Exaktor Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Hi, I want my domain to redirect to www.mydomain.com/catalog. I want the domain to redirect to a folder called catalog how do i do that. And in some topic they said open index.php but i already have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 at your host cpanel or vdec go to setting and redirect.Give a path to your web site(http://mydomain.com/catalog/). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spax Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Why not just have the store open from the root directory. i.e. Take it out of the catalog directory. No need for a redirect then - much better for SEO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Another thing that you could do is make a splash screen for your site. Kind of like a book cover. It will go first to your www.site_name.com which has the general greeting and everything, then when they click anywhere one the site, they get directed to the catalog, or shop. That's my plan at least. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Crusher] Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Hi, htaccess Redirect permanent /index.php http://www.yourdomain.com/catalog www.yourdomain.com -> www.yourdomain.com/catalog place .htaccess and (a dummy) index.php in "/". index.php can be empty or just a copy of /cartalog/index.php Public can't open /index.php. They will be redirected to /catalog/index.php. So you can use any index.php. htm index files are still reachable with "www.yourdomain.com/index.hml or www.yourdomain.com/index.hm". (i hope so...) greetz Crusher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exaktor Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share Posted October 19, 2007 Is it better to redirect or to put it without catalog folder and no redirect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Is it better to redirect or to put it without catalog folder and no redirect? Doesn't matter. Just remember that if you do it without the catalog folder you'll have to change the configure.php files in the includes and admin/includes folders as well. Think of it as expressing your artistic side. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exaktor Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share Posted October 19, 2007 Doesn't matter. Just remember that if you do it without the catalog folder you'll have to change the configure.php files in the includes and admin/includes folders as well. Think of it as expressing your artistic side. ;-) What in the configure.php and admin/includes have i to change, is it nothing more to change? Wich one do you think is good for beginner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Sooner or latter you will have to learn about how the store works.Redirecting it is the easy way to go, but then you will not learn much.Playin with configure.php will give to you some understanding how it works.Sometimes the "hard way" it is the best way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 For a beginner, I would stick with the redirect. It's a quick band-aid for what you already have, and can actually improve your site if you set it up right. All that you would really have to do is create a regular html page, center the page, then put in an image link like this: <a href="www.mys_site.com/catalog"><img src="location/of/my/pic.jpg" border="0"></a> You can make the picture as big as you want, or include a greeting or some kind at the beginning. It's all up to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exaktor Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share Posted October 19, 2007 My file name is not catalog the name is OSC, is it ok to change it to catalog it will not make any changes? And can you write to me the redirect code so i use it Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spax Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 If you have no intention of using the root directory for anything else, there is absolutely no logical reason for having your store in a sub-directory and using a redirect. Shift the contents up one level and remove any instance of "OSC" from the 2 configure files. Just make copies of the configure files prior so you have a fallback if you make a mistake. Definately, for certain, under no circumstances do you want a splash page with a link. They are very annoying, will lose you visitors and aren't SEO friendly. If for some reason you need to redirect and you are on an Apache server, use the .htaccess method as posted earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exaktor Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share Posted October 19, 2007 If you have no intention of using the root directory for anything else, there is absolutely no logical reason for having your store in a sub-directory and using a redirect. Shift the contents up one level and remove any instance of "OSC" from the 2 configure files. Just make copies of the configure files prior so you have a fallback if you make a mistake. Definately, for certain, under no circumstances do you want a splash page with a link. They are very annoying, will lose you visitors and aren't SEO friendly. If for some reason you need to redirect and you are on an Apache server, use the .htaccess method as posted earlier. If i don't redirect it, is only the configure.php i have to change or more files? If more files can you please write and only configure.php can you say exactly what in configure.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spax Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 It can be a bit time consuming, depending on what options your host or your FTP client affords you. You need to move everything that is now in your OSC directory, into the root directory (that is the directory OSC sits in now.) To do that, you either download the entire store (the contents of OSC) onto your hard drive and then upload them again, to the root directory. Or, if your FTP client supports it, you can move the contents from OSC into root. If you need to download the contents, look in your host's control panel for an option to zip (compress) them. This will make it easier to download but you will have to unzip them once you upload again. Once you have done that, open in turn, includes/configure.php and then admin/includes/configure.php in your text editor, remove any instance you see of OSC and upload them to their correct directories. Do them one at a time to avoid confusion. Also, make a copy of each before you attempt any changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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