WAMP5 configuration

[jay3wpb]

I have jumped through many hoops and read countless forums, Now I think I am at the last step of setting up

oscommerce locally using Wamp5. I have used the default installlation of Wamp5 and a moderately upgraded oscommerce site. Alot of the Admin pages seem to be working because of alot of tinkering. The Catalog does not come up. (Except for the header). I get this error when looking at the catalog in the admin section:

Error: Catalog images directory does not exist: /catalog/images/

and this in the Tools/Backups section in admin:

Error: Backup directory does not exist. Please set this in configure.php.

Can someone please send what both oscommerce configure.php files are supposed to look like when using

Wamp5. Thanks

[spax]

Being as this is on your local server and you can have as many stores as you want, I would just create a new store. Then you would have 2 configure files, with all the correct information, apart from whatever new name you give to catalog and a different database name.

 

As for the backups directory, just go into the admin folder, create a new folder within and name it backups, job done.

[jay3wpb]

I have added alot of contributions to the current store, so I want to stick with it.

I'm fairly certain my problems will be solved once I have the settings for both:

 

catalog/includes/configure.php

catalog/admin/includes/configure.php

 

I will try your suggestion about the backups spax. But I would still appreciate it if someone who is using WAMP5

and oscommerce would post what these two files look like, just so i can have a better idea of what i am doing.

Through trial and error with these files, so far I have gotten the admin to almost totally work, but I may also be causing unforseen problems as I have no clue. Any help on this one is greatly appreciated.

[♥Vger]

Your http server address will be http://localhost, your DIR_WS_CATALOG pathway will be /catalog/ (assuming you created the site in a folder called 'catalog' in the root of your server e.g. htdocs, webpages etc.)

 

Your DIR_FS_CATALOG pathway will be the physical pathway to your catalog folder e.g. c:/wamp/htdocs/catalog/ (replace with your own)

 

Your other problems are to do with not having created those folders, or else not having read permissions on them.

 

Vger

[spax]

I wasn't telling you to change your store, I was telling you an easy way of getting 2 correct configure files.

[jay3wpb]

Oh, Sorry Spax, I misunderstood. Took your advice on the backup situation and that worked thanks.

Can you explain further how to get those config files, as I have messed with those files alot and would like to be sure all settings are correct.

Also I did what Vger said and it solved most of my other problems, I can now see most of my website.

Only 2 problems that I can see:

 

1. I can see all of my categories of products, but when I get to the products them selves I get the following message:

1054 - Unknown column 'p.products_id' in 'on clause'

 

select count(p.products_id) as total from products_description pd, products p left join manufacturers m on p.manufacturers_id = m.manufacturers_id, products_to_categories p2c left join specials s on p.products_id = s.products_id where p.products_status = '1' and p.products_id = p2c.products_id and pd.products_id = p2c.products_id and pd.language_id = '1' and p2c.categories_id = '46'

 

2. When I go to check out it connects to the secureserver online.

 

Thank You both for responding so fast, I usually get my answers from reading the forums. I forgot asking was an option.

[♥Vger]

1054 - Unknown column 'p.products_id' in 'on clause'

 

Check that your database installed correctly - with all tables present that should be there.

 

Vger

[jay3wpb]

Hello,

I've been doing a little reading and I think that since Wamp uses php5, I either need to

install the new milestone or the contribution for upgrading. As I said earlier my site has a few contributions:

(image thumbnail galery, and a few SEO contribs). I do not know how to reinstall and keep my old store, and the contribution for upgrading says you need to reinstall. Some guidance please and thank you very much.