unicorncove Posted January 25, 2004 Share Posted January 25, 2004 I just discovered OSCommerce and want to try it out before I pay for web hosting. What I was hoping to do is start building a web page using a free host (namely, FateBack.com) so I can get the hang of it before I pay for web hosting somewhere else. What I want to know is: If I start building there, can I transfer it all later to my paid web host? Is there a way I can just build my pages offline and without uploading it yet to the web at all? (can you tell I've never done anything like this before??) Any help you could give me is greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥ecartz Posted January 25, 2004 Share Posted January 25, 2004 1. Yes, you can move it. 2. Yes, EasyPHP is one program to do this. It installs Apache, MySQL, and PHP locally on your own machine. There are a couple others out there. Hth, Matt Always back up before making changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unicorncove Posted January 25, 2004 Author Share Posted January 25, 2004 What are those programs called (so I can look up others) and are there any other good ones you can recommend?--it seems like this one is mostly in french... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 25, 2004 Share Posted January 25, 2004 install it locally, follow this for apache, mysql and php http://internetmaster.com/installtutorial/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unicorncove Posted January 25, 2004 Author Share Posted January 25, 2004 This information is for EasyPHP? (and this makes it so I can design my website on my computer offline before I even have a place to host it??) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unicorncove Posted January 25, 2004 Author Share Posted January 25, 2004 Nevermind, I think I understand (although I no virtually NOTHING about Apache, mysql and PHP...) I'll give it a try. Thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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