unicorncove Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 I have never done anything like OSCommerce before (neither have I even tried to build a website at all!) and would really like to build my site offline before I pay for hosting. I have downloaded OSCommerce, but as yet don't know how to open/access/install it locally, without having a webhost. It was suggested to me (in another thread) that I could download EasyPHP or Apache, PHP and MySQL locally and do it that way. However, I loaded (and configured--etc Apache already from http://internetmaster.com/installtutorial/index.htm and I still have no idea how to do this... Is there any tutorial somewhere that explains (to a NOVICE) how to start building my OSCommerce site offline? How exactly to use Apache, PHP and MySQL once I've downloaded them? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 If you are developing on Windows you are far better off installing a package such as PHPDev (Apache/PHP/MySQL/PHPmyadmin) - unless of course you are wishing to learn each of these in the process, which is a good thing :D - in that case you are best to learn from the websites of each of those - all have comprehensive tutorials/forums etc. There is info in our Wiki for installing/configuring/modifying your installation of osCommerce.... and of course these forums! :P Matti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unicorncove Posted January 26, 2004 Author Share Posted January 26, 2004 I really just need something user- (and beginner!) friendly to get me started. --so, if I download PHPDev I can install OSCommerce just on my hard drive, get the hang of how to build it offline, and then eventually just upload it when I get hosting service? (I want to make sure so I'm not downloading a bunch of stuff I don't need!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 Absolutely! This is the kind of setup that many professional developers have - there are other tools to make life easier, the most important being a good text editor designed for programming - TSW Webcoder is a good freeware editor. Matti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unicorncove Posted January 26, 2004 Author Share Posted January 26, 2004 So what changes do I need to make to the wiki install information to do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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