TimesArrow Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Is there a basic DFD on what a potential user needs and how he would install it. I've only coded basic html for my sites, have no shopping cart. FTP the html to my host. I've looked through oscommerce "About" and the forums. I see no basic information. Can I download a oscom version and install on a pc Mac or Windows to test? Is there server emulator software to load on a pc Mac or Windows then load oscom to test? Do I have to lease server space first then dl oscom and then follow the install instructions? (Probably the stupidest question) - is there free server space like free web host space? On what oscom does - I'm just guessing it's like Dreamweaver with a shopping cart built in? tHankS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥geoffreywalton Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 You can load xampp to host a test shop on your pc. I do not believe there is a how to install xampp on this forum but there is plenty of documentation on theirs on how to install xampp and use it. Tips for those starting out can be found in my profile. HTH G Need help installing add ons/contributions, cleaning a hacked site or a bespoke development, check my profile Virus Threat Scanner My Contributions Basic install answers. Click here for Contributions / Add Ons. UK your site. Site Move. Basic design info. For links mentioned in old answers that are no longer here follow this link Useful Threads. If this post was useful, click the Like This button over there ======>>>>>. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimesArrow Posted January 8, 2012 Author Share Posted January 8, 2012 hey thanks geo! xampp even has a mac ppc version so i don't have to buy a new computer! so once xampp is loaded i can dl oscom 2.x and load it? just guessing it seems to me that oscom has to have a mac install dl. because it looks like the oscom install is an .exe file which won't run native on a mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥toyicebear Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Oscommerce is not an .exe install..its a web/browser based install (php) so you should be able to install it on MAC and xampp just fine. Read the oscommerce knowledgebase, www.oscommerce.info , and also click on Basics for osc 2.3+ design in my signature for some basic info. Basics for osC 2.2 Design - Basics for Design V2.3+ - Seo & Sef Url's - Meta Tags for Your osC Shop - Steps to prevent Fraud... - MS3 and Team News... - SEO, Meta Tags, SEF Urls and osCommerce - Commercial Support Inquiries - OSC 2.3+ How To To see what more i can do for you check out my profile [click here] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimesArrow Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 Oscommerce is not an .exe install..its a web/browser based install (php) so you should be able to install it on MAC and xampp just fine. Read the oscommerce knowledgebase, www.oscommerce.info , and also click on Basics for osc 2.3+ design in my signature for some basic info. Thanks for your signature links. I did read the www.oscommerce.info. I'm pretty slow. I wish osCommerce had a basic DFD the kind you'd show a manager. The intro is too basic. Then the next basics are posts on how to change the oscom header (already into programming. I'm not exactly sure what the big picture is. It would be cool to see a DFD of a customer clicking on a shopping cart and see how each program processes/touches this event (minus sending the purchase out. Only from what the developer creates to make the transaction work, xampp, oscom, the developers pc, the internet for both test and production environments.) For sure you can't do anything with oscom without xampp as Geo posted. I've downloaded xampp but I also see no basic info on their site. I have no idea how the two interact. But apache has a warning that xampp has no security so be careful. I don't know what I'm opening my mac up to after the install? thAnks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Doug, You can work on an internet server while building your store. I DON'T use XAMMP for development, I have a development server. I know some developers use XAMMP but I have always found the site looks/ acts slightly different online than it does on your local machine. Especially if you are using shared hosting services that have 'fixed' server parameters. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimesArrow Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 Doug, You can work on an internet server while building your store. I DON'T use XAMMP for development, I have a development server. I know some developers use XAMMP but I have always found the site looks/ acts slightly different online than it does on your local machine. Especially if you are using shared hosting services that have 'fixed' server parameters. Chris you guys are pros. i'm just getting into it and have no server, no development server. i'm going to install xammp now. thanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimesArrow Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 http://forums.oscomm...71#entry1617471 this person did a great screen capture post for windows. when you get to the phpmyadmin login enter "nobody" and leave the password blank. where do i put the files in oscommerce-2.3.1 folder? STANDARD LICENSE extras CHANGELOG catalog i'm getting there! hanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimesArrow Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 in phpmyadmin at " Create new database: " I have No privileges in red right under and I can't click it. any idea where i messed up? google these keywords results in hits talking about this in 2005, 2007 but see no answers. In all my google while installing xampp and osc most all the hits are from at least 5 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥geoffreywalton Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Check who you are logged in as. Have a look at priviliedges and see if the person you are logged in as is allowed to create dbs. you can go to http://localhost/security/index.php and see if there is a password set up for the user root. HTH G Need help installing add ons/contributions, cleaning a hacked site or a bespoke development, check my profile Virus Threat Scanner My Contributions Basic install answers. Click here for Contributions / Add Ons. UK your site. Site Move. Basic design info. For links mentioned in old answers that are no longer here follow this link Useful Threads. If this post was useful, click the Like This button over there ======>>>>>. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimesArrow Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 Check who you are logged in as. Have a look at priviliedges and see if the person you are logged in as is allowed to create dbs. you can go to http://localhost/security/index.php and see if there is a password set up for the user root. HTH G hi geo, i just posted this on apache forum so i'll post it here in case someone else has this case. see edit at end. i've been using Firefox all this time so i tried Safari and i've gotten in phpMyAdmin and able to Create data base and have Privilege settings which logging in with Firefox do NOT allow! same username same password. ------------------------ all the demos work EXCEPT for: CD Collection Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/xampp/cds.php on line 64 Could not connect to database! Is MySQL running or did you change the password? using FIREFOX this happens - then in phpMyAdmin i cannot create a database. cannot select option: Create new database: No Privileges thank you for any advice! Control panel has green light on Apache MySQL FTP MySQL database ACTIVATED PHP ACTIVATED Perl ACTIVATED Common Gateway Interface (CGI) ACTIVATED Server Side Includes (SSI) ACTIVATED These XAMPP pages are no longer accessible by network for everyone SECURE MySQL is no longer accessible over the network SECURE The phpMyAdmin user pma has no longer no password SECURE The MySQL user root has no longer no password SECURE The FTP password for user nobody is no langer 'xampp' SECURE ---------------------EDIT------------------------------ i just tried using Safari and got in to be able to Create new database at the phpMyAdmin login screen i enter Username: root Password: which i set some where installing yesterday but i wrote it down and i'm in and able to Create new database Safari gives same mysql error above when running the CD Collection Demo but using Firefox the same Username and Password don't allow - No Privileges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥geoffreywalton Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 If you have created the db in safari then you should be able to use that name during the local install. db name xxxxxxxx as created using safari user root paswword as written down Should all work fine. Cheers G Need help installing add ons/contributions, cleaning a hacked site or a bespoke development, check my profile Virus Threat Scanner My Contributions Basic install answers. Click here for Contributions / Add Ons. UK your site. Site Move. Basic design info. For links mentioned in old answers that are no longer here follow this link Useful Threads. If this post was useful, click the Like This button over there ======>>>>>. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimesArrow Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 i finally got xampp mac osx completely installed properly. i have osc 2.3.1 installed with a database created. i get to the osc create shop screen but i didn't create anything yet. i hope i have time to gather what i did and post it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranthi Kumar Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I hove installed oscommerce 2.3. Ith the aid of XAMPP I opened the store using the oscommerce test database. The store is working perfectly allright EXCEPT IMAGE LINKS ARE NOT WORKING and no images are showing up. Later I tried accessing the images using browser ( chrome and explorer) - the link says server error ( when I see the path of the imges the are correctly located). Request , kindly let me know the how to make the images showup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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