Error code: Could not find a Zen Cart install at the specified path. Please install Zen Cart and type the path to the code base in the setting bellow.

I install both Drupal & Zencart in the same server different directory structure as follow:

Where I installed drupal at: public_html/drupal/main
And, I installed zencart at: public_html/zencart/

So what should I fill up for the "Path to Zencart:"?

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ronan’s picture

ronan commented

I haven't tested that particular configuration. You could try '../zencart' but I'm not sure if that will work or not. Otherwise try a full path from the server root (eg: '/var/www/..../public_html/zencart') My use case has zencart installed inside the drupal directory (in sites/default/zencart in fact).

tea xpress’s picture

tea xpress commented
Title: Could not find a Zen Cart install at the specified path. » Can you set Drupal to work inside Zencart instead?

Can this module set up so that Zencart is the main site and drupal works inside to manage contents? If so, how would the setup be? Forum seems quiet of late.
Thanks-

Jeremy Toaster’s picture

Jeremy Toaster commented

I think setting this up like phpBBforum would be more practical.
Drupal should be installed as /public_html/ and ZenCart should be installed as /public_html/zencart just like /public_html/phpBB3

I think for Drupal it makes more sense to have 3rd party apps INSIDE Drupal and to have Drupal at the ROOT of your server NOT as /Drupal/ . At least this is how I have found things to work easier.

Also I don't think you could or would really want Drupal INSIDE something else, if you are wanting your site to be mainly a web commerce store, then you are probably better off installing ZenCart and looking for add on modules to do some blogging or whatever else you had in mind.

ronan’s picture

ronan commented

The module is set up as Jeremy described below. It is a way to bring the Zen shopping cart and checkout functionality to Drupal while allowing drupal to handle the content and display of products and categories as well as users. Anybody who has used Zen Cart extensively will probably understand why that is desirable.

While in theory you should be able to install Zen Cart anywhere you want, I imagine some of the redirect stuff won't work if Drupal is not installed at the root level of your site (so it can mod_rewrite the paths it needs)

R

tea xpress’s picture

tea xpress commented

Thank you for the replies.
I don't mind using Drupal to handle the contents and ZenCart for inventory and checkout. My site is already set up as ZenCart. If I use Zencart Inside Drupal, do I have to redesign the site again? Since all the elements (css, etc.,) were designed for ZenCart. Would this be complicated and doable?

Thanks again.

ronan’s picture

ronan commented

You can leave the zencart theme as is, and zencart will continue to use it just fine. There is no way currently to have Drupal use the zencart theme though, so you will have to port it as best you can to a Drupal theme. How hard that is depends on the complexity of your theme and your level of comfort with Drupal theming.

R

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babbage commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

(Just cleaning up some status items in this issue queue as I read through it.)