... but the complete adress should be with a lot of numbers behind index.php?cPath=1_4 something like index.php?cPath=1_4&osCsid=5e1fa401ccb8502e45856e779ae532ca

So, what kind of path should I give to my links ? If I have undesrtood the process, OsCommerce create a new path (I mean behind index.php?cPath=1_4) to every session, so the path behin is not always the same ... !? So, what should I write ? Or is there a php code to insert to the links to call the page ...? I`m a little lost :blush:

Thank you for your help ... :rolleyes:

[AlanR]

If you're always seeing all those "numbers" your configure file is set up incorrectly.

 

Setting up links is a topic we'll reserve for later.

[vasttech]

If you are just creating links to a product from outside your store, you do not need (in fact do not use) the session id. You can just link to the product as such with the /index.php?cPath=1_8 or whatever. However, if you are trying to create new links within your store use the tep_href_link function. That will add the proper session information to the url to ensure the customer's login/cart information stays with them.

 

Hope that makes sense.

[yuande]

If you're always seeing all those "numbers" your configure file is set up incorrectly.

 

what kind of ? I`d touched nothing in configure.php ?

 

use the tep_href_link function

 

where should I put this function ? The links are in an image on my catalog`s first page. ... I created these links via Image Map with Dreamweaver and placed it in index.php in the language folder :

 

define('TEXT_MAIN', '<div align=center> <img src="../catalog/images/accueil/accueilv4.gif" border="0" usemap="#Map">
<map name="Map">
 <area shape="rect" coords="292,77,401,185" href="../catalog/index.php?cPath=1_4">
 <area shape="rect" coords="407,78,515,187" href="../catalog/index.php?cPath=1_8">
 <area shape="rect" coords="520,79,624,186" href="../catalog/index.php?cPath=1_126">
 <area shape="rect" coords="631,77,731,187" href="../catalog/index.php?cPath=1_16">
 <area shape="rect" coords="14,162,236,362" href="../catalog/create_account.php">
</map></div>');

 

so, where should I put the function ?

Thank you ..

 

:thumbsup:

[Phosky]

Hi!

 

Verify that in your catalog/includes/configure.php, the cookies are as this:

 

define('HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'www.YOURDOMAIN.com');
define('HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'www.YOURDOMAIN.com');
define('HTTP_COOKIE_PATH', '/');
define('HTTPS_COOKIE_PATH', '/');

 

This code is if your "start folder" is in root. If your catalog is in the folder "catalog", you must will add the word "catalog" in the cookie_path:

 

define('HTTP_COOKIE_PATH', '/catalog/');

 

Now, for to see the changes, in firefox push SHIFT and clic Refresh (without release shift), and in explorer push CONTROL and refresh (or Shift).