ZenCart README files invisible (.htaccess question or gotcha)

[kitchin]

I'm trying out ZenCart and when I went to look at the README... files online, I found they weren't listed in the docs/ folder.

So... it turns out this must be due to a server-wider directive, similar to this one, found on the Apache web site:

IndexIgnore README .htaccess *~

Can we find out what stuff like this is in the server-wide htaccess file?

Seems like a gotcha that would be mentioned in the ZenCart forums, but it's not. Maybe it's intentional that README files should not be public??
:safegrin:

[Terra]

There is an unresolved issue with mod_autoindex that we have not yet determined how to resolve - that is what is hijacking the README files... Hopefully this will be resolved sometime this weekend...

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Terra
--not forgotten, just didn't know yet what was causing the behavior--
FutureQuest

[kitchin]

Thanks! Speaking of ZenCart, what do people think of shopping carts that require users to register before shopping? I put off ZenCart because I don't like that model, but then again, that's how Amazon works, right? I've always used the other model, where the user fills up a cart and then enters his/her info on checkout.

[TVB]

I would not use the site and leave to buy elsewhere if I can. I just took a drive by at Amazon stuck some stuff in the shopping cart without registering. If I decide to purchase, you can have my information upon checkout but not before.

Betsy

[Snarpy]

ZenCart doesn't require that users register before shopping. Their carts just aren't saved if they leave the site without checking out.

Snarpy

[kitchin]

Excellent.