andrewbwalsh Posted June 18, 2007 Posted June 18, 2007 Hi all, Im really stuck and im basically teaching myself web design and php from scratch... the basic web stuff im ok with but the rest ekkkk I have uploaded the catalog files to my server ... and access is set to 777. I have set up a mysql database. Ok so in the OS Commerce Help Doc it says "Open your web browser and go to http://yourserver/catalog/install/ and click on the Install button". I have done this but the install button is in fact a php file which opens in dream weaver. My hosting support has kindly suggested that I need to edit the text in this php file and save it. Im assuming a input my database name, user name and password somewhere in this php Jargon...but where ? Am I totally off the track ??? Any suggestions will be most welcome ... but please bear with me ... :-) cheers
usernamenone Posted June 19, 2007 Posted June 19, 2007 http://yourserver/catalog/install/ replace yourserver with your actual website name and has nothing to with server. New Installation Upload the catalog directory to your server using FTP. All PHP files must be uploaded in ASCII mode, not binary mode. Upload the catalog folder which includes the admin folder to your document root (public_html, www, htdocs) using FTP. Using phpMyAdmin or another tool, create your database and user, and assign that user to the database. Write down the name of the database, username, and password for this database for the database installation procedure. Open your web browser and go to http://yoursite/yourcatalog/install/ and click on the Install button. The following instructions will guide you to configuring the online store for your server. If this is a localhost that goes to http://localhost/yoursite/yourcatalog/install You have nothing to edit as the installer will ask questions that you need to answer. Hi all, Im really stuck and im basically teaching myself web design and php from scratch... the basic web stuff im ok with but the rest ekkkk I have uploaded the catalog files to my server ... and access is set to 777. I have set up a mysql database. Ok so in the OS Commerce Help Doc it says "Open your web browser and go to http://yourserver/catalog/install/ and click on the Install button". I have done this but the install button is in fact a php file which opens in dream weaver. My hosting support has kindly suggested that I need to edit the text in this php file and save it. Im assuming a input my database name, user name and password somewhere in this php Jargon...but where ? Am I totally off the track ??? Any suggestions will be most welcome ... but please bear with me ... :-) cheers
andrewbwalsh Posted June 19, 2007 Author Posted June 19, 2007 http://yourserver/catalog/install/ replace yourserver with your actual website name and has nothing to with server. cheers for the response I have go to ftp://ideabrix.com/Catalog/install/ (ideabrix is my site) but it just shows Index of ftp://ideabrix.com/Catalog/install Up to higher level directory images 18/06/2007 19:43:00 includes 18/06/2007 19:43:00 index.php 1 KB 18/06/2007 19:44:00 install.php 2 KB 18/06/2007 19:44:00 oscommerce.sql 405 KB 18/06/2007 19:44:00 templates 18/06/2007 19:45:00 upgrade.php 1 KB 18/06/2007 19:47:00 If i go to http://ideabrix/catalog/install/ it just shows a blank white page with ideabrix.com in the corner. If I have uploaded the files in binary as opposed to ASCII in dreamweaver mx how to i make sure they are being uploaded in ascii.....cheers for the advice
usernamenone Posted June 19, 2007 Posted June 19, 2007 Then you are in the wrong directory ftp to your site and find out where you uploaded your catalog to if you kept the name of catalog for your oscommerce file. your blank page with your domain name in the corner is your sites 404 page not found.
andrewbwalsh Posted June 19, 2007 Author Posted June 19, 2007 Index of ftp://ideabrix.com/Catalog/install Up to higher level directory images 18/06/2007 19:43:00 includes 18/06/2007 19:43:00 index.php 1 KB 18/06/2007 19:44:00 install.php 2 KB 18/06/2007 19:44:00 oscommerce.sql 405 KB 18/06/2007 19:44:00 templates 18/06/2007 19:45:00 upgrade.php 1 KB 18/06/2007 19:47:00 this is where is is i assume i clcik on install.php but it just opens the file in dream weaver ???? im lost
andrewbwalsh Posted June 19, 2007 Author Posted June 19, 2007 Index of ftp://ideabrix.com/Catalog/install Up to higher level directory images 18/06/2007 19:43:00 includes 18/06/2007 19:43:00 index.php 1 KB 18/06/2007 19:44:00 install.php 2 KB 18/06/2007 19:44:00 oscommerce.sql 405 KB 18/06/2007 19:44:00 templates 18/06/2007 19:45:00 upgrade.php 1 KB 18/06/2007 19:47:00 this is where is is i assume i clcik on install.php but it just opens the file in dream weaver ???? im lost
usernamenone Posted June 19, 2007 Posted June 19, 2007 You have uploaded your catalog in the wrong directory on your hosted server. You do not click on the installer it is installed through the browser. open the documentation.pdf that is in your oscommerce download and read the directions.
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