little help please

[KNM Computers]

right i think i need help on this one......

i was thinking about something like a test website kinda thing...... like a branch off my website can this be done?

say i want to mess around with a template on a live server say like www.knmcomputers.co.uk/newshop ...... this newshop would be a new fresh copy of zencart so i could mess around with a template and keep my site as is.

so far i made a new folder called newshop in the public_html folder then copyed a new copy of zencart into it and tried to install it but it keeps coming up with page not found??? someone please help thankyou

[seamus]

Your site has the ceon URI mod, you'll need to open up your htaccess file and add a rule to it,
There will already be rules in there to prevent the admin directory from having its url affected by the mod, just copy the lines that refer to your admin directory and change it to echo your new install directory, that will stop the 404 page not found error.

The file you need to edit is called .htaccess and its inside public_html
Just copy the two lines that refer to your admin, paste them on the bottom of the list and change them to echo your new install directory

[KNM Computers]

think im bit dimb on this seamus lol where do u put it at the bottom?  in that file i have this:

# -FrontPage-

IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName knmcomputers.co.uk
AuthUserFile /home/knmcompu/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /home/knmcompu/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp

RewriteEngine On

# Don't rewrite any URIs ending with a file extension (ending with .[xxxx])
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$                                                           
# Don't rewrite admin directory                                <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<is it this bit?
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/knm-admin.* [NC]     <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<and this bit?
# Don't rewrite editors directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/editors.* [NC]
# Don't rewrite cPanel directories
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/cpanel.* [NC]
# Don't rewrite feed on feeds directories
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/feedonfeeds.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/frontend.* [NC]
# Handle all other URIs using Zen Cart (index.php)
RewriteRule (.*) index.php?%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

[seamus]

That's the bits, just add in the new lines directly under the admin lines, just change the knm-admin bit on the new lines to newshop and that should be alright

[KNM Computers]

thankyou seamus then i can put a copy of zencart in the newshop folder and install it?

[seamus]

Yip, that should be alright

[KNM Computers]

lol if ive done it right lol it now says:


# Don't rewrite any URIs ending with a file extension (ending with .[xxxx])
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$
# Don't rewrite admin directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/knm-admin.* [NC]
# Don't rewrite admin directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/newshop.* [NC]
# Don't rewrite editors directory

[KNM Computers]

ok i did that this is what i did:


# -FrontPage-

IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName knmcomputers.co.uk
AuthUserFile /home/knmcompu/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /home/knmcompu/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp

RewriteEngine On

# Don't rewrite any URIs ending with a file extension (ending with .[xxxx])
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$
# Don't rewrite admin directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/knm-admin.* [NC]
# Don't rewrite newshop directory                                 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/newshop.* [NC]         <<<<<<<<<<<<<<put these in <<<
# Don't rewrite googlecheckout directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/googlecheckout.* [NC]
# Don't rewrite editors directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/editors.* [NC]
# Don't rewrite cPanel directories
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/cpanel.* [NC]
# Don't rewrite feed on feeds directories
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/feedonfeeds.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/frontend.* [NC]
# Handle all other URIs using Zen Cart (index.php)
RewriteRule (.*) index.php?%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

installed zencart with the installer in cpanel, it said it installed    http://knmcomputers.co.uk/public_html/newstore  and the administration is http://knmcomputers.co.uk/public_html/newstore/zcadmin

only if i click on the links they come up

 Page Not Found
Custom 404 Error Page with Site Map Sample Text ...

at a guess ive not done something really stupid lol

[KNM Computers]

lol dont worrie ive done it, it was something stupid i did........ typo error

[seamus]