Click on the drop-down menu titled Configuration. Immediately below is a Configuration link, click on that too. The following screenshot shows the warning that appears at the top of the page:

The safe path warning requires us to make a folder outside of the publicly accessible web folder, where VirtueMart can store sensitive data (credit card info, text messages from previous partners, and so on).

Create a new folder in the location suggested. It should be the folder up from the working Joomla! install. So the new folder will be in the same folder as the Joomla! install folder but not in the Joomla! install folder itself.

Name the folder something memorable but not obvious such as vm_stuff. Not too intriguing but clear to you.

Inside the vm_stuff folder create another folder and call it invoices.

Now we will tell VirtueMart where it is and what we called it. The actual path to this folder will vary depending upon your web host and your specific situation. So this is a consistent way to describe how to get your path accurately.

In your Joomla! control panel click on Site | Global Configuration and select the System tab. You will see a box labeled Path to Log Folder. The following screenshot shows the path that we need:

On the end of the path is your joomlafolder/logs. Copy the path excluding your joomlafolder/logs. Make sure to leave the trailing / on in the end. Now, we will paste it into the appropriate place in VirtueMart and add the vm_stuff at the end.

Navigate to Components | VirtueMart, then from the left-hand menu, select the Configuration and choose the Templates tab. Scroll near the bottom of the screen until you see the following screenshot:

Paste the path you copied earlier and add the name of the folder you created onto the end of the trailing /. Click on Save. The warning will be gone.