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PrestaShop is a web application: it needs to be installed on a web server in order to run, and it needs a domain name that your visitor will use to access your store.
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Registering a
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domain name
Before downloading or installing anything, you need to provide a home for your PrestaShop online store. This means its files need to reside on a web server. You might have a web server of your own, but it is more likely that you have or will have your store hosted by an Internet hosting service (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_hosting_service), which provides you with an online home for a monthly or yearly fee.
If you have never had a web host, here are some that you can trust:
- 1&1: http://www.1and1.com/
- A2 Hosting: http://www.a2hosting.com/
- alwaysdata: https://www.alwaysdata.com/
- Bluehost: http://www.bluehost.com/
- DreamHost: http://www.dreamhost.com/
- MediaTemple: http://mediatemple.net/
- OVH: http://www.ovh.com/
There are many more. Ask your friends!
When choosing your host, remember one crucial requirement: it must provide you with support for PHP 5.2 (or more recent), the programming language with which PrestaShop is written, and MySQL 5 (or more recent), the database system where PrestaShop stores all its data. There are more requirements: see the "Technical requirements" section below.
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PrestaShop can host your online business on its in-house web servers: PrestaBox was built in order to free from any technical hassle, such as installing or updating PrestaShop. Pplease consult our PrestaBox website for details on our low-priced, secure website hosting service. This is highly recommended for businesses with little to no experience with the Internet or computers. You can reach PrestaBox at this address: http://www.prestabox.com/ |
Registering a domain name
You will That is made of two components: a domain name, and a web server. A domain is the online identifier for your website, such as mydomainname.com or myonlineshop.net. It is the public face of your web server.
You need to buy a domain name for your store. A domain is the online identifier for your website, such as mydomainname.com or myonlineshop.net.Many web You can get one at the same time as you get your web hosting in place: many web hosts offer a free domain with every new account. They might be free for a year, or for as long as you keep that account on their servera client of that web host. This makes it easy to get the full package (hosting+domain name) in one go.
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There are many more. Ask your friends!
Finding a host
Now that you have a domain name, you need to have it lead to PrestaShop. This means that the PrestaShop files need to reside on a web server. You might have a web server of your own, but it is more likely that you have or will have your store hosted by an Internet hosting service (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_hosting_service), which provides you with an online home for a monthly or yearly fee.
If you have never had a web host, here are some that you can trust:
- 1&1: http://www.1and1.com/
- A2 Hosting: http://www.a2hosting.com/
- alwaysdata: https://www.alwaysdata.com/
- Bluehost: http://www.bluehost.com/
- DreamHost: http://www.dreamhost.com/
- MediaTemple: http://mediatemple.net/
- OVH: http://www.ovh.com/
There are many more. Ask your friends!
When choosing your host, remember one crucial requirement: it must provide you with support for PHP 5.2 (or more recent), the programming language with which PrestaShop is written, and MySQL 5 (or more recent), the database system where PrestaShop stores all its data. There are more requirements: see the "Technical requirements" section below.
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PrestaShop can host your online business on its in-house web servers: PrestaBox was built in order to free from any technical hassle, such as installing or updating PrestaShop. Pplease consult our PrestaBox website for details on our low-priced, secure website hosting service. This is highly recommended for businesses with little to no experience with the Internet or computers. You can reach PrestaBox at this address: http://www.prestabox.com/ |
Technical requirements
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PrestaShop is an application which runs on a web server, and is written using the PHP programming language. It stores its data in a MySQL server. PHP is an open-source programming language, mainly used for web applications. Created in 1995, it has since become the most used programming language by web developers. It uses a C-like syntax, making it easy for developers to learn it. |
Whichever hosting service you use must have the following components installed on your web server space:
- System: Unix, Linux or Windows. Unix is highly recommended.
- Web server: Apache Web server 1.3 or later.
- PHP 5.2 or later. (You may have to activate PHP 5 on your hosting service, see below.)
- MySQL 5.0 or later.
- At least 64 Mb of RAM on your server (128 Mb is more comfy, the more the better).
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