Copied OSCommerce from ftp of my site

[Anonymous]

Is this ok? Will it mess anything up?

My host provider installed OSCommerce on my site, but not my clients.

TIA

[modom]

Hi,

Is what ok? Can you be a little more detailed?

[Anonymous]

I wanted to know if copying all of the files from one site to another would be ok. I learned that no, it is not ok......it is referring everything back to the original site.

oops......

[Anonymous]

Hi,

You can copy sites from one place to another. I do it all the time.

You have to alter the catalog and admin includes configure.php files.

Melinda

[Anonymous]

Hi Melinda,

Thanks.

I wonder what I did wrong? When I go into the directory of the new site, everything goes back to the 1st site.
Could you please explain step by step on how to copy it over?

Thanks again.

[|3ackdraft]

If everything is going back to your previous site you did not update your config files.

for starters open up your catalog configure.php (located in the includes directory)

locate this line:

// * DIR_WS_* = Webserver directories (virtual/URL)

the next line below this will contain the url of your catalog ie http://www.yourserver.com

the line after that is the address to your secure server.

now you need to locate

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

the following line contains the path to your catalog
if you dont know your path contact your administrator, if you have telnet or ssh login, then navigate to your directory then type "pwd"

that should take care of the catalog config file, all you have to do is find those lines in the admin config file and make the correct changes.

HTH