Change root directory for /catalog after installation???

[xavier_8_29_98]

Hi,

I installed 2.2CVS a few weeks ago. After I started to design the site, I realized that instead of www.solo5reminders.com/catalog/default.php I preferred everything at the root (solo5reminders.com/default.php).

The problem is that I have organized several categories and uploaded 40 or so products. How do I make the move without messing up the paths throughout the site?

Thanks,
Kimberly

[michael_s]

Products/category paths are all dynamic, so as long as you update the configure.php to reflect the correct location of the catalog files, all will be fine. In other words, remove all references to /catalog in your configure.php.

[DebbieG]

I have been at this for days!! I have read everything I can in the forums and nothing seem to helps. I am trying to get my site to show up with www.mysite.com instead of www.mysite.com/catalog. If you can PLEASE help......I am ready to go live, but want to fix this first. I think I really messed up because nothing I do seems to work!!!

Thanks in Advance,
Debbie

[michael_s]

All you have to do is move all files up one level in the dir tree. Instead of everything in /catalog, move it all to /public_html.

Then change both configure.php files, removing all path references to /catalog

[DebbieG]

I moved all my files to public_html and removed all references to catalog in my configure.php files. And then I lost my entire site! It had 12 warnings and and fatal errors. Most of them relating to my application_top.php file.

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required 'includes/application_top.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/thingsud/public_html/catalog/index.php on line 13

I tried taking this line:

require ('includes/application_top.php');

and adding this:

('includes/application_top.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php'));

but I get a parse error. I have changed it a hundred times, but cannot figure it out.

Please Help
Debbie

[michael_s]

DebbieG, change the line you modified to the original. The problem is not that line. The problem is you made a mistake in your path. Be sure you have the path correct. That is the problem. If you do not understand relative and absolute paths, you will have trouble with this. It is really a simple 2 minute operation to move the site up the directory tree. You just made a mistake somewhere in the configure.php file.

[jpf]

Install the orginal backup (I hope you have one) of BOTH configure.php then change all refernces to '/catalog/' to '/'

Fixed!