To install OpenCart, you first need download the latest version of the
software. OpenCart comes as a ZIP archive, so afterwards you have to extract
the archive’s contents into a folder of your choosing.
After extracting it, you’ll see a folder
called upload and three text files named
install.txt, license.txt, andupgrade.txt.
The
install.txt file contains installation notes, license.txt contains the GNU General Public License under which
OpenCart is released, and upgrade.txt contains instructions for upgrading an earlier
version of OpenCart to the latest version if you’re already using it. The upload directory contains the files you need to upload to
your web host.
NOW Copy all the files and folders found in
the
upload folder to the public directory of your web host.
The name of the public directory or wamp (make folder & save all folder & files of upload folder) may vary depending on your host and
configuration, but usually it’s named something likepublic_html.
After copying the files, you need to
make sure the following files and directories are writable:
image/image/cache/image/data/system/cache/system/logs/download/config.phpadmin/config.php
To make them writable, make sure the
file’s permissions are 666 (rw-rw-rw) and directory permissions are 777
(rwxrwxrwx). You can do this with the
chmod command if you have shell access, or easily through
your host’s cPanel install.
To do this in cPanel, all you need to do
is go the directory that you uploaded your OpenCart files to, right click on
each of the file and folder choose “Change Permissions” for the pop up box.
Now create a MySQL database with a new
user created and attached to it.
To create a MySQL database, you’ll need
to login to your database backend. If it’s a shell, you can then use the
CREATE
DATABASE command and
create a user with appropriate access privileges with GRANT.
If you’re using phpMyAdmin, under Create
New Database enter the name of the database you want to create and click on the
Create Button. Then to attach a new user to the newly created database, click
on the Privileges tab at the top and then click on the the Add New User button.
Enter the username, host (most likely “local”), and your chosen password twice.
Under the Database then for the user select the None option. Under Global
privileges click on the check all link.
After you have done all this, you should
open the storefront in a browser to begin the installation wizard. The exact
URL will depend on where you’ve uploaded the files; for example, if you’ve
uploaded the files to public_html then you would open your domain, like www.example.com.
If you’ve created
public_files/store and uploaded the files there, then you would open www.example.com/store.
After you have visited the URL of where
you uploaded your OpenCart files, you will be shown the first step which is
“Step 1 – License”. All you need to do here is accept the GNU General Public
License by ticking “I agree to the License” after which you click on the
continue button.
The next step is “Step 2 –
Pre-Installation”. The pre-installation screen displays all the installation
requirements, and PHP settings and extensions. It would also check whether the
correct permissions are set for the files and directories. If there are no
errors, you can click on the continue button.
The next step is “Step 3 –
Configuration”. This is where you enter the database host, the username and
password of the MySQL user you created earlier, and the database name.
The next three options, Username,
Password, and Email, are for the admin account. This is where you enter the
username, password, and email address that you will be using to login to the
administrative backend.
A screenshot of the “Step – 3
Configuration” s
After you click on the continue button, you’ll be shown the final step, “Step 4 – Finished”. Seeing this means that you have successfully installed OpenCart.
After the wizard is completed, you should delete the
install directory from your server. This is the “installation directory” noted in the final wizard screen.
OpenCart installs a sample store during installation, and this is how the sample storefront looks:
But in this article I’m going to delete
all of the products, categories, and attributes and do everything anew so that
you can see how they are created.
1 comments:
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