Easy steps to install iG Shop.

[kiran]

Hello Friends!
I found many people have problem with installation. Here are some simple steps for installation. Please note that I tried these steps on Linux and FreeBSD with PHP4.1.2. This works very fine. Image upload works, but not satisfactory.

Some features of iG Shop will not work on SAFE_MODE=ON
Please note that iG Shop is in its development stage.


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1. Unzip ig-shop.zip and upload all files excluding /admin directory.

2. After the upload, change the chmod to 777 on the following folders and subfolders :

/brand_logos
/category_images
/category_images/thumbnails
/category_images/thumbnails/100x100
/category_images/thumbnails/150x150
/category_images/thumbnails/70x70
/product_images
/product_images/logo/thumbnails
/product_images/logo/thumbnails/100x100
/product_images/logo/thumbnails/150x150
/product_images/logo/thumbnails/70x70
/product_images/thumbnails/100x100
/product_images/thumbnails/150x150
/product_images/thumbnails/70x70
/product_images/thumbnails/90x90
/tmp

3. Edit auth.php and auth.php3 for mysql server details.

4. Create admin directory on your server.

5. CHMOD 777 /admin

6. Upload make_symlink.php to /admin

7. Run make_symlink.php from your browser.
( http://www.nameofyourdomain.com/admin/make_symlink.php)

8. Upload

admin-*.php
header.php
footer.php
images.php3
import.txt
index.php
order-*.php
shipping-methods.php
style*.css

9. Secure admin section by .htaccess

10 To customise your shop, you may need to edit templates in templates directory.

11. To make changes in payment, check cart.php if you know PHP.
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Hope this will help.

[sudip]

Could you please tell me what is .htaccess

[kiran]

.htaccess files (or "distributed configuration files") provide a way to make configuration changes on a per-directory basis. A file, containing one or more configuration directives, is placed in a particular document directory, and the directives apply to that directory, and all subdirectories thereof.

Sudip, you can find more info on .htaccess at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/howto/htaccess.html