{"id":29753,"date":"2013-07-15T10:42:19","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T14:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=29753"},"modified":"2013-07-15T10:42:19","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T14:42:19","slug":"virtuemart-2-x-how-to-deal-with-warning-the-safe-path-is-empty-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/virtuemart-2-x-how-to-deal-with-warning-the-safe-path-is-empty-message.html","title":{"rendered":"VirtueMart 2.x. How to deal with &#8220;Warning, the Safe Path is empty&#8221; message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This  tutorial is going to show you how to deal with \u00a0the &quot;Warning, the Safe Path is  empty&quot; message that may appear in the administration panel of your VirtueMart site.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w2cB0-e80QU?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">VirtueMart 2.x. How to deal with &#8220;Warning, the Safe Path is empty&#8221; message<\/a>\r\n\r\n<p>If you log  into the administration panel of your VirtueMart site and go to the menu  <strong>Content -&gt; VirtueMart -&gt; Configuration<\/strong>, you may see this message<\/p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_1-300x146.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_1-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_1-150x73.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_1.jpg 939w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n  \r\n<p>In order to  disable it:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n  <li>Connect to your server via FTP using  the FileManager your hosting control panel provides or an FTP client (e.g.  FileZilla).<\/li>\r\n  <li>Once connected, make sure you are in  the directory where your public_html folder is located (the web root for your  primary domain).<\/li>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_2-300x141.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_2\" width=\"300\" height=\"141\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_2-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_2-150x70.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_2.jpg 964w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<li>Create  an empty folder in there called &ldquo;<strong>vmfiles<\/strong>&rdquo;.<\/li>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_3-300x143.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_3\" width=\"300\" height=\"143\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_3-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_3-150x71.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_3.jpg 969w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n  <li>Log into your Joomla admin panel and  go to go to the menu <strong>Content -&gt; VirtueMart -&gt; Configuration<\/strong>. <\/li>\r\n  <li>Click on the <strong>Templates<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\r\n  <li>Scroll down till you see an empty field  called <strong>Safe Path.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n  <li>Type the path to the &ldquo;vmfiles&rdquo;  folder you created including the name of the folder itself into this field. For  example:<\/li>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_4-300x147.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_4\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_4-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_4-150x73.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_4.jpg 934w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n  <li>Click<strong> Save <\/strong>in the top right corner.<\/li>\r\n  <li>The message should disappear.<\/li>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_5-300x146.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_5\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_5-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_5-150x73.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/safe_path_empty_warning_in_virtuemart_dealing_with_5.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n<p>Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w2cB0-e80QU?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">VirtueMart 2.x. 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