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How do you go live with your store??


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I'm not sure how to do this!!

 

Once your store is "completed" and ready for shopping, publish the URL and advertise any/everywhere you can possibly imagine. Is this what you meant?

Posted

If your website is on the internet it is "live", meaning anyone can see it.

 

As for "publishing" your site, that means advertise. Submit to search engines, put the URL in all your advertisements (i.e. business cards, tv commercials, print ads), and spread it word of mouth to friends and family. Whatever you do though, do not pay a service to submit your site to the search engines. They are a scam. You can do the same thing for free and with a little bit of time. There is nothing special to it. Just go to whatever search engine you want to submit to and look around their website. You will find a link to "Submit Your Site" click the link and enter your URL.

 

Also, when you submit your site it will not instantly appear in the search engine. It may take a week or it may take several months. That is why you want to get the word out as much as possible through print or word of mouth. Just keep working at it and over time you will notice an increase in traffic. But unless you have millions to spend on advertising you are not going to make thousands of dollars tomorrow (unless you sell a $1000 product :)...)

Posted

Ok, but when I go to teh address of my site I get this:

 

Warning: mysql_connect(): Access denied for user 'apache'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in /home/.sites/31/site63/web/catalog/includes/functions/database.php on line 19

Unable to connect to database server!

 

I'm v confused!!!

Posted
Ok, but when I go to teh address of my site I get this:

 

Warning: mysql_connect(): Access denied for user 'apache'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in /home/.sites/31/site63/web/catalog/includes/functions/database.php on line 19

Unable to connect to database server!

 

I'm v confused!!!

 

 

You need to edit your configure.php files (both of them to reflect your "live" web site).

 

// define our database connection

define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost'); // eg, localhost - should not be empty for productive servers

define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', '????');

define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', '?????');

define('DB_DATABASE', '??????');

define('USE_PCONNECT', 'false'); // use persistent connections?

define('STORE_SESSIONS', 'mysql'); // leave empty '' for default handler or set to 'mysql'

Posted

How did you installed your osCommerce then?.....

 

Warning: mysql_connect(): Access denied for user 'apache'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in /home/.sites/31/site63/web/catalog/includes/functions/database.php on line 19

 

If that message is shown it means you didn't set your database info well!

Posted
Well, I'm totally lost. I don't understand at all what i have to do here. It's just been a nightmare right from the start and I can't find anyone to help me. =[

 

Send me a PM. I'll install your cart for you at no charge.

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NOTE: As of Oct 2006, I'm not as active in this forum as I used to be, but I still work with osC quite a bit.

If you have a question about any of my posts here, your best bet is to contact me though either Email or PM in my profile, and I'll be happy to help.

Posted
Well, I'm totally lost. I don't understand at all what i have to do here. It's just been a nightmare right from the start and I can't find anyone to help me. =[

 

Hi dude,

 

If your that lost, the host i use have osCommerce set up in the cpanel as a script addon. a click of a button and it's installed. Maybe moving to them could be an option if your that eager to get it going?

 

just a thought, good luck!

 

the host i use is www.compila.com

Shelton Brown

Web/Graphic Designer

  • 2 years later...
Posted
You need to edit your configure.php files (both of them to reflect your "live" web site).

 

// define our database connection

define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost'); // eg, localhost - should not be empty for productive servers

define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', '????');

define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', '?????');

define('DB_DATABASE', '??????');

define('USE_PCONNECT', 'false'); // use persistent connections?

define('STORE_SESSIONS', 'mysql'); // leave empty '' for default handler or set to 'mysql'

 

I am actuallu getting this error when I try to check out. what am i suppose to do Ol' Wise One? please help me too. :-)

 

404 Not Found

The server can not find the requested page:

 

wholesalegunaccessories.com/wholesalegunaccessories.com/checkout_shipping.php (port 443)

Please forward this error screen to wholesalegunaccessories.com's WebMaster.

 

 

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Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 Server at wholesalegunaccessories.com Port 443

Posted
I am actuallu getting this error when I try to check out. what am i suppose to do Ol' Wise One? please help me too. :-)

 

404 Not Found

The server can not find the requested page:

 

wholesalegunaccessories.com/wholesalegunaccessories.com/checkout_shipping.php (port 443)

Please forward this error screen to wholesalegunaccessories.com's WebMaster.

 

 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 Server at wholesalegunaccessories.com Port 443

 

Your includes/configure.php needs editing as its adding the domain name twice

sample below

  define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://localhost');
 define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'http://localhost');
 define('ENABLE_SSL', false);
 define('HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'localhost');
 define('HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'localhost');
 define('HTTP_COOKIE_PATH', '/digistore/');
 define('HTTPS_COOKIE_PATH', '/digistore/');
 define('DIR_WS_HTTP_CATALOG', '/digistore/');
 define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/digistore/');
 define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');

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