Yogi80 Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 I am new to OS Commerce and STS applications. Typically I can take html files and edit them in a application like front page and then upload the files to my web site. Is there an application that I should use to do the same with OC Commerce and STS files. I am unclear on this.
♥mdtaylorlrim Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 I am new to OS Commerce and STS applications. Typically I can take html files and edit them in a application like front page and then upload the files to my web site. Is there an application that I should use to do the same with OC Commerce and STS files. I am unclear on this. Use any editor that *will not* add anything to your code. Specifically, don't use any wysiwyg editors. Use plain text editors, or those capable of it. I like Arachnophilia. Community Bootstrap Edition, Edge Avoid the most asked question. See How to Secure My Site and How do I...?
Yogi80 Posted January 13, 2010 Author Posted January 13, 2010 Okay, I installed Arachnophilia. I am going to have to get used to it. In the mean time my home page is showing the following: Index of / * CHANGELOG * LICENSE * STANDARD * catalog/ * community_docs.pdf * configure.php * documentation.pdf * extras/ * upgrade.html No resemblance of an actual page - Any hints as to what may fix it?
♥mdtaylorlrim Posted January 13, 2010 Posted January 13, 2010 Okay, I installed Arachnophilia. I am going to have to get used to it. In the mean time my home page is showing the following: Index of / * CHANGELOG * LICENSE * STANDARD * catalog/ * community_docs.pdf * configure.php * documentation.pdf * extras/ * upgrade.html No resemblance of an actual page - Any hints as to what may fix it? Start over. What you have done is uploaded all the files from the root instead of from the catalog. If you want your site to be accessible from www.yoursite.com/catalog/ then upload the directory starting with the /catalog directory. If you want your site to be accessible from www.yoursite.com then upload the files and directories starting with the files in catalog. That is hard to explain....much less put into words.... Community Bootstrap Edition, Edge Avoid the most asked question. See How to Secure My Site and How do I...?
Yogi80 Posted January 13, 2010 Author Posted January 13, 2010 Well the way the OS Commerce admin panel is, I need to have the /catalog directory, however I do not want: Index of / * CHANGELOG * LICENSE * STANDARD * catalog/ * community_docs.pdf * configure.php * documentation.pdf * extras/ * upgrade.html I want it to go right to the catalog. Hmmmm....
MrPhil Posted January 14, 2010 Posted January 14, 2010 1. As you were told, avoid WYSIWYG editors at all costs. They'll gunk up your pages with junk. Learn to use a flat text editor. My favorite is ViM, and Notepad++ is also very popular. You will also need to learn to use an "FTP client" to transfer files up and down between your PC and your server. 2. The default installation of osC installs most of the shop into /catalog. If you are on a Linux server with Apache, you can "redirect" access from http://yourdomain.com/ to http://yourdomain.com/catalog/. It's usually in the ".htaccess" file -- ask your host for exact instructions. If all your configuration information for URLs (in the two "configure.php" files) is for http://yourdomain.com/, you can make it so that visitors never see the "/catalog" part. Since I don't know your setup, and you are obviously quite new at the webmaster game, I don't want to give specifics -- your hosting service should be guiding you, as they know your server much better than I do.
Yogi80 Posted January 14, 2010 Author Posted January 14, 2010 Mr. Phil, You are correct, I consider myself to the "Webmaster" gig. I have enough knowledge to be dangerous, but at the same time with actually getting involved and asking question can strengthen my knowledge base. I appreciate your reply and it makes absolute sense to look at the ".htaccess" file to see what directory my home url is pointed at. Also thank you for the wysiwyg advice...
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