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bpike
Advanced Member
USA
212 Posts |
 Posted - 07/07/2012 : 16:07
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How can I call database in the vsadmin folders outside of the cart files directory?
Currently I am using the CSS dynamic menus for my store which resides in a sub directory titled /shop/ http://www.shopbleachers.com/shop/products2.php.
I will be creating the home page outside of the /shop/ directory and want to use the dynamic menus. http://www.shopbleachers.com/index.php
I tried absolute and relative paths and the menu will not display.
include "/shop/vsadmin/db_conn_open.php";
include "/shop/vsadmin/includes.php";
include "/shop/vsadmin/metainfo.php"; ?>
thanks,
Brian |
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dbdave
ECT Moderator
USA
4369 Posts |
Posted - 07/07/2012 : 16:23
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I think you are missing at least one include line if that is all you are using.
I think you need incfunctions at least. You should call the languagefile also.
Then you will need the include to call the menu.
If you do all of this and nothing works you can place a copy of the vsadmin folder in the root of the site and leave the include lines the way they are in the store pages and it should work.
If you go that route, you should disable login on that folder with a switch in the includes of that folder only.
To disable the login to your admin section set:
$disallowlogin=TRUE;
One other thought, if the store is new, why not place the store in the root of the site and do away with the whole sub-folder thing?
David |
Edited by - dbdave on 07/07/2012 16:24 |
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bpike
Advanced Member
USA
212 Posts |
Posted - 07/07/2012 : 17:03
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David,
Thanks for the reply. I do have the other include lines down in the body. I just listed these few as an example. I have them in my header.
I got it to work. The only issue I have now is the path to the pages in the menu are missing the sub directory /shop/ as the index page is outside of the store directory.
Maybe this will fix the problem:
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If you do all of this and nothing works you can place a copy of the vsadmin folder in the root of the site and leave the include lines the way they are in the store pages and it should work.
I initially set-up the store with a sub directory as I was going to build part of the site in WordPress so I can utilize a CMS. As this site is almost 100% product based, I may have to rethink that.
Thanks for the insight. It helped me think through things.
Brian |
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Using dynamic menus on a non store page
