hogiedada Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 How does one use all of the configuration files for the shop in another directory... I want to use the cart application in other folders and not just in the "shop" folder. For example: I have a folder on my root called "eCards". A default.php file in this folder calls require('../shop/includes/application_top.php'); It works fine in the "shop" folder but when relative paths are corrected for the other folder I end up with this error: Fatal error: Failed opening required 'includes/configure.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/shop/public_html/shop/includes/application_top.php on line 34 I'd like to keep my folder structure in tact as there are many files to administer. Cheers My Epitaph: "I use to have intestinal fortitude." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Lescuyer Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 You can use any folder name you want. Just set the path in includes/configure.php, in admin and catalog. Christian Lescuyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricPrice Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 I believe what he is really wanting to do is something akin to what I did on MY site. (This is a live site BTW, so please dont tinker) http://www.dragonscalecounters.com The root has a structure like that of the actual store, which is at http://www.dragonscalecounters.com/catalog. My solution was rather painful. Configure.php and the definitions in application_top.php step all over each other when you try to reference them from other directories. What I ended up doing is copying the pieces necessary to duplicate the look (all of which reside in the includes directory) down into the root of my site. Then I edited the hell out of them to recreate the look. One problem that remains for me is the definitions for the catalog. I had to turn off caching to keep the catalog menu working correctly. :( I'd love to see someone write a addon or SOMETHING that would allow the rest of the site to keep a consistent look. Eric Price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Lescuyer Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 Oh. I see. Depending on your need, you might be able to use the URL rewrite feature of Apache (if you're using Apache, that is). It's very powerful, but might not be what you're after. Christian Lescuyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogiedada Posted January 30, 2003 Author Share Posted January 30, 2003 Eric hit the nail on the head.... it sounds like a lot of work to have different cart files in each directory other than the catalog directory. For now I guess everything will have to remain in the catalog directory. Arghhh. I'll try and fool around with it a bit but I am quite new to OSCommerce. Cheers My Epitaph: "I use to have intestinal fortitude." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricPrice Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 It is a tremendous amount of coding. I had considered rewriting oscommerce to be an entire website software package instead of just the store, but since I already have a day job AND a business, I doubt I have the time. The multi-lingual capabilities make OSC a great template for creating an entire multi-lingual website, complete with online store. Getting it done would require significant work though... :( Eric Price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogiedada Posted January 31, 2003 Author Share Posted January 31, 2003 I think this may do what I need: In the configure file change define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/'); to define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', '../catalog/includes/'); In the application_top file change require('includes/configure.php'); to require('../catalog/includes/configure.php'); So far no errors.... Kick Ass My Epitaph: "I use to have intestinal fortitude." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricPrice Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 This type of definition wouldnt work for me because I wanted to have multiple folders at varying levels. For example, I needed www.dragonscalecounters.com www.dragonscalecounters.com/catalog www.dragonscalecounters.com/pressreleases (with folders underneath) Im pretty sure when I started putting stuff in the root folder it balked, because it was trying to point to some nonexistent place to look for its files... Oh well. Im working for the moment. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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