cool79 Posted November 3, 2007 Posted November 3, 2007 is it possible? how do i go about it? using dreamweaver? i have 1 template which i download for free, how do i use the template to work offline n built my own template from it? i have html n C knowledge
♥Vger Posted November 3, 2007 Posted November 3, 2007 Forget Dreamweaver - it's not going to be of any use to you in working with osCommerce. You need to download and install a good plain text editor like Text Pad, Crimson Editor or PS Pad. Then you need to turn your PC into an offline server (intranet) with an all-in-one Apache server like XAMPP. Don't use the latest versions of XAMPP - because they come bundled with MySQL 5 - instead use an archived version which allows you to switch between PHP 4 and 5, but comes with MySQL 4. http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.p...;group_id=61776 Vger
cool79 Posted November 4, 2007 Author Posted November 4, 2007 Forget Dreamweaver - it's not going to be of any use to you in working with osCommerce. You need to download and install a good plain text editor like Text Pad, Crimson Editor or PS Pad. Then you need to turn your PC into an offline server (intranet) with an all-in-one Apache server like XAMPP. Don't use the latest versions of XAMPP - because they come bundled with MySQL 5 - instead use an archived version which allows you to switch between PHP 4 and 5, but comes with MySQL 4. http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.p...;group_id=61776 Vger that means it will be all hard coding? then when i want to test for error i will need to upload to the server? i am using crimson to edit my oscommerce at the moment. quite time consumming to upload the whole template to test. is there a short cut?
Guest Posted November 4, 2007 Posted November 4, 2007 that means it will be all hard coding? then when i want to test for error i will need to upload to the server?i am using crimson to edit my oscommerce at the moment. quite time consumming to upload the whole template to test. is there a short cut? The advice Vger (a very smart woman, follow her advice) gave lets you test locally. I use wamp, Vger suggests XAMP. Both will install an apache environment on you pc. You can then install osc as you would on the web, and do your edits and tests on your pc.
cool79 Posted November 4, 2007 Author Posted November 4, 2007 The advice Vger (a very smart woman, follow her advice) gave lets you test locally. I use wamp, Vger suggests XAMP. Both will install an apache environment on you pc. You can then install osc as you would on the web, and do your edits and tests on your pc. i am quite lost now... how do i install the things n which version... i click on the link and there are like so many files... which is the correct 1... all are .gz... sorry i am quite new to high level language
Guest Posted November 4, 2007 Posted November 4, 2007 i am quite lost now... how do i install the things n which version... i click on the link and there are like so many files... which is the correct 1... all are .gz... sorry i am quite new to high level language assuming you are on windows download the XAMP with a zip extension.
cool79 Posted November 4, 2007 Author Posted November 4, 2007 assuming you are on windows download the XAMP with a zip extension. download all of these? xampplite-win32-1.4.16.exe Mirror 12360835 10216 i386 .exe (32-bit Windows) xampplite-win32-1.4.16.zip Mirror 32913012 5426 i386 .zip xampp-upgrade-1.4.16.exe Mirror 16643369 1387 i386 .exe (32-bit Windows) xampp-upgrade-1.4.16-installer.exe Mirror 17252456 6186 i386 .exe (32-bit Windows) xampp-upgrade-1.4.16.zip Mirror 51696987 1273 i386 .zip xampp-win32-1.4.16.exe Mirror 23666127 13356 i386 .exe (32-bit Windows) xampp-win32-1.4.16-installer.exe Mirror 26535802 86298 i386 .exe (32-bit Windows) xampp-win32-1.4.16.zip Mirror 70618699 14571 i386 .zip
cool79 Posted November 4, 2007 Author Posted November 4, 2007 download all of these? xampplite-win32-1.4.16.exe Mirror 12360835 10216 i386 .exe (32-bit Windows) xampplite-win32-1.4.16.zip Mirror 32913012 5426 i386 .zip xampp-upgrade-1.4.16.exe Mirror 16643369 1387 i386 .exe (32-bit Windows) xampp-upgrade-1.4.16-installer.exe Mirror 17252456 6186 i386 .exe (32-bit Windows) xampp-upgrade-1.4.16.zip Mirror 51696987 1273 i386 .zip xampp-win32-1.4.16.exe Mirror 23666127 13356 i386 .exe (32-bit Windows) xampp-win32-1.4.16-installer.exe Mirror 26535802 86298 i386 .exe (32-bit Windows) xampp-win32-1.4.16.zip Mirror 70618699 14571 i386 .zip thanks i downloading the zip files of xampplite-win32-1.4.16.zip Mirror 32913012 5426 i386 .zip xampp-upgrade-1.4.16.zip Mirror 51696987 1273 i386 .zip xampp-win32-1.4.16.zip Mirror 70618699 14571 i386 .zip my fault, i never see clearing
Guest Posted November 4, 2007 Posted November 4, 2007 download all of these? xampplite-win32-1.4.16.exe Mirror 12360835 10216 i386 .exe (32-bit Windows) xampplite-win32-1.4.16.zip Mirror 32913012 5426 i386 .zip xampp-upgrade-1.4.16.exe Mirror 16643369 1387 i386 .exe (32-bit Windows) xampp-upgrade-1.4.16-installer.exe Mirror 17252456 6186 i386 .exe (32-bit Windows) xampp-upgrade-1.4.16.zip Mirror 51696987 1273 i386 .zip xampp-win32-1.4.16.exe Mirror 23666127 13356 i386 .exe (32-bit Windows) xampp-win32-1.4.16-installer.exe Mirror 26535802 86298 i386 .exe (32-bit Windows) xampp-win32-1.4.16.zip Mirror 70618699 14571 i386 .zip Given the choices, the installer should be the easiest: xampp-win32-1.4.16-installer.exe Mirror 26535802 86298 i386 .exe (32-bit Windows)
♥geoffreywalton Posted November 4, 2007 Posted November 4, 2007 XAMPP gives to a brilliant start to set up a test system on your PC. Once you are set up and ready to go the next problem you will find is that you make all these changes and it doesnt work. How do you roll everythng back? You need a versioning control system. This is not as complcated as it sounds. 2 things are needed a package called subversion and another called tortoise. Subversion holds a copy of your package and every so often after you have installed something you save another copy. Then if something goes wrong you can roll back to a known good copy of your package. Of course a little reading of the manuals will help in the installation and use but it is worth the effort if you are going to seriously mod your shop. Enjoy Need help installing add ons/contributions, cleaning a hacked site or a bespoke development, check my profile Virus Threat Scanner My Contributions Basic install answers. Click here for Contributions / Add Ons. UK your site. Site Move. Basic design info. For links mentioned in old answers that are no longer here follow this link Useful Threads. If this post was useful, click the Like This button over there ======>>>>>.
♥Vger Posted November 4, 2007 Posted November 4, 2007 2 things are needed a package called subversion and another called tortoise. Or, a much simpler system, copy and paste xampp's htdocs folder onto your desktop and also the mysql 'data' folder. Vger
cool79 Posted November 4, 2007 Author Posted November 4, 2007 Or, a much simpler system, copy and paste xampp's htdocs folder onto your desktop and also the mysql 'data' folder. Vger i am quite lost now i just downloaded the 3 zip files and there's no setup file in either one of the folders.... vger.... which is the most simple way to start out 1st?
♥Vger Posted November 4, 2007 Posted November 4, 2007 If you download the installer.exe version then all you have to do is to click on it and it will start the installation. Vger
cool79 Posted November 5, 2007 Author Posted November 5, 2007 If you download the installer.exe version then all you have to do is to click on it and it will start the installation. Vger i had installed n all the 3 servers are running... what is the next steps?
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