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how do u guys do the codes modifying, tweaking?


royalflush

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hi,

 

im totally new to php, mysql, apache, and oscommerce. i would like to know how u guys do the customization on the source?

what i do now is upload the oscommerce, install, and do the modify on the php file remotely through ftp~

 

do u guys install apache, php, mysql, on your computer and then do the coding on your computer then upload to your server?

i believe all of you do it that way, right? easier for debug.....

 

sorry, i think my question is a bit dump~ but i really dont know.

 

thanks in advance

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Of course its better to modify the code on your local computer first as you dont want to be messing around when customers are browsing and purchasing on your website.

 

You need to install a PHP on your machine and run it as a webhost. I dont know how to do this so can anybody else advise?

 

What I do though is run a test site on my hosting and modify the code there and edit it via FTP to see the results and fully test it before transferring the code to the live site.

 

Alternativly you can install a new copy of oscommerce on your current website on a different folder e.g www.yourdomain.com/testsite

 

 

so copy your existing code (apart from the config.php) to the testsite folder and go to www.yourdomain.com/testsite/index.php for a copy of your current site that should be safe for editing when adding new contributions

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do u guys install apache, php, mysql, on your computer and then do the coding on your computer then upload to your server?

Yes.

 

I have found XAMPP to be somewhat buggy. The Windows Installers that come with Apache, PHP and MySQL these days make very light/quick work of getting all three installed on your PC for local development. This is an excellent tutorial:

 

http://www.expertsrt.com/tutorials/Matt/install-apache.html

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Had problems here with using port80 for Vertrigo. So perhaps a small tip to people issueing with about the same thing: a virtual machine does the trick. VMware or a free alternative + winXP and when running on fullscreen you won't even notice its a Windows install rúnning inside another windows install. :)

  • 5 weeks later...
Posted

Thanks for all the replies.....

i forgot to check this thread

finally, i installed apache 2.2, php 5, mysql 5 and sqlyog in order to do it locally.

 

thanks for suggesting phpeasy, i will take a look

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