Sunday, April 06, 2008

notes for install prestashop on ubuntu7.10

env:
apache5 + php5 + mysql + phpmyadmin

extract prestashop to /www/var/ folder

#apt-get install php5-gd

#chmod 777 ./config

#chmod 777 ./tools/smarty/compile

# chmod -R 777 img mails modules translations/

# chmod -R 777 ./themes/default/lang/

make sure :::

System and permissions

The following settings are required. Please make sure the following checklist items are true.

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  • PHP settings (modify via your PHP admin software):
  • PHP 5.0 or later is installed
  • Allowed to upload files
  • Allowed to open external URLs
  • Allowed to create new files and folders
  • GD Library is installed
  • MySQL support is on
  • Write permissions on folders (do not apply recursively/to subfolders):
  • /config
  • /tools/smarty/compile
  • Write permissions on folders and subfolders/recursively:
  • /img
  • /mails
  • /modules
  • /themes/default/lang
  • /translations

Optional set-up

  • PHP settings (modify via your PHP admin software):
  • PHP register global option is off (recommended)
  • GZIP compression is on (recommended)
  • Write permissions on folders (do not apply recursively/to subfolders):
  • / (root of this application)
  • /admin

create database named prestashop






1 comment:

Unknown said...

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