Installation

To install Shop-Script FREE software you will need a web server, that meet following system requirements:

Installation on your local machine

Please ensure that all required software is installed on your computer (please refer to system requirements mentioned above).

Shop-Script installation steps:

  1. Create a folder or a virtual server where all Shop-Script FREE files will be stored (Shop-Script root folder)
  2. Copy all Shop-Script FREE package content to this folder
  3. Create a new database that will be used for your shopping cart system (if you already have an empty database, use may use it as well)
  4. UNIX/Linux/FreeBSD/MacOS users: set (enable) write permissions for folders products_pictures, templates_c and all content of cfg/ folder
    (usually, a proper value for chmod is 775). Until you make it you will not be able to continue with installation!
  5. Run install.php
    (simply point your browser to http://<Shop-Script url including folder>/install.php )
  6. Fill in the installation form:
  7. That's it!

Installation on the remote server

    1. Copy all Shop-Script FREE package content except of 'help' folder to the remote server (into a separate folder). Files can be uploaded with your FTP-client, f.e.
    2. Create new database that will be used for your shopping cart system (if you already have an empty database, use may use it as well)
    3. Set (enable) write permissions for folders products_pictures, templates_c and all content of cfg/ folder
      (usually, a proper value for chmod is 775). Until you make it you will not be able to continue with installation!
    4. Run install.php
      (simply point your browser to http://<Shop-Script url including folder>/install.php )
    5. Fill in the installation form:
    6. That's it!

After installation is complete, remove install.php file from Shop-Script folder!

Problems? Try to find the answer here.

If your questions are not solved on the troubleshooting page, contact technical support.

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