smartnovelties Posted September 18, 2002 Share Posted September 18, 2002 hello evryone, i am using mac OS 10.2 and I want to create a shopping basket for my website using oscommerce. I have designed and coded all of my site already, but i don't know where to start with the shopping basket... (i don't know how to setup/use unix) if you know of anywhere where i can find details to get me started (assuming i don't kow how to set up unix) could you let me know, it would be much appreciated thanks alot dave :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gevans Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 First thing I'd do is install mysql. There's a great package with very easy install instructions over at Marc Liyanage's website: http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/mysql/ After installing mysql go to System Preferences -> Sharing and enable Web Sharing. If you type in your ip in a web brower you should now see the default apache web page. Then grab the latest snapshot of OSC and follow the install instructions over at http://www.oscdox.com This should give you a basic working install of the OSC software. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gevans Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 One more thing. In case you don't know, OS X uses the folder /Library/WebServer/Documents/ for websites so you can either put your catalog and admin dirs in this folder of if you wish you can use the Sites folder in your Home directory. The difference being with the first one if you type in http://your.ip/catalog you should see the OSC catalog and with the second way you would have to type in http://your.up/~username/catalog. Again, hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 I'm working on an osCommerce install guide for Mac OS X. Hopefully it will be ready for public consumption within a couple of weeks. I'll be sure to post a link in the forums once it is up. Cheers, Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartnovelties Posted September 19, 2002 Author Share Posted September 19, 2002 thanks for you replies, I'm gonna mess about with that and see where i get. really appreciated :-) dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gevans Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 Justin, if you need any help with the OS X guide I'd be more than happy to help. I've installed OSC 2.2 on several macs sucessfully running under both 10.1 and 10.2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 One more thing. In case you don't know, OS X uses the folder /Library/WebServer/Documents/ for websites so you can either put your catalog and admin dirs in this folder of if you wish you can use the Sites folder in your Home directory. The difference being with the first one if you type in http://your.ip/catalog you should see the OSC catalog and with the second way you would have to type in http://your.up/~username/catalog. Again, hope this helps. Don't use your local Sites folder! OSC has bugs in it that cause it to fail unless it's installed in the server's document root. It makes assumptions about the relationship of directories to URLs that just aren't true when the URL is http://your.up/~username/catalog. I'm sure it's easy to fix, but since you're a newbie, I suggest just doing according to the instructions in INSTALL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harald Ponce de Leon Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 Don't use your local Sites folder! OSC has bugs in it that cause it to fail unless it's installed in the server's document root. It makes assumptions about the relationship of directories to URLs that just aren't true when the URL is http://your.up/~username/catalog. I'm sure it's easy to fix, but since you're a newbie, I suggest just doing according to the instructions in INSTALL. I am sure this has been fixed with the new web-based installation procedure, found in /catalog/install/ , osCommerce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted September 19, 2002 Share Posted September 19, 2002 I've been testing OSC 2.2 CVS via my local Sites folder for weeks now on Mac OS X 10.2, and it works just fine. As Harald suggested, perhaps this is due to the new (and very handy) web-based installation procedure. I prefer to keep the local test site in the home directory because it simplifies backups. I can simply back up my entire home directory and have all my latest OSC changes backed up at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 20, 2002 Share Posted September 20, 2002 I am sure this has been fixed with the new web-based installation procedure, found in /catalog/install/ Ah! I was using the 2.1 release and was not aware of this. So I suppose the 2.2 release is the one to use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted September 20, 2002 Share Posted September 20, 2002 Well, 2.2 hasn't exactly been "released" yet, as it is still undergoing development. But the general consensus seems to be that working off a 2.2 daily snapshot provides enough of a feature/function advantage over 2.1 to make it worthwhile. It's proven stable enough for many people to run live shops on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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