Installation | Preparing to Install
Preparing to Install
Since you know that ZeusCart 3.0 is Open Source and you can download
it from http://www.ajsquare.com/products/ecom/. After downloading the .zip from the Downloads page, follow these steps to get the online shop running:
- Unzip the file on your PC.
- Copy all folders and files to the Web server and place them in the destination folder (for example, "root") in which you want to install ZeusCart 3.0 software.
- After uploading the files in FTP Server, apply
0777 access permission for following
folders after you uploaded your files
- /images - and its sub folders and files
- /bin - and its sub folders and files
- /built - and its sub folders and files
- /cache - and its sub folders and files
- /admin/cache - and its sub folders and files
- /uploadedimages/ - and its sub folders and
files
- /userpage - and its sub folders and files
- /upload_bulk_products - and its sub folders
and files
- admin/uploadedtsvfile - and its sub folders
and files
- includes - and its sub folders
and files
- includes/Charts - and its sub folders
and files
- Using your favorite browser, navigate to the following URL: www.your_site.com (where "www.your_site.com" is your Web server's address and "store" is the folder that contains the installation files)
- Then follow the instructions on the screen using the installation steps.
We strongly recommend that you should rename the "install" folder for data security reasons
The following is a list of possible reasons you are unable to install ZeusCart software:
- You do not have permission to write to the folder that contains the installation files. Write access permission is required to install ZeusCart software. For assistance, please contact your web hosting provider.
- The PHP version installed on the Web host is earlier than 5.2.2. PHP version 5.2.2 or later is required to install ZeusCart software. For assistance, please contact your system administrator.
- Insufficient disk space available on the Web host. A minimum of 25 Mb of available disk space is required to install ZeusCart software.
- 'safe_mode' directive is enabled. To achieve normal system operation, you must set safe_mode = Off in php.ini."
- PHP support for MySQL is missing.
You should enable MySQL support for PHP. For Windows platforms, uncomment the string 'extension=php_mysql.dll'. For Unix platforms, uncomment the string 'extension=php_mysql.so'. For additional assistance, please contact your system administrator or hosting provider.
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