Integrate CDN resource with X-Cart
Before you take any steps please back up your files and database. The plugin works only with default CMS pattern. If you manually changed CMS patterns, the plugin might not help you.
Type in your CNAME that you specified in the Gcore Customer Portal. Assume that you are using cdn.example.com as CNAME for content delivery. Ensure that your CNAME record has been configured in a proper way before using it for integration.
X-Cart 4.4.x and later - fixed path to skin2
Open smarty.php file located in the root directory of X-Cart.
Replace the following lines
$smarty->assign('ImagesDir', $xcart_web_dir . $smarty_skin_dir . '/images');
$smarty->assign('SkinDir', $xcart_web_dir . $smarty_skin_dir);With the following lines
if ($_SERVER['HTTPS'] != 'on')
{
$smarty->assign("SkinDir","http://cdn.example.com/skin/ideal_comfort");
$smarty->assign("ImagesDir","http://cdn.example.com/skin/ideal_comfort/images");
}
else
{
$smarty->assign("SkinDir","https://cdn.example.com/skin/ideal_comfort");
$smarty->assign("ImagesDir","https://cdn.example.com/skin/ideal_comfort/images");
}X-Cart 4.4.x and later - dynamic path to skin
Open smarty.php file located in the root directory of X-Cart.
Replace the following lines
$smarty->assign('ImagesDir', $xcart_web_dir . $smarty_skin_dir . '/images');
$smarty->assign('SkinDir', $xcart_web_dir . $smarty_skin_dir);With the following lines
if ($_SERVER['HTTPS'] != 'on')
{
$smarty->assign('ImagesDir', "http://cdn.example.com" . $smarty_skin_dir . '/images');
$smarty->assign('SkinDir', "http://cdn.example.com" . $smarty_skin_dir);
}
else
{
$smarty->assign('ImagesDir', "https://cdn.example.com" . $smarty_skin_dir . '/images');
$smarty->assign('SkinDir', "https://cdn.example.com" . $smarty_skin_dir);
}Open /include/templater/plugins/function.load_defer_code.php file.
Replace the following line
$cacheWebFile = $var_dirs_web['cache'] . '/' . $label . '.' . $md5Suffix . '.' . $type;With the following lines
if ($_SERVER['HTTPS'] != 'on')
{
$cacheWebFile = "http://cdn.example.com/var/cache" . '/' . $label . '.' . $md5Suffix . '.' . $type;
}
else
{
$cacheWebFile = "https://cdn.example.com/var/cache" . '/' . $label . '.' . $md5Suffix . '.' . $type;
}Open /include/func/func.files.php.
Find (do not replace) the following line
global $config, $sql_tbl, $xcart_dir, $current_location;And add (do not replace) the following lines
if ($HTTPS)
$current_location = 'https://cdn.example.com';
else
$current_location = 'http://cdn.example.com';Open /include/templater/plugins/function.get_category_image_url.php.
Replace the following line
return func_convert_amp(func_get_image_url($category['categoryid'], 'C', $category['image_path']));With the following line
return return str_replace("domain.com ","cdn.example.com",func_convert_amp(func_get_image_url($category['categoryid'], 'C', $category['image_path'])));Open /skin/common_files/modules/Banner_System/banner_rotator.tpl file
Replace the following line
src="{$content.image_path|amp}"With the following line.
src="{$content.image_path|amp|replace:'domain.com':'cdn.example.com'}"Integration has been completed! We highly recommend you to check the HTML code of your web page to ensure that URLs have been rewritten properly from your original ones to CNAME from the Gcore Customer Portal.
To do that press F12 or open Developers Tools in your browser, choose the Network tab and refresh the page. All static files should have your CNAME in URLs.
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