vokf
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Thanks for posting, Sounds like a bit of a head scracher! Jason
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Can you share how, for future reference.. Jason
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Emailing credit card details is a big no-no. Any problems will mean your client will get their merchant facility revoked. A better solution is Mals, or there is a new 3rd Party commercial mod (on ccf.org), which has had good reports (although this is not free). To accept CC details on the site, they'll need a SSL certificate on the store to ensure data sent between the browser and server is encrypted. Mals will be free or low cost. If they want the customer to stay on their site, the 3rd party mod+SSL will be another solution. Jason
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Hi, Many people just use CubeCart with no other pages. The system allows you to add "about us/terms and conditions etc" that most stores need. The "Welcome" text can be changed, all from the Admin section. If you don't need much more, you can simply install CubeCart without adding any static web pages. All descriptive text is edited using a browser based "Rich Text Editor", so you can add images/and text formatting quickly. CubeCart comes with 3 templates. It uses a system where the templates are separate from the PHP code, so visual changes are easy to make without fear of messing up the code. If you're able to edit CSS files and understand HTML basics, you'll easily be able to edit one of the existing templates to suit your needs. There is a big market in 3rd party templates, checkout the 3rd party sites section for some examples. The main point, is that you can add products, get PayPal working and shipping, and adding a different template shouldn't require any changes to your set-up. I hope this helps, Jason
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Should need no special permissions in /admin. The only real directorys that need write permissions are; /images/uploads /images/uploads/thumbs Do you have anything in your .htaccess file? This will be in the root of the site, but also check if there is one in /admin Jason
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The promise of "always working" is probably an early mistake, I'm surprised (and pleased) by this. You can't keep providing free updates for life on a product like this. Do you offer a lifetime warranty? ie free support and updates? Would you offer to update a modded CC3.0.10 store to the latest one for free? I don't. I offer support for 1 year. Next year, I'll still support them, but if they want anything major done, I'll charge them (obviously some goodwill is involved), and I'd prefer to see their store doing well. In the same way all commercial software is enhanced and released, major revisions require further payment. Even with the combined License and copyright fee or $189, its not a great deal of money for what you get. If existing stores are running fine, you don't need to upgrade. Jason
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What happens if you turn OFF the seo mod in ACP? Try to post the URL- it will be easer to help. You may get more help over at ccf.org -the mod author keeps an eye on seo mod posts and this is really not part of the core CC code. Something to checkout - does your server allow .htaccess / mod rewrite? Jason
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Yep - I do this all the time. You can also miss out any shipping/gateway/affiliate modules you won't need. Jason
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Site Issues... I keep getting mysql errors, is it my hosting or my dat
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Try to check & repair all CC tables in PHPmyAdmin I've seen this before, and that cured it.... Jason -
Yes, delete all files, then remove the mySQL database. Did your friend take a back-up before messing things up? - its pretty quick and easy to back-up the store from within cPanel (if you're hosting uses that). If he's only removed files, you could just try to copy the cubecart files back over the top. Copy /includes/global.inc.php first (as this contains the core set-up for the database). I'd personally try that first. You can always post back with any error messages... Jason
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I'll assume you're ok with editing files/ftp etc. Edit /includes/content/viewprod.inc.php find $prodArray = $db->select($query); Add after if($prodArray[0]['cat_id']==23) { echo "<html>\r\n<head>\r\n<title>Forbidden 403</title>\r\n</head>\r\n<body><h3>Forbidden 403</h3>\r\nThe document you are requesting is forbidden.\r\n</body>\r\n</html>"; exit; } Change the "23" to your "banned" category ID. You should be able to do something similar on viewCat.inc.php Hope this helps, Jason
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If you're not using up much space on your store (ie. you're below your limit), politely yell at your web host. There is a problem on the server - they've probably run out of space Jason
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The current system for Google Base isn't very good (IMO). Its placed inside an already busy php script. I run the Google Base generator on its own script, and just link from the product page. If I need to tweak the code, its much cleaner than opening up the large products index page. The problem with including such an export tool, is that it will be out of date. I don't blame devillion for not keeping it updated, when Google decide to move the goal posts every few months. I've not spent any time on the CC4 export function, but it does have Base, and a few other comparison sites listed. Hopefully they are a bit more modular than CC3. Jason
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Hi, it may be helpful to others if you mention the host, and the missing file - just in case anyone else has a similar problem. Glad its sorted now. Jason
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Just to clarify - you no longer have/need CubeCart on your site? If .htaccess exists, change it to "oldhtaccess" and see if the problem goes away. Hope this helps, Jason
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I've not looked into this, but a better way may be using .htaccess password protection (assuming you're using Linux hosting) in the /admin directory. You can also do the same kind of thing on a Windows server using account permissions. Many servers have brute force detection build-in, and so repeated log-in attempts would result in a blocked IP address. The site below has a nice tool for generating the password file, and some general info. http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/password/ Place the .htaccess file in /admin, the password file in the root of your account (the level above your www), and you should be good to go. Store the log-in details in a safe place, if you keep getting them wrong, your server may block you.... Jason
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All the major stuff is stored in a database - something which I hope wasn't deleted (or you/your host has a back-up of). The database is separate from the files. If you've got cPanel hosting, the full account backup will contain the database, but if you've just downloaded the files via FTP, you will have missed the database. Find out what hosting you have. Many people use "cPanel", as its easy to use and give the user a fair bit of control. Once we know what hosting system you use, we can offer better advice. Also, check your backup, there may be some SQL file in there somewhere. Open it in a text editor, and scan through, looking for one of your products. (It'll be surrounded by SQL commands). Also consider speaking to your host, they may have taken a back-up before re-installing cc. (I would!) Jason
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Out of the box- Cubecart does not support recurring payments, there is a 3rd party mod for this. Whilst this is all possible, I'll never be a hosting tool without some major work. Most hosting companies will have a domain checker, support ticket system, support multiple packages under the same account etc. You may get close to what you want, but it will mean quite a bit of work. You will be better off using some existing software for this purpose. Obviously, if your a programmer you Jason
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I think I know what you are after - and this isn't doable without changing the code. This may have already been done. Options only effect the price of the product, and are used or Colours/Sizes etc. I think you've raised an interesting point though - if you where selling PC's with an 19" CRT as an option, the weight would be significantly more than the just a base units. To do this in standard CubeCart, you would just work out the price difference (and factor in the shipping increase) and have that as your product option. But that isn't strictly correct. I'm not sure what you mean by your cart being rental - can't you FTP and edit the store? You can run CC on your home PC - there thread that discusses this in detail. (search for easyphp should get you there) I hope this helps, Jason
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If you're UK Based, and this is important, become a Nominet Tag holder. I've a friend that is a tag holder and can register/edit domains via SSH to the Nominet Automation server. The costs per domain are as cheap as all the big players get. Its still fairly pricey about £200pa, but unless you're looking to have 100's of domains & customers, doing it manually through a 3rd party service (godaddy/enom etc) will require less investment. A PHP WHOIS script coupled with a "Text Field" for product mod and some glue code should be able to get away from asking the customer to add a comment or place the domain automatically into the comment field.. Jason
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Hi Joe, interesting post, I hope you complained. I do deal with US businesses from time to time, but us Brits have our own banking problems to keep us busy. ie 7 working days to send money (~£200 / ~$400) from a family members account to my personal account. The money was taken from their account immediately, yet took 9 days to appear in mine... This was an electronic transfer using their online banking - not a cheque. Considering they are about 50miles away, it would have been quicker to drive over and collect it in person.. I've got no real complaints about my Business Bank, but personal banking constantly drives me mad (cost cutting call centers, and sales calls account review calls). Jason
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In your FTP client, can you see index.php at: /catalog What happens if you create a different directory -ie /test and upload a simple test HTML/image file and try to view it in your browser? At what stage of the install process are you? - Did you run the install script, or have you not got that far? I can't see an uploads directory anywhere, there is either a server problem, you've uploaded into the wrong location, or you've removed it (ie completed installation) Jason
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If you're running store without a licence, you where probably found from the "powered by cubecart" title, its probably quicker to search for that in Google than crawl through the gallery. Ok, so if you are running 3.0.16 or 3.0.17, and on a shared server - check your raw access logs. You many find how they gained access. Typically this could be a strange looking URL to your store. Even though CC has been security audited, I doubt any mods have been: ie they may have entered via a 3rd party mod -which is the base cubecart code cannot protect against. Does the server have any brute force detection in place? Is the server up-to-date with patches - and has a decent security system in place? I'd personally chat to your hosting company, they may be able to investigate for you. I'm sorry to hear this has happened, and if you find the cause, please contact Devillon with your findings (as opposed to posting here) Jason
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Hehe, no worries - its 11pm and I've just finished a meeting with a local lady I'm building a store for. Guess who has the headache now (buy eyeing up a cold beer in the fridge....) Jason
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You lucky lucky man :-) If you're using cPanel hosting, back-up is easy. Just log in to cPanel and click the backup icon and generate a full backup. This will contain the entire account (files/email/databases/settings etc) if you're not on cPanel, or plesk, you'll need to ftp the files down, and the export the database using myPHPAdmin. I hope this help, Jason