Help on installing and checking out osCommerce in Window2000

[OGI]

Hello All,

 

I downloaded the Windows versioin of osCommerce. My intention is to do my e-commerce development in Windows before uploading to my providers Linux server. I couldn't view the files in IE because they have PHP extensions instead of HTML.

 

Can you please advise on how I run the application in Window?

 

I appreciate your help.

 

Thanks,

 

George

[toolcrazy]

You will need:

 

Web Server

mySQL Database Server.

PHP 4.***

 

I would suggest Apache and not IIS for the web server. These programs are all available for free.

 

Also, there isn't a window or linux version of OSC just two different compresion formats. tar.gz for linux and zip for windows. They do this for convenece.

 

Personaly, I wouldn't set your test bed up on Windows. I would set up a network with a Linux box and do the testing there. Again all available for free, well, except the hardware.

[dreamscape]

nothing wrong with developing your OSC install on windows. many people, including myself do.

 

but what toolcrazy said.

 

you'll need to install PHP v4.xxx ( free from http://www.php.net )

mysql server (again free from http://www.mysql.com )

and a webserver

 

if you don't have a webserver installed, then I'd use apache as it is free... if you have an IIS server running, you can use that to develop you site (I develop on IIS), but I wouldn't reccomend running a live shop on IIS... OSC is a little tricky to get going on IIS also.

 

Also, on IIS I have to run the CGI version of PHP or else I have restart the server every 5 minutes because PHP hangs and causes fatal errors if I try to run the ISAPI layer. Many advise against running the CGI version of PHP but it seems to work ok for development.

[Ramesh]

you need to set up your machine, so that when it comes to a .php file

it will open it !

 

have a ook at a oscommerce shop.

see that .php visible in the address bar ?

Your browser is viewing the html output of that .php file from the server.

 

You need to setup your machine to 'interpret or translate' php files.

 

GO to firepages.com.au

 

home > downloads.

 

They have the downloads u need in one single download.

Good place for all apache /mysql /php beginners

 

Read all the instructions there (it really helps) , take a couple of days to absorb it. I learnt quite a bit from there ! :-)[/b]

[TB]

I run Windows 2000 also, and have run IIS in the past.

 

After converting to Apache... I haven't looked back!

It's much faster, stable & easier to configure (text files... rather than GUI)

Not to mention that it provides simulatainous unlimited websites rather than the Windows 2000 *bs* single website (localhost).

There are thread on configuring this (Thanks Jan!) though PM me if you get stuck and I'll help where I can.

 

Anyway... my $0.02 worth is that Apache is the definatly the go!

 

I'm sslloowwllyy converting to Linux, and will be making up a Linux box and running that network example as above when time permits.

 

Cheers,

Tony