Boss Cart JV Windows Compatibility?

[trev76]

I have just installed Boss Cart JV demo. Installation went without a hitch. I installed it on an XP machine in less than 5 minutes as a localhost test. I did this using the free distribution of WAMPServer 2.0b for the Apache,PHP,MySQL installation. Firstly is Boss Cart JV compatible with a windows environment?

The installation worked fine, the admin panel functions perfectly however none of the links work (not a single one) from the demo golf site. The links generated in the html look kind of strange, pointing to pages which do not exist so when I click on the links (to any of the generated products) the apache standard page for Not Found comes up. e.g.

Not Found
The requested URL /installdir/golf-shoes was not found on this server.

..note: my installdir is a directory off the main www root folder where i installed the software.

Q. Is this happening because i didnt install the package in the root of the web server? (i.e. hardcoded to root folder?) or something else?

Any advice greatly appreciated!

[Bagi Zoltán]

Hi, thank you for using BossCart.
As default setting the JV is set to use the mod rewrite Apache module in order to transform the URIs more search engine friendly.
Unfortunately I am not familiar with wampserver, but I found a relevant post here for you which will help to enable the rewrite.

Did you check if mod_rewrite is run by apache?

- Click on the WampServer icon, select Apache, Apache modules
- Scroll down until you see 'Rewrite_Module'
- If there is no check mark before Rewrite_Module click on it to enable it.

Now things should work (I am not sure if you have to restart the Apache service, just try)

source

Once the mod_rewrite is enabled you will need to rename the .htaccess.txt to .htaccess and the frontend will become live
Good luck!

[trev76]

Originally Posted by Bagi Zoltán

Hi, thank you for using BossCart.
As default setting the JV is set to use the mod rewrite Apache module in order to transform the URIs more search engine friendly.
Unfortunately I am not familiar with wampserver, but I found a relevant post here for you which will help to enable the rewrite.


source

Once the mod_rewrite is enabled you will need to rename the .htaccess.txt to .htaccess and the frontend will become live
Good luck!

Thanks for the tips.

I already had mod_rewrite loaded because during the installation it says you must enable it so I edited the apache httpd.conf file to load the shared object for mod rewrite and restarted it.

The problem as you've highlighted was a school boy error. I didnt spot the .htaccess.txt had a '.txt' at the end of it. I hadn't spotted that it needed to be renamed! I wondered why the patten matching rewrite rules where not being applied - doh!

Regarding the product, a great admin interface!

I'm looking to migrating over from a homebrew PHP site I previously developed. A feature I require which I implemented was the ability to allow administrators to be able to apply a discount % (at their discretion) to an individuals logged in accounts (e.g. trade accounts vs normal customers). I had a user level associated with every account which I could set from the admin interface too to allow improved granular access based on level. Using the 'trade account' level I could then easily tailor prices between different levels of account. Is this currently possible? E.g. 20% discount over headline prices for trade customers vs the public.

I'm sure I'll find the relevant area of the source. Once I make improvements how do I contribute them back to the community?

Thanks,

Trev

[Bagi Zoltán]

Hi Trev, if you could show me the solution, that would be great. We have thread where you may post a live link pointing to your site. We will regularly check those sites, and follow their success!