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best way to "start over"?


charlieb in ct

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I'm having big time problems... I make the slightest change to the languages\english\index.php and my home page goes "blank".

 

I would like to delete everything and start over.

 

what is the best way to do this? just delete the "shop" folder that shows up in both the httpdoc and httpsdoc folders?

 

thanks

 

charlie

Posted

You can do that but the configure files would be deleted. So unless you know how to set those up, be sure to make a copy of them first. But doing all of that is not likely to dix the problem. It sounds like you are editing incorrectly. If you have made mistakes in the edit that you want to replace, then just replace all of the files in the root and the languages directories, then you don't need to worry about the configure files.

 

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One thing about php is you can not use words like can't and would be can\t

 

Download PsPad http://www.pspad.com/en/

to edit your php files, when you have made a mistake in php it will change the color of your code alerting you that something is wrong.

 

 

 

You can do that but the configure files would be deleted. So unless you know how to set those up, be sure to make a copy of them first. But doing all of that is not likely to dix the problem. It sounds like you are editing incorrectly. If you have made mistakes in the edit that you want to replace, then just replace all of the files in the root and the languages directories, then you don't need to worry about the configure files.

 

Jack

Posted
One thing about php is you can not use words like can't and would be can\t

 

Download PsPad http://www.pspad.com/en/

to edit your php files, when you have made a mistake in php it will change the color of your code alerting you that something is wrong.

 

thanks.. I'll download that editor...

 

I'm not making a mistake when I edit .. something else is wrong ... for example ... one of the sentences that is in the default home page .. if I change the word "the" to "th" ... and save it, then I get the problem of the home page not showing up. I had done a bunch of edits prior to this problem without causing this.

 

I do see that the same set of files show up in my regular "shop" folder... but also a duplicate set in the https "secure" shop folder. The file manager that comes with the package ( the host I'm using is www.globat.com) is what I'm using to do the edits and it edits the files in the regular "shop" folder. ..... could this be part of the problem?

 

Since I just started configuring, I'm not worried about deleting everything and starting over.

 

thanks

charlie

Posted

using a hosting provided editor is the root of your problem. It will strip php coding and cause issues. It is a html editor.

 

You should edit on your home computer using somethins like PsPad of php designer and then upload.

Posted
using a hosting provided editor is the root of your problem. It will strip php coding and cause issues. It is a html editor.

 

You should edit on your home computer using somethins like PsPad of php designer and then upload.

 

thank you... I'll give that a try...

 

 

also, should I download oscommerce from this site or should I continue to use the one supplied via Globat.com?

 

thanks

 

charlie

Posted

What version are they using?

 

Login to admin and find out.

 

If out of date then update.

 

Down load your catalog from here. Be advised that some hosts have moved the admin folder so check the file structure and if different from oscommerce download then you should download from your host, after you have updated if needed.

Posted
What version are they using?

 

Login to admin and find out.

 

If out of date then update.

 

Down load your catalog from here. Be advised that some hosts have moved the admin folder so check the file structure and if different from oscommerce download then you should download from your host, after you have updated if needed.

 

oscommerce 2.2-ms2

php version 4.3.6

is this OK?

 

also, I'm still unable to set "777" on configure.php ... my ftp does not give me that option...any suggestions?

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