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Olivewoo · #1 (**permalink**) 10-01-2008, 12:44 PM

Hi everybody..

well with one problem and another it's taken a while to Zencart installed, but we have it complete now.

just one little problem, i brought the PC with ZC into the office just incase i have a little time to play with it. the IT guys here have put it on the network etc and i can access ZC on the pc itself no problem (localhost). What i was hoping to do was remote connect from my desk but for some reason when i put the IP etc in IE ZC loads but without a template. ie now images, background etc just plain text.

incase it matters i think i ought to say ZC is loaded using XAMPP...

If anyone has any idea i love to hear from you..

Many thanks

Olivewoo

Lawrence · #2 (**permalink**) 10-01-2008, 05:14 PM

The problem is probably due to the fact that when you installed Zen it was configured for 'localhost', so when you try to access it remotely your browser looks for the images and CSS on 'localhost' i.e. the PC you are browsing from. To fix the problem, you will need to configure Zen to work from the IP it is running from.

When you view the store remotely, right click on one of the image placeholders and select "properties", this will show you the path to the image location, you will see that it is looking for the image on the browsing PC and not the one running the store.

You can make it work by editing /includes/configure.php and admin/includes/configure.php but it will no longer work as local host when you remove it from the network.

There's two ways I can think off to get it to work in both environments. Create two copies of each config file and switch between them depending on where you are or when you are at home, configure your router (if you have one) to use the same IP for your PC as is used at work and leave the store configured for that IP instead of localhost. The second option is getting into geek territory and shouldn't be attempted unless you understand routers and networking.

Olivewoo · #3 (**permalink**) 10-01-2008, 09:20 PM

Thanks Lawrence, i'll have a look in the morning, what i did do today was use Net Meeting which was ok for now, i think long term i'll just have it at home and use it there.

dezina · #4 (**permalink**) 11-01-2008, 05:31 AM

If you are using Windows, you can try the following
i.e.

Code:

Go to Run->cmd
you will get cmd command prompt
Type hostname
you will get the computer name here.
lets say the output is mkr456
then type
http://mkr456 
if this works on your pc, it should work in the network
and zen cart path should be
http://mkr456/zencart

(substitute /zencart for name of your zencart store folder)

Olivewoo · #5 (**permalink**) 11-01-2008, 03:22 PM

Hi Dezina,

Thanks for the reply, i gave this a go, but didn't work unfortunately.

I'm just going to take it back home and work on it there...

Just to chage the subject slightly, i see within the admin panel of Zencart you can control the sideboxes (position on off etc.), but where do i adjust what displays in the main page (or in the centre of the page) for example the featured products and new products i want to remove.

Thanks for for the help again.
Regards

dezina · #6 (**permalink**) 11-01-2008, 03:33 PM

Centre page displays..featured, new special etc
Turn on and off.. url below explains all
http://tutorials.zen-cart.com/index.php?article=4

Olivewoo · #7 (**permalink**) 14-01-2008, 11:17 AM

Thanks again for the help Dezina.

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