Doteasy Tutorials - Scripting
Setting up Zen Cart
Zen Cart™ truly is the art of e-commerce; a free, user-friendly, open source shopping cart system. The software is being developed by group of like-minded shop owners, programmers, designers, and consultants that think e-commerce could be and should be done differently. Some "solutions" seem to be complicated programming exercises instead of responding to users' needs, Zen Cart™ puts the merchant's and shopper's requirements first. Similarly, other programs are nearly impossible to install and use without an IT degree, Zen Cart™ can be installed and set-up by anyone with the most basic computer skills. Others are so expensive ... not Zen Cart™, it's FREE!
Doteasy Demo: http://zencart.samplesite.org/
This tutorial will guide you through the Zen Cart setup and installation process on our servers. It is assumed that your account has support for PHP and MySQL database and that you have already created your database.
Part A - Downloading the Script
The
script can be downloaded from here.
The
file that you will download is saved in .zip format; this is a compressed bundle
containing the files in the Zen Cart distribution. Unzip this archive in a temporary
directory on your computer using a decompression software.
Part B - Uploading Files to Server
Start
your FTP software and after connecting to your web server, create a new sub
folder on your server named /catalog in the /var/www/html/ folder
for your Zen Cart files. Upload the entire contents of Zen Cart to your server
in the /catalog folder.
Part C - Software Configuration
Before
you begin Part C, please ensure that you have created your MySQL database on
your web server via your Site Administration Panel. View the database
creation tutorial.
Access
the Zen Cart installation script with your web browser: http://www.yourdomain.com/catalog/zc_install/
(Replace yourdomain.com with your domain name.)
On the
Zen Cart Setup - Welcome screen, click Continue to proceed on to the
next step.
Agree
to the Terms and Conditions and click Continue.
The
following System Inspection Results and File and Folder Permissions
check should be as follows. If there are any results that differ from this tutorial,
please contact Doteasy Support
and advise of the differences. Click Install to continue installation.
Please
check the Server Settings and ensure they are as follows. Please note
unless you have already purchased and installed a SSL Certificate on your Doteasy
account, the Enable SSL options should be set to NO.
For
the purpose of this tutorial, we will not be installing phpBB. Please select
NO to the phpBB installation and click Save phpBB Settings to
continue.
Under
the Database Information, enter your database info as follows:
Database Table-Prefix: zen_
Database Host: 127.0.0.1
Database Username: Your Doteasy memberID
Database Password: Your database password
Database Name: Your database name, e.g.
yourdomain_com_-_db
Persistent Connection: NO
SQL Cache Method: None
Session/SQL Cache Directory: /var/www/html/catalog/cache
Click Save Database Settings to continue.
Please
complete this section with your store information. After you have completed
your store information, click Save Store Settings to continue.
Under
the Administrator Information, enter your Administrator Username (to
manage the store), Password and Email Address. Click Save Admin Settings
to continue.
Part D - Security
Using
your FTP software, you will need to change the file permissions on the configure.php
files located in /var/www/html/catalog/admin/includes/ and /var/www/html/catalog/includes/
to Read-Only (CHMOD 444).
In /var/www/html/catalog/
please delete the zc_install folder and the content within. This will
prevent the re-installation of your shopping cart.
Your installation of Zen Cart is complete. Please click the corresponding links to start exploring and customizing your shopping cart through the admin panel.
For further information on the use of Zen Cart please visit http://www.zen-cart.com/modules/ipb/.
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