problem with paths

[squarede]

I have just migrated my site to a new server and am having a very frustrating problem with my product paths that i can not figure out.

Everything about my site works fine EXCEPT when I try to open a catalog page the site attempts to log on to a page that has a duplicate website address listed in the browser bar like this - https://squaredealfarm.org/osCommerce/catalog/squaredealfarm.org/osCommerce/catalog/?cPath=28&osCsid=pai6u5tdbrbutq6uu97ng9e3u4 - I would appreciate any help tracking this down.

Thanks,

Ray

[Jack_mcs]

It's most likely due to your includes/configure.php file not being setup correctly. This thread explains how to set it up.

[squarede]

It's most likely due to your includes/configure.php file not being setup correctly. This thread explains how to set it up.

 

Thanks Jack, I have been pouring over the 2 config files for two days trying different set ups -to no avail. The problem seems simple, but really has me stumped

Ray

[♥mdtaylorlrim]

It would help us if we had your site address so we could see it for ourselves.

[squarede]

It would help us if we had your site address so we could see it for ourselves.

so sorry, I thought I posted it above:

 

https://squaredealfarm.org/osCommerce/catalog

 

Thanks,

Ray

[♥FWR Media]

so sorry, I thought I posted it above:

 

https://squaredealfarm.org/osCommerce/catalog

 

Thanks,

Ray

 

As long as you are using tep_href_link and not hardcoded html links I'm certain it is your includes/configure.php file .. post it here but leave out the private DB information and XXX out the server path.

 

As an addition it is madness to have a whole site run on https .. it is very slow .. hard for bots to index and thoroughly unnecessary.

[squarede]

Here is our configure file.

 

<?php

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'squaredealfarm.org');

define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://squaredealfarm.org');

define('ENABLE_SSL', true);

define('HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'squaredealfarm.org');

define('HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'https://squaredealfarm.org');

define('HTTP_COOKIE_PATH', '/osCommerce/catalog/');

define('HTTPS_COOKIE_PATH', '/osCommerce/catalog/');

define('DIR_WS_HTTP_CATALOG', '/osCommerce/catalog/');

define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/osCommerce/catalog/');

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', '/web/squaredealfarm.org/www/osCommerce/catalog/');

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

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

 

define('DB_SERVER', 'xxxxxxxxxxxxx');

define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', 'xxxxxxxxxxx');

define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', 'xxxxxxxxxx');

define('DB_DATABASE', 'xxxxxxxxxxxx');

define('USE_PCONNECT', 'false');

define('STORE_SESSIONS', 'mysql');

?>

 

Robert, We have never run our site on a ssl before, but a hack is what lead us down this path of having to rebuild and I am a little gun shy now that we are going live again.

 

Thanks for your help.

 

Ray

[♥FWR Media]

Here is our configure file.

 

<?php

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'squaredealfarm.org');

define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://squaredealfarm.org');

define('ENABLE_SSL', true);

define('HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'squaredealfarm.org');

define('HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'https://squaredealfarm.org');

define('HTTP_COOKIE_PATH', '/osCommerce/catalog/');

define('HTTPS_COOKIE_PATH', '/osCommerce/catalog/');

define('DIR_WS_HTTP_CATALOG', '/osCommerce/catalog/');

define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/osCommerce/catalog/');

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', '/web/squaredealfarm.org/www/osCommerce/catalog/');

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

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

 

define('DB_SERVER', 'xxxxxxxxxxxxx');

define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', 'xxxxxxxxxxx');

define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', 'xxxxxxxxxx');

define('DB_DATABASE', 'xxxxxxxxxxxx');

define('USE_PCONNECT', 'false');

define('STORE_SESSIONS', 'mysql');

?>

 

Robert, We have never run our site on a ssl before, but a hack is what lead us down this path of having to rebuild and I am a little gun shy now that we are going live again.

 

Thanks for your help.

 

Ray

 

The path didn't look right in DIR_FS_CATALOG so I replaced it with (what I believe to be) a platform independent dynamic replacement (this should really be a full path).

 

<?php
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://squaredealfarm.org');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://squaredealfarm.org');
define('ENABLE_SSL', false);
define('HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN', '.squaredealfarm.org');
define('HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN', '.squaredealfarm.org');
define('HTTP_COOKIE_PATH', '/osCommerce/catalog/');
define('HTTPS_COOKIE_PATH', '/osCommerce/catalog/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTP_CATALOG', '/osCommerce/catalog/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/osCommerce/catalog/');
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', str_replace( DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, '/', realpath( '.' ) ) . '/' );
define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'download/');
define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'pub/');

define('DB_SERVER', 'xxxxxxxxxxxxx');
define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', 'xxxxxxxxxxx');
define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', 'xxxxxxxxxx');
define('DB_DATABASE', 'xxxxxxxxxxxx');
define('USE_PCONNECT', 'false');
define('STORE_SESSIONS', 'mysql');
?>

[squarede]

Robert- Thank you for looking at this. The path is indeed correct, but i was finally able to address this by changing the

 

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://squaredealfarm.org');

 

to

 

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'squaredealfarm.org');

 

that seemed to do the trick and I am off and running. thank you again,

 

Ray

[♥FWR Media]

Robert- Thank you for looking at this. The path is indeed correct, but i was finally able to address this by changing the

 

 

 

to

 

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'squaredealfarm.org');

 

that seemed to do the trick and I am off and running. thank you again,

 

Ray

 

Well that is wrong Ray .. it should be ..

 

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://squaredealfarm.org');

 

If that doesn't work then you have made allowances for the incorrect entry in function tep_href_link() which I would advise you to change back to standard.

[squarede]

?>

<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">

<tr class="header">

<td valign="middle" align="center"> <?php echo '<a href="http://squaredealfarm.org"' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT) . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'SDFLOGO.jpg', 'Square Deal Farm') . '</a>'; ?></td>

 

</tr>

 

Robert is this code from header.php what you are referring to? I did change this to allow my logo to appear at the top of the page and also be a link back to my home page.

 

http://squaredealfarm.org/osCommerce/catalog

 

Thanks,

Ray

[♥FWR Media]

?>

<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">

<tr class="header">

<td valign="middle" align="center"> <?php echo '<a href="http://squaredealfarm.org"' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT) . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'SDFLOGO.jpg', 'Square Deal Farm') . '</a>'; ?></td>

 

</tr>

 

Robert is this code from header.php what you are referring to? I did change this to allow my logo to appear at the top of the page and also be a link back to my home page.

 

http://squaredealfarm.org/osCommerce/catalog

 

Thanks,

Ray

 

Well that is a very good example of wrong Ray yes .. it should be just ..

<?php echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT) . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'SDFLOGO.jpg', 'Square Deal Farm') . '</a>'; ?>

 

The tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT) will produce ..

 

http://squaredealfarm.org/index.php

[squarede]

Well that is a very good example of wrong Ray yes .. it should be just ..

<?php echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT) . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'SDFLOGO.jpg', 'Square Deal Farm') . '</a>'; ?>

 

The tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT) will produce ..

 

http://squaredealfarm.org/index.php

 

Robert, since I am a farmer rather than a programmer and tend to take the baling wire and duct tape approach on anything but machinery, I am sure that you are correct.

 

However, I did try your code and could not get it to work. Since my code works, would you please explain why it is wrong?

 

Thank you, Ray

[♥FWR Media]

Robert, since I am a farmer rather than a programmer and tend to take the baling wire and duct tape approach on anything but machinery, I am sure that you are correct.

 

However, I did try your code and could not get it to work. Since my code works, would you please explain why it is wrong?

 

Thank you, Ray

 

Don't know about baling wire but duct tape and WD40 are the answers to the problems of the universe .. everyone knows that .. even techies :)

 

Jokes aside it is just that HTTP_SERVER and HTTPS_SERVER should always have the full http address e.g.

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://squaredealfarm.org');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://squaredealfarm.org');

[squarede]

OK Robert, that works, and thanks you for your explanation, patience and assistance.

 

One question. I actually want the image to link to http://squaredealfarm.org. However, the link now points to http://squaredealfarm.org/osCommerce/catalog. I'm sure that you know why this is happening -care to share?

Ray

[♥FWR Media]

OK Robert, that works, and thanks you for your explanation, patience and assistance.

 

One question. I actually want the image to link to http://squaredealfarm.org. However, the link now points to http://squaredealfarm.org/osCommerce/catalog. I'm sure that you know why this is happening -care to share?

Ray

 

The image link is based on the shop link so if the shop link is ..

 

http://squaredealfarm.org/osCommerce/catalog/

 

the image link must be (as the above is the root of your site and the image folder within it) ..

 

http://squaredealfarm.org/osCommerce/catalog/images/

[squarede]

Thank you Robert.

Ray

[♥FWR Media]

** duplicate real post below **

[♥FWR Media]

Thank you Robert.

Ray

 

My pleasure Ray

 

Oh and in the "answers to the problems of the universe" I omitted mole clamps which surely was remiss of me :)

 

(you never choose to use them but always end up doing so)