can i design an oscommerce site on my own computer

[dunchutch]

Hi,

 

I am starting to design a website but have not yet decided on the domain name that I will be using it on.

 

Is it possible to design my oscommerce site on my own computer then upload it when I have got my domain registered?

 

thanks

duncan

[gold682]

Hi,

 

Yes you can. You will need an emulator such as xampp or EasyPHP (which is the one I use) installed on your PC. This effectively mimics the conditions/services found on your typical ISP (non-windows) server (eg. apache; php; sql etc). Then you can install/configure and test locally on your pc until your happy to upload. Will need a bit of configuring once uploaded but nothing major!

 

Cheers

Paul

[dunchutch]

Hi,

 

Yes you can. You will need an emulator such as xampp or EasyPHP (which is the one I use) installed on your PC. This effectively mimics the conditions/services found on your typical ISP (non-windows) server (eg. apache; php; sql etc). Then you can install/configure and test locally on your pc until your happy to upload. Will need a bit of configuring once uploaded but nothing major!

 

Cheers

Paul

 

 

Thanks Paul, I have managed to get it up and running so now its a matter of messing about until I get it how I want it.

 

I have two further questions if you (or anyone else!) has a minute:-

 

1) If I want a friend to be able to have a look at my site for testing & critique is this relatively easy using xampp (this is the one I have installed). I know there would be a security issue but I could turn on when they wanted to log in and turn off after.

 

2) there are many many contributions which is frankly confusing. In your opinion are there a few 'must have' contributions? I know this is a lot about personal preference but a pointer or two I think would be helpful for me and many other beginners.

 

thanks again,

duncan