Category links not valid

[Meanteam]

Hi, I'm in the process of configuring a new site.

 

When on the homepage, all category links are listed as:

 

http://www.******.com/home/sites/******.co...dex.php?cPath=5

 

However, if you click on a product on the homepage, on the resulting page (product_info.php) all links are correct:

 

http://www.******.com/osc/index.php?cPath=4

 

I've tried changing all of the values in both configure.php files that contained the full path but it seems to have no effect.

 

Config files:

 

Here is includes/configure.php:

 

<?php

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.****.com');

define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'http://www.****.com');

define('ENABLE_SSL', false);

define('HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'www.****.com');

define('HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'www.****.com');

define('HTTP_COOKIE_PATH', '/osc/');

define('HTTPS_COOKIE_PATH', '/osc/');

define('DIR_WS_HTTP_CATALOG', '/osc/');

define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/osc/');

define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');

define('DIR_WS_ICONS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'icons/');

define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');

define('DIR_WS_BOXES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'boxes/');

define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');

define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');

define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');

define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');

 

define('DIR_WS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', 'pub/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '');

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'download/');

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'pub/');

 

define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost');

define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', '****');

define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', '****');

define('DB_DATABASE', '****');

define('USE_PCONNECT', 'false');

define('STORE_SESSIONS', 'mysql');

?>

 

and here is admin/includes/configure.php:

 

<?php

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.****.com');

define('HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER', 'http://www.****.com');

define('HTTPS_CATALOG_SERVER', 'http://www.****.com');

define('ENABLE_SSL_CATALOG', 'false');

define('DIR_FS_DOCUMENT_ROOT', '');

define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/osc/admin/');

define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', '/home/sites/****.com/public_html/osc/admin/');

define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/osc/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '');

define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');

define('DIR_WS_ICONS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'icons/');

define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_IMAGES', DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'images/');

define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');

define('DIR_WS_BOXES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'boxes/');

define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');

define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');

define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');

define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');

define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'includes/languages/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_LANGUAGES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'includes/languages/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_IMAGES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'images/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_MODULES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'includes/modules/');

define('DIR_FS_BACKUP', DIR_FS_ADMIN . 'backups/');

 

define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost');

define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', '****');

define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', '****');

define('DB_DATABASE', '****');

define('USE_PCONNECT', 'false');

define('STORE_SESSIONS', 'mysql');

?>

 

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

[Gauravs]

Values in Config files are correct, so this is not arising out of configuration.

Can you give the proper link - and also check if you are using any redirect etc using .htaccess

[Meanteam]

Thanks for the reply.

 

I've figured out what the problem is but it opens up a new question. Yesterday whilst looking through the various admin pages, I enabled caching.

 

Because this is a shared host, I changed the cache folder from /tmp/ to /home/sites/****.com/public_html/osc/cache/.

 

This must be wear the rogue links are coming from. So, my questions are:

 

a) does caching offer much benefit

B) is it okay to use in a shared environment where surely /tmp/ is likely to be a shared folder?

c) if I should be using it, how could I correctly configure it so as not to cause the link problem I have experienced.

 

Many thanks in advance.