![]() THE book says to use an earlier version of XAMPP - and before installing it, UNINSTALL the current Apache Server/PHP/ etc. I have the latest Apache/PHP/MySQL combo as my localhost for port 80 however, I do not use it for the ZEN-CART web site previously mentioned - because it is on an IIS server. I have decided to assist a friend in developing his web site. and it is one of the best user/developer/ document I have ever purchased. I bought THE book when it was first released. I already have a ZEN CART store hosted on a Windows platform using IIS Server 6.0. On how to migrate your files up to your server these will always be present on your test site until you follow the instructions on the warnings. When you first access the test store the first thing you notice is that there are two red warning signs at the top of your page. Seeing actual examples really makes all the difference and takes the pain out of trying to find answers.Īfter you successfully have installed Zen Cart you given the option to visit either the online store or the admin area. Some of the things that are very useful are the attributes set for certain products, tax rates etc which you can access via the admin page. This is a mockup store with products etc. On the Store Setup page I found it very helpful to install Zen Cart with the Store Demo. Click "Save Database Settings " and you should see all the pretty ~'s scrolling across the screen. You now need to enter the name of the database you created earlier with phpMyAdmin into the Database Name field. You should now see the Zen Cart Installer page:įollow the steps up to the Database Setup page. (the directory you just changed in htdocs) Rename this to something simple (ie: store, zen, zencart) By default this will probably create a directory called: Unzip the file zen-cart-v1.3.7-full-fileset-12302006.zip to the above directory. when you see the screen that says " Database has been created." You are done!įor Zen Cart to work correctly with Xampp it needs to be installed in the Xampp subdirectory htdocs ![]() Once you've populated the Create New Database name field and Collation field click Create. this should match identically the field a little higher up "MySQL connection collation:". click on the down arrow and at the very bottom of the list select utf8_unicode_ci. make note of whatever you call it as you'll need this info when setting up Zen Cart).ĬOLLATION. There are only two fields that need to be populated in order to create your database:ĬREATE NEW DATABASE - enter in the name of your database (zencart, zen. You will now see a page that shows information on Server & Protocol hosts etc. Towards the bottom of the navigation bar on the left side click on "phpMyAdmin". Choose your language to proceed to the next page. If everything is installed successfully you'll see the Xampp opening screen. Start Apache and MySQL (if not already started). Open Xampp control panel (if installed as a service the icon will be in the systray or start manually as indicated above). If you don't want this then you can manually start them from the Start Menu>Programs>Apache Friends>Xampp>Xampp Control Panel Filezilla is an ftp program and is non-essential for testing on a local system) Running these applications as a service means that they will run at bootup on Windows. (I chose to run MySQL & PHP as a service. Follow the install instructions up to where it asks if you want to run Apache/MySQL/FileZilla as a service. ![]() Xampp is the program which runs MySQL, PHP and Apache webserver on your local system (make sure you have the disk space as this is a 250+ mb download)ĭouble-click on xampp-win32-1.6.0a-installer.exe to start the Xampp installation. I'll try to give as concise as possible step by step procedure for getting this all working and hopefully this will help all you fellow Zen'rs setting up and configuring a site (which can later be uploaded to a server). I've got to say that when you see a test site running on your own comp it really makes things much clearer. After much confusion and hair pulling I decided to setup Zen Cart on my home system running XP Professional.
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