x9200 wrote:I still do not understand what have your tried to do... upgrade to a newer version?
ksl wrote:Update! More damage than i realised on the cart, in the end, it was quicker to delete with a clean install, than discover breaks. Also one bad thing about using simple scripts supplied by Hosts is that they do not always uninstall all the files. I discovered the MYSQL database in the home
??? What kind of OS platform is your host? Windows? Unix-like?
ksl wrote:
directory, which was preventing new installs from working correctly, links couldn't be repaired because of it. Well it's all a positive learning experience. Host has admitted to problems on the shared server and suggests a fixed IP, which i will have of course eventually.
Yeah, sure. Sounds like one of my providers.
No I was working with a clean install, and all was going very well until I decided to move files into my own template structure. I should have actually built mytemplate structure first, for safety, however it isn't so straight forward loading the new template over into the admin, if you are a beginner and miss a file or two.
You only need to have the files that you change, in your template folder...So my cart was actually built when i was transfering file into mytemplate structure, it wa quite easy dragging and dropping files, but you cannot do it with folders, because the drag and drop function will move the complete structure of that folder, breaking the root connection to the database.
I've been with
www.bluehost 3 years, and Ipower since 2000. Ipower is crap now, it has been the last 6 years, but i gave up trying to make contact, its a nightmare and they want you to phone in every time for billing. I will dump Ipower soon.
Bluehost is good, excellent service i have had, and they have the 24/7 chat too. They have a good deal on at present if you need SSL, it's included in the package. The server is Linux and the CP comes with lots of php scripts cgi and pearl.
My site must be up for the start of the food expo tomorrow 27th, as that's how i notify the potential customers.
This is a new independant project of free delivery Island wide for members there is around 60 natural food products free of additives and colourings, and preferably low sugar.
I never see many expats at these big food exhibitions, and it's a big one on Friday, you should try it, around 250,000 a day is expected, good exposure for the new website. It's just about finished and working okay, very simple and fast set up with little configuration done as there is no time now.
I will load a new copy onto XAMMP local host server and work on my own template to load up. The problem with Zencart is that any updates will wipe the configurations out, if you do not place the changed files into a custom folder. though you can merge the update with win merge.
Also the security is sound for now, as its a pretty new version, though there is a weakness in the email function, so it must be kept on false in the admin CP, some guys set it to true and aloud unregistered hackers spammers in, to send out bulk emails.