setting up everything

[gamerheaven]

hey guys, i kinda need alot of help with this. I was able to configure my website with osCommerce however I have no clue how to get in and start modifying it with phpmyadmin (built into my webhost) I also am getting all these warning messages.

 

http://www.gamerheaven.ca/catalog/index.php to see how the site looks (as well as the warnings)

 

and

 

http://www.gamerheaven.ca/catalog/admin/index.php to see my admin part

 

any help with this would be greatly appricated.

 

thanks

[♥geoffreywalton]

Suggest you start by learning how to use smartftp or filezilla.

 

Then read the knowledge base.

 

http://www.oscommerce.info/kb/osCommerce/I...on_and_Upgrades

[digilee]

Firstly, once OSC is set up via your hosts control panel there is no real reason to mess around in phpmyadmin unless you are adding contributions but then you should always make a back-up first.

 

Secondly, It looks like you haven't made any changes so my advice would be to go back to your control panel and uninstall OSC, make sure all files are deleted off the server and then install a fresh copy.

 

Thirdly, if this still gives you problems you have 2 choices - contact your host and tell them their OSC install is giving you jip or, better still, download a fresh OSC and install it yourself.

[gamerheaven]

Firstly, once OSC is set up via your hosts control panel there is no real reason to mess around in phpmyadmin unless you are adding contributions but then you should always make a back-up first.

 

Secondly, It looks like you haven't made any changes so my advice would be to go back to your control panel and uninstall OSC, make sure all files are deleted off the server and then install a fresh copy.

 

Thirdly, if this still gives you problems you have 2 choices - contact your host and tell them their OSC install is giving you jip or, better still, download a fresh OSC and install it yourself.

 

Ok.... i have tried using smartFTP... which is much easier for ftp uploading and downloading. However my problems still exist. I can't get OSC set up properly for some reason.

 

my host allows me to create a database (New MySQL Database) the first page as i understand it is suppost to have check boxes however the first page that loads for me when i go to http://gamerheaven/catalog/install is different.

 

It says:

 

PHP Version 5.2.4

 

PHP Settings

register_globals Off

magic_quotes Off

file_uploads On

session.auto_start Off

session.use_trans_sid Off

 

PHP Extensions

MySQL

GD

cURL

OpenSSL

New Installation

The webserver environment has been verified to proceed with a successful installation and configuration of your online store.

 

Please continue to start the installation procedure.

 

 

 

THEN the database info. Which is provided when i create it through my webhost.

next is the webserver stuff. Where I have two typing boxes. (both of which ask to install to the catalog folder)

 

WWW Address

The web address to the online store.

Webserver Root Directory

The directory where the online store is installed on the server.

 

Alot of the stuff i see in the documentation isnt available for me. Making me feel i am doing something wrong. Suggestions are more than welcome and if i still can't figure it out i can provide an FTP link and my database info for help.

 

thanks so far everyone!

[Guest]

Try changing register globals to on?

[gamerheaven]

Try changing register globals to on?

 

I got it all now. thanks to everyone that helped out!