There are very simple way to limit access to some your resources.
For example, you are not sure in security of your PC (probably it was or are infected by some virus, and some 3rd person can gain an access to your website). In this case you can create .htaccess file in your /admin/ folder and add following code:
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
Where XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX you WAN IP. If you don’t know your WAN IP it can be checked on such resources as iptools.com (it will be displayed in the top). But you can have a dynamic IP, what does it mean? It means that your ISP change IP address every few hours, so you can’t know what IP you’ll have in next few hours. In that case I advise you to deny access from all IPs (just add following code to .htaccess):
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
OR, you can limit access only to some important files (like database configuration file, where saved your database username and password):
<Files config.inc.php>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</Files>
or to some specific extension files:
<Files "\.(sql|tar|tar.gz|rar|zip)$">
order allow,deny
deny from all
</Files>
Also you can protect some folder by the password:
AuthName "Private zone"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /home/your_username/public_html/.htpasswd
require valid-user
</Files>
or file:
<Files config.inc.php>
AuthName "Users zone"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /home/your_username/public_html/.htpasswd
</Files>
Password is encoded in .htpasswd so you need to generate it, you can find in Google many “htaccess passwords generator” or if you have SSH access you can generate username and password yourself:
htpasswd -c /home/your_username/public_html/.htpasswd admin
Steps to Adding the HTML Music Code
Step 1. Find a music sound file that you would like to use. Midi (.mid) is a good sound format to use because these files are generally smaller and load quickly, but you can also use .mp3 or .wav music, but keep in mind that big files will take the music longer to load. Be mindful of those who still have slow Internet access.
P.S. Make sure you have rights to the music file before you use it!
Step 2. Next, upload (save) this music file to your web server either using an FTP program or your web host’s file management control panel.
Step 3. Now open the web page you want the song to load with. You’ll have to insert the following HTML code into your site, but first you’ll need to edit it.
<embed src=”musicfile.mp3″ autostart=”true” loop=”false”>
Note: Music file should be in the same folder with web page, or you have to modify src path.
You’ve installed a Zen Cart, but it doesn’t look like you want, or doesn’t meet your e-commerce website style. You can find many free (and non-free) templates in Google. But how to install them, here is a tutorial for you:
1. Download a template archive (I can allow to download some of them from my personal archive, just let me know).
2. Upload archive into your includes/templates folder and extract the data.
3. Then login into admin area of your Zen Cart and find “Tools” menu in the top.
4. Choose “Template Selection” option.
5. And press on small blue triangle.
6. In pop-up menu (right menu bar) you’ll be able to choose your template and press “Update”.
7. Then go to Tools menu and choose “Layout Boxes Controller” option.
8. Go to the bottom and press “Reset”
As a result your template should be changed.
Note: If you have some difficulties with template installation, please contact with me via contact form and I’ll help you.
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