A Few Good Quirks

[printpro]

Hi,

 

I'm very new to osC, but not to online sales (been at it since 1991 in CompuServe -- moved to the internet in 1994). However, this is the first shopping cart we've ever had and it can be quite daunting to a non-developer such as myself.

 

I've managed to hack my way through much of the code, but there are a few quirky items that I just can't seem to figure out:

 

1) I wrote a rewrite rule to force anyone trying to get to the admin pages to be directed to the SSL version. The code is (commented out):

 

# Options +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch -FollowSymLinks

# RewriteEngine On

# RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80

# RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /store/admin/

# RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.xxxxxx.com/$1 [R,L]

 

It works beautifully, except that the login fails ... so I guess not so beautifully after all :) The code is NOT in the store/catalog section, only in the main public_html sub.

 

Should I be adding this code to another .htaccess file in another subdirectory?

 

We do have an SSL Thawte cert, so that's not the issue.

 

2) The words BOX_HOMEPAGE show up when you place the mouse over one of the graphics and for the life of me, I can't figure out where it's being called from. I've checked the stylesheet and header.php, but can't find the alt= " BOX_HOMEPAGE " referenced anywhere.

 

I did a search for it before joining this forum and couldn't find anyone else referencing it either.

 

We did purchase a template, but template-help support can be just as hair-pulling at times.

 

Pardon the length of my first post, but wanted to be clear.

 

If it's necessary, the server has all the latest and greatest: MYSQL5 and PHP5 with osC's 2.2a (or whatever it's called for RC something).

 

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

[printpro]

2) The words BOX_HOMEPAGE show up when you place the mouse over one of the graphics and for the life of me, I can't figure out where it's being called from. I've checked the stylesheet and header.php, but can't find the alt= " BOX_HOMEPAGE " referenced anywhere.

 

I'm answering myself (I tend to do that often).

 

I couldn't find it because it wasn't defined so it's either a bug in osC or from those who created the template.

 

I defined it and all is well in our lovely new storefront :)

 

BUT ...

 

I have read just about all the other answers to the SSL situation (quite common I see) and none of the solutions offered seem to help me unfortunately.

 

Would this be server specific? Anyone out there? Hello? :)

 

Thanks again in advance for any help.