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Misc. information
Keep a test version at hand!
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.
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After you have confirmed that your test version works as it should, copy the test version over the live version. It is best to do this after peak usage hours, and with your store properly and temporarily disabled from within the PrestaShop back-office.
Checking for the GD library
On a default installation of PHP, the GD Library should be turned on, but if that's not the case for your install, the standard Windows instructions are:
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If you have no access to the php.ini file (which is often the case in shared hosting), contact your host about your hosting needs.
Activating PHP5
Oftentimes, dedicated or shared servers have both PHP 4 and PHP 5 available, but only PHP4 is activated by default.
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The following is a list of procedures of which we are currently aware of:
1&1
Add this line to the "Specific configuration" text-field from the Tools > Generators sub-tab:
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Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / |
Free.fr
Add this line to the "Specific configuration" text-field from the Tools > Generators sub-tab:
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php 1 |
OVH
Add this line to the "Specific configuration" text-field from the Tools > Generators sub-tab:
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SetEnv REGISTER_GLOBALS 0 |
GoDaddy
To View Your PHP Version:
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Changes can take up to 24 hours to complete.
Lunarpages shared hosting
- 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!".
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