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Basically, the needed parameters are:

  • a hostname or an IP adressaddress: the location of your hosting space on the Internet.
  • a username: your hosting account identifier, which is unique to you.
  • a password: obligatory security measure.

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Now that you are connected to your hosting space, it is time to transfert transfer the PrestaShop files from your computer to your server.

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  1. Select the language in which you wish the installer to be.
  2. Select whether you wish to install or update PrestaShop (if this is your first time, you can only install).
  3. Read and agree to the PrestaShop licence license (the Open Software License 3.0).

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Choose the prefix for your tables. "ps_" is the default, resultat resulting in the PrestaShop SQL table having names such as "ps_car" or "ps_wishlist", but if you need to install more than one instances of PrestaShop on the same database, then you must use a unique prefix for each install.

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PrestaShop relies heavily on e-mail for noticationsnotifications, both for the shop owner and its customers. This form enables you to test whether the current server configuration lets you send e-mail using PHP's mail() function. If this is not the case, then check the "Configure SMTP manually" box in order to configure your own mail server. Note that this is reserved to advanced users.

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This is where you can already start customizing your shop: give it a name and a logo, indicate its main activity, indicate the personnal personal information for the shop owner (which has legal binding in most countries)...

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Warning
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If the suggested way to activate PHP5 is to add some specific configuration rules to your .htaccess file, do not add them directly to the file itself!

The only clean way to customize your PrestaShop install's .htaccess file is to use the "Tools" tab's "Generators" sub-tab, and to paste your configuration lines in the "Specific Configuration" text-field. This way, you ensure that PrestaShop will never overwrite your .htaccess, thus losing these important lines.

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Otherwise, you can try renaming the PHP files to be executed in PHP 5 by changing the extention extension to ".php".

For URL re-writing, add these lines:

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  1. Enter the cpanel. Many times this will be cPanel. It should be located at http://www.(your_domain).(com/net/org/etc)/cpanel
  2. Enter your account username and password in the box that appears.
  3. A new page appears. Go to the bottom row of icons in the page and click the icon titled "Enable/Disable PHP 5"
  4. A new page appears. Click "Add PHP 5 To Your Account!".

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