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Installation
Note: If you encounter any problems, please do not hesitate to contact us via support center.
Downloading & Extracting
- After purchasing LiveCart license your copy will be available in your account under the "Downloads" section.
- When you download the package you can extract it or upload it directly to your web server.
- Use FTP to upload extracted package or the appropriate command line to decompress it on server.
To extract the .tar.gz package on a *nix server, you can use the following command:
> tar -xfz livecart*
You'll also need to change the write permissions for a few directories. This can be done with FTP, but you can also do it from command line:
> chmod 0777 cache storage public/cache public/upload
Installing: 5 steps and you're done
To start installation wizard, point your browser to your shop address i.e. www.myshop.com
During the installation process follow the wizard to complete the following steps:
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Accept the product license agreement.
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In this step you will be required to enter the following information: database server; database name; database user name and password.
Note: If you are not sure what any of those are, please contact your hosting company.
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Here you create your admin account which is used for your store back-end access.
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Store configuration will ask you to enter store name and select its main language and currency.
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You've succeeded! You are now all set to start using LiveCart.
Front-end access - your usual shop address.
Back-end access - your usual shop address + 'backend/': www.myshop.com/backend.
Advanced Installation Tips
LiveCart doesn't require all your application files to be accessible from web root - only the /public directory files need to be publicly accessible. There are two ways to achieve this.
1. Using symbolic links
This is the preferred way as it keeps all the application files in a single place and therefore makes it easier to apply updates or create backups.
For example, the public directory of your store website is /home/store/public_html. Instead of copying all LiveCart files to the public_html directory, you can copy them to /home/store/livecart directory or any other directory that is outside the public root.
To make LiveCart accessible from web, you will have to create two symlinks in the public directory:
> ln -s /home/store/livecart/.htaccess /home/store/public_html/.htaccess
> ln -s /home/store/livecart/public /home/store/public_html/public
That's it! No application files apart the public ones will be accessible from your web root.
2. By changing LiveCart configuration
If you do not have the ability to set symbolic links for whatever reason, it is still possible to put application files outside the web root.
In this case you would have to physically move the public directory and .htaccess file from /home/store/livecart to /home/store/public_html directory.
Finally, you would have to edit the public/appdir.php file and change its content to the following:
<?php
return '/home/store/livecart';
?>
When you have a choice, always use the first option, because it will make store maintenance easier.