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Log-in to your server account using your FTP client, browse to the PrestaShop folder, and find the folders that are marked by the installer as in need of a permission change.
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Changing file/folder permission on a Unix/Linux system is called a "CHMOD", after the command of the same name – you can find an explanation of file permissions here). Giving them "write permission" is called "doing a CHMOD 755" or "a CHMOD 775", depending on the host. |
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Some hosts might require you to use CHMOD 777, although it is not recommended for anything more than a one-time need. |
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Click "Next", and the installer will start filling the data database with tables and data. This might take a few minutes in the slower server.
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It is highly recommended to not use keep the default PrestaShop logo, for obvious reasons.
You can also choose to use PrestaShop simply as catalog, which will disable all purchase and payment features, even if temporarily. This is useful when you are setting your shop up for first time, as it insures that no purchase can be made until you are ready to let people shop on your site. You can remove the catalog mode later, in the "Preferences" > "Products" sub-tab.
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An easy way to improve your installation's security is to delete or rename some key files and folders. Deletion of remote files This is done using your FTP client, directly on the server.
Items to delete:
- "Installinstall" folder.
- "readme_*" files (5 of them).
- "CHANGELOG" file.
Item to rename:
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After you have completed setting up your shop to get it just the way you want it, but before officially opening it to the buying public, we strongly recommend that you install a local test version on your personal computer (using WAMP for Windows, MAMP for Mac, or LAMP for Linux, or XAMPP for any of those platforms), or elsewhere on your hosting server.
This second version instance will be useful as a pre-production environment in which you can carry out all future changes to your PrestaShop online store, without affecting the live version. This way, if an error should occur, your live store remains intact and untouched.
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Oftentimes, dedicated or shared servers have both PHP4 PHP 4 and PHP5 PHP 5 available, but only PHP4 is activated by default.
To install PrestaShop, PHP 5 must be activated. If you attempt to run PrestaShop using PHP 4 or older, you will receive numerous errors, including this very common message:
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The following is a list of procedures of which we are currently aware of:
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Add this line to the "Specific configuration" text-field from the Tools > Generators sub-tab:
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AddType x-mapp-php5 .php |
Otherwise, you can try renaming the PHP files to be executed in PHP 5 by changing the extension to ".php".
For URL re-writing, add these lines:
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- Enter cPanel. It should be located at http://www.(your_domain).(com/net/org/etc)/cpanel
- Enter your account username and password in the box that appears.
- A new page appears. Go to the bottom row of icons in the page and click the icon titled "Enable/Disable PHP 5"
- A new page appears. Click "Add PHP 5 To Your Account!".
Your language change request is submitted. Please allow up to 24 hours for the change to be processed by the hosting server.
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- Delete the
/prestaShop(or the name you gave it after the installation, if you renamed it) from the current main directory of your Web server (generally/www). - Delete your PrestaShop database, using phpMyAdmin.
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