Guest Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Hello I am new comer from thailand. I just interrest in e-commerce, and in my frist step i want to know how to design my online shop or my website. Until found OSCOMMERCE. OK, i have question want anyone help me. [*] Can i install oscommerce in my PC, not server? for config, set, simulate it on PC before. [*] if it can do, how to install? help link or doc. Please kindly help me Thank in advance. Pichai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABCommerce! Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 I like Xampp (google will find it). With it you can set up a server on your desktop, It is a very easy install then you can load the osCommerce files to the htdocs folder and run view your store at http://localhost/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 I like Xampp (google will find it). With it you can set up a server on your desktop, It is a very easy install then you can load the osCommerce files to the htdocs folder and run view your store at http://localhost/ Thank you, what is htdocs folder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABCommerce! Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Thank you, what is htdocs folder? It is a folder in the xampp directory that will be created when you install the program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPhil Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Installing XAMPP (or anything similar) will give you a fully functioning Web server on your PC (Linux or Windows OS). It contains Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl, and perhaps other things (you are free to add more). You can then do a normal installation of osC (or any other Web-based product) and play with it all you want. Do NOT attempt to use this as a real server to be exposed to the real World Wide Web! (Keep it isolated.) 1) Unless you REALLY know what you're doing, there will be a ton of security holes that hackers will find very quickly. 2) Performance will suck compared to a real web server installation. 3) Your ISP will probably not permit you to run a server from a normal customer installation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Installing XAMPP (or anything similar) will give you a fully functioning Web server on your PC (Linux or Windows OS). It contains Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl, and perhaps other things (you are free to add more). You can then do a normal installation of osC (or any other Web-based product) and play with it all you want. Do NOT attempt to use this as a real server to be exposed to the real World Wide Web! (Keep it isolated.) 1) Unless you REALLY know what you're doing, there will be a ton of security holes that hackers will find very quickly. 2) Performance will suck compared to a real web server installation. 3) Your ISP will probably not permit you to run a server from a normal customer installation. When you say "Do NOT attempt to use this as a real server to be exposed to the real World Wide Web! (Keep it isolated.)" I can still use this computer to go online without danger? So I install XAMPP, and just leave it there, then install OsCommerce / Zencart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 When you say "Do NOT attempt to use this as a real server to be exposed to the real World Wide Web! (Keep it isolated.)" I can still use this computer to go online without danger? So I install XAMPP, and just leave it there, then install OsCommerce / Zencart? I still can't get OsCommerce to run, it tries to open in Windows and fails. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPhil Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 When you say "Do NOT attempt to use this as a real server to be exposed to the real World Wide Web! (Keep it isolated.)" I can still use this computer to go online without danger? So I install XAMPP, and just leave it there, then install OsCommerce / Zencart? I'm not familiar with an installation under Windows, but my understanding is that there's a danger of someone getting into your server and making mischief any time you have a network connection AND XAMPP is running. I don't think that merely being installed is a problem -- you need to explicitly start it too. If you want to use your PC browser to access external websites, to be safe I would shut down XAMPP before connecting to your ISP. The only downside is that you would not be able to browse BOTH your test site and external sites at the same time. If anyone is more familiar with XAMPP and how to isolate it from external access (if anything needs to be done, such as configuration), feel free to speak up. I still can't get OsCommerce to run, it tries to open in Windows and fails. Any suggestions? First, do you have a working XAMPP installation? Have you tried a simple "Hello World" HTML page, and it works? How have you installed osCommerce, and how are you trying to access it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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