| 1. Generate an installer script by going to the download page at www.5th-avenue-software.com. After you have supplied the necessary information, download your installer script, by clicking on the link provided.
2. Using the FTP program of
your choice, upload the installer script to an appropriate
directory within
the web area on your
server. You will need to know the URL to the
directory you upload the script to. Change the extension of the installer script to .php
You may also change the script name, for easier access.
3. Before installing
the software, you will need to do the
following:
a. Create a secure directory
in which you want the installer script
to copy script libraries and other
private data. This directory should
reside outside of the web server. The script will create a directory structure within this directory, so permissions of the directory must be such as to allow the default script user write permissions. Usually read-write permissions for owner-only is sufficient, but in some cases, the script user will be different from the owner of the directory, so you will need to set read-write permissions on for everyone. After installation, the directory permissions should be set back.
b. Create a directory
within the web area where you want the web
components of the shopping cart software
to reside. You will need to know the URL to this
directory. For reference, the installer script will display the URL to itself.
c. Using your web site control panel, create a database for the shopping cart tables and a user with all privileges to the database. You will need the database name, user name, user password, and type of database you will be using (MySQL, PostgreSQL, or ODBC). If you will be accessing the database remotely, you will need to know the host name, otherwise it will be "localhost".
d. Run the installer
script. The
installer script will create the appropriate
directory structures, collect the
database parameters,
download the scripts
and other shopping cart components,
and create the
default tables.
After installation, you will be presented with the several setup wizards that
will guide you through customization of your site.
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