OsCommerce Installation

osCommerce can be installed on any server where PHP has been installed and has access to a MySQL database server. Unlike other installation procedures like double clicking on a exe file,to install OSCommerce to have to upload serveral file to the server to start installation procedure.We can use FTP or Frontpage to upload the files.

Step 1

First you need to download the software from www.oscommerce.com/solutions/downloads and you have to unzip the file to save it in your local hard drive.

Step 2

Upload the entire CATALOG folder to your root directory using FTP (File Transfer Protocol).

Step 3

When uploading is complete you need to set permissions on configuration file so that it is editable. Do the following procedure using FTP.

Double Click Catalog → Includes → Right Click Configure.php → Select chmod → Change file attribute to 777 → Ok. (Scroll back to Admin directory).

Double Click Admin → Includes → Right Click Configure.php → Select chmod → Change file attribute to 777 → Ok.

Step 4

Now point your browser to http://www.yoursite.com/catalog/install/.

Welcome installation window appears.

Step 5

Click Install → Continue → Enter the following data….

Database Server : localhost (eg.)

Username : staff

Password : staff

Database Name : oscStaff

Click continue to complete installation and point your browser to http://anish.ptp/catalog/ to see your new store.

Step 6

Reset the attributes of configure.php files so that they are no longer editable. Do the following procedure…..

Double Click Catalog → Includes → Right Click Configure.php → Select chmod → Change file attribute to 644 → Ok.

Double Click Admin → Includes → Right Click Configure.php → Select chmod → Change file attribute to 644 → Ok.

Important steps after installing

► First is either rename or delete the install directory in catalog.

► Few more file attributes to be changed..

Catalog\\images - 777

Admin\\images\\graphs - 777

► Create a new directory admin\\backups set file attribute to 777