Installing CubeCart on your own computer

The easiest way to customised CubeCart is to install it on your own computer.

In addition to being able to customise or skin CubeCart on your local computer, you are also able to complete your store offline locally (except for functions such as a checkout or any third party links) ready for a launch.

With local installations, you are able to add products, create categories, install mods, configure shipping etc, and then move the entire installation, including the MySQL database and all the new graphics to your remote server. This in effect, is publishing the store for the world to see without needing to redo it all.

In order to do this, you will need to set up the environment in which CubeCart can operate. This will involve having the following installed:

A web server
mySQL
PHP

A Web Server

There are two preferable options to configuring your PC to act as a local web server. This includes using Microsoft Windows personal webserver application, commonly known as 'Internet Information Service', or 'IIS'. The other option is installing 'Apache'.

The easiest solution maybe to install 'IIS', however this option is not available in the consumer versions of Microsoft operating systems... ie XP Home Edition does not support it, and I expect the Vista Home versions will not either (unconfirmed).

The 'Apache' web server may be the best all round solution.

A mySQL Database

This is the database engine which is used by CubeCart.

More information on mySQL can be found on the mySQL website, www.mysql.com.

PHP

CubeCart is written using PHP technology, therefore PHP support will also need to be installed.

More information on PHP can be found on the PHP website, www.php.net.

mySQL Administration Tools

phpMyAdmin

This is a common application, used by a lot of hosting companies to remote manage mySQL databases.

More information can be found here: www.phpmyadmin.net.

mySQL Administrator (Optional)

This is another great tool for managing your local mySQL databases. This is a tool for more advanced users.

More information can be found here: www.mysql.com/products/tools/administrator/.

To Install a Windows Web Server using EasyPHP

To install a lite website environment on a Windows PC using EasyPHP, click on the following link here.

To Install a Windows Web Server

To install a website development environment on a Windows PC, click on the following link here.

To Install a MAC OSX Web Server

To install a website development environment on an Apple Mac OSX, click on the following link here.

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