Replacing the old index.html with my new store

[pete2007]

I have been designing a oscommerce website for several weeks now, and its virtually finished now.

 

Since the started I drawup a one page html 'This site is under construction' just to let my visitors that my website is coming soon.

 

What I need to know is where about do I move all the oscommerce files within file manager in order for it to replace my temp under construction html page? So that my oscommerce online store would be the first page visitors see once they visit my domain?

 

Also shall I remove my old index.html 'under construction' page?

 

Any help or advice would be mostly appreiated!

[jhande]

Hey Peter,

 

By default osC wants to be installed on the server with a folder structure as - www.yoursite.com/catalog/index.php

When someone types in your URL - www.yoursite.com they are actually sent to www.yoursite.com/index.html.

 

One solution is to keep an intro page at www.yoursite.com/index.html with a link to /catalog/ or...

Restructure osC's linking and install it without the catalog folder and directly into your public_html folder. There has been discussions here regarding this topic, I have not followed them.

Or you can setup a redirect at your host so when someone types in www.yoursite.com they will be redirected to www.yoursite.com/catalog/index.php.

 

Personally I haven't tried any other than the default option.

For ease of installation I went with the default and an intro page.

Visitors can bookmark either or both pages.

[candycanuck]

I have been designing a oscommerce website for several weeks now, and its virtually finished now.

 

Since the started I drawup a one page html 'This site is under construction' just to let my visitors that my website is coming soon.

 

What I need to know is where about do I move all the oscommerce files within file manager in order for it to replace my temp under construction html page? So that my oscommerce online store would be the first page visitors see once they visit my domain?

 

Also shall I remove my old index.html 'under construction' page?

 

Any help or advice would be mostly appreiated!

 

If you want your customer to be dropped directly into your shop, then just install all the contents that are currently in your catalog directory, directly in your root directory. This is how mine is set up with no difficulties and no recoding required.

 

Your index.html should either be removed or a redirect added to send visitors to index.php

[candycanuck]

I have been designing a oscommerce website for several weeks now, and its virtually finished now.

 

Since the started I drawup a one page html 'This site is under construction' just to let my visitors that my website is coming soon.

 

What I need to know is where about do I move all the oscommerce files within file manager in order for it to replace my temp under construction html page? So that my oscommerce online store would be the first page visitors see once they visit my domain?

 

Also shall I remove my old index.html 'under construction' page?

 

Any help or advice would be mostly appreiated!

 

If you want your customer to be dropped directly into your shop, then just install all the contents that are currently in your catalog directory, directly in your root directory. This is how mine is set up with no difficulties and no recoding required.

 

Since some visitors may have bookmarked your html site, you may wish to have a redirect to index.php ... or you may wish to have a notice & link so they know the home page has moved.

[pete2007]

Or you can setup a redirect at your host so when someone types in www.yoursite.com they will be redirected to www.yoursite.com/catalog/index.php.

 

Thanks for all the replys

 

I think the safest option is the URL redirection, my store is currently setup under template12345/osc/index.php

 

Would it be ok to rename the ' template12345' folder without any difficulties / no recoding ?

[Gauravs]

Would it be ok to rename the ' template12345' folder without any difficulties / no recoding ?

You would have to modify configure.php, else the site would go down.

 

I personally advice that it is always good to have a index.html page (instead of taking a user to cart)

a. With a landing page, optimized with keywords, you have a better chance in Search Engines to get more traffic.

b. Whenever you need to turn off the site for maint... your users still come to your index page and read what you do and why or when they should come back.

c. While cart contents remain similar over the period of time, you can always keep modifying index.html to promote new products, inform users etc - without bothering about coding issues on the cart.

 

HTH

[pete2007]

You would have to modify configure.php, else the site would go down.

 

I have just renamed the folders name, and edited configure.php, but I can't seem to access my admin/index.php 'Page is not found' what do I need to edit it get this working?

[Gauravs]

There are 2 configure.php - and the changes have to be made in both.

 

Cheers

GS

[pete2007]

Done! Thanks for the helpful advice!!!