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[Simon_Inman]

Good afternoon,

Sorry if this has been answered before but i am struggling to find the solution.
I have moved a live site from one server to another and updated the configure files to reflect this, the home page loads up with out an issue but as soon as i try and navigate to any of the links i get an error message....

The requested URL /index.php was not found on this server.

However if I reroute the apache server to go direct to installation folder instead of going into it by /oscommerce it will work without a problem....
I have played around with the configure files for days with no joy, does anybody have any experience with this?

Thanks in advance

[burt]

Check the rewrite rules in the .htaccess file

[MrPhil]

What changes between the two servers? Same or different domain name? Same or different path (directory structure)? Any change to the database name/location/userID/password? Are you using any add-on for SEO/SEF? It sounds like you messed up the configuration if it's looking for /index.php, and your file is actually /catalog/index.php (unless your store is actually in the root, which is a very bad thing to do).

[burt]

MrPhil, on 06 July 2012 - 03:19 AM, said:

unless your store is actually in the root, which is a very bad thing to do

??  Having a store in the root is the best thing to do!

[DunWeb]

@MrPhil

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unless your store is actually in the root, which is a very bad thing to do

@burt

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?? Having a store in the root is the best thing to do!

I agree, having the store in the root is MUCH better than in a sub-directory



Chris

[MrPhil]

It's bad for several reasons:

• You get your application (osC) files mixed in with your general site files (.htaccess, favicon.ico, robots.txt, *.shtml, php.ini, etc.), meaning that it's too easy to accidentally erase or misedit system files when you meant to be working on your application files.
  
• When you want to add a second application, and perhaps a site-wide landing page, you may find yourself moving your store to where it should have been in the first place, one level down in its own directory tree. This will invalidate all your customers' bookmarks and search engine indices. It's a lot of work and not foolproof to bloat the .htaccess with a bunch of URL rewrites.
  
• You don't want to filter URLs (in .htaccess) through one application (osC) and then have to undo some of those changes when you get down a level to another application.
  
• You can cleanly separate your .htaccess and php.ini configurations into multiple levels, applying only those things that pertain to your application at that level. This keeps different applications from stomping all over each other's settings.

If you know for absolute certainty that your site will never have anything other than basic osC on it, you can probably get away with installing osC into the root. You will need to take care to remember which files in the root are system and which are osC, and never accidentally disturb the system files. If you might ever have another application installed (or desire a portal or other top-level gateway), you should put osC one level down in /store or /catalog or the like, and either use a simple landing page with a link to the store, or use .htaccess URL rewrite to invisibly move visitors down to the store (until such time as you have a real landing page).

[14steve14]

@MrPhil
My store is in the root as that is the main area. I am thinking of adding a blog, which will be in a file say called blog. The site will link to the blog, and that will be the only link. Mr Phil, are you now saying that is incorrect. I read somewhere that having the shop in the root folder was always better for seo and things like that.

[burt]

My chin just hit my desk.

[Biancoblu]

I'm not an osc expert, I'm not a coder, never have been and probably never will be, I've done stupid things (Gary you know that ) but damn I never mixed up my osc files with any other files in my root and accidentally mistook one for another, it just takes a little attention and I'm sure most people know how to do that.

Edited by Biancoblu, 06 July 2012 - 03:59 PM.

[Simon_Inman]

thank you for your help, i have moved the files to the root folder now and it works fine, i will leave them there. I have also checked on my .htaccess file and noticed the rewrite configuration which i could have edited.

thank you again.