Install Opencart Open Cart A Beginners Guide – For E Commerce Starters

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OpenCart is an open source shopping cart solution. This software is becoming more and more

popular because of its many features, clean code and SEO-friendlyness. One drawback:

documention is poor. OK, it has many helpful followers in the forum, but that’s it. So I decided to

give you this tutorial where I’ll explain how to install Opencart on your own webspace.

these are the steps to follow:

download OpenCart1.

create a database2.

install OpenCart3.

tweak OpenCart4.

1. Download OpenCart

Create a new folder on your hard drive. Go to the download page and download the latest

version in this new folder. The download is a zip file of 6MB. Unzip this file using 7-zip, WinRar

or whatever you prefer.

2. Create a database

This is the most difficult part of this how-to. But don’t panic, read carefully and take a look at the

screens below. On your webspace you should go to the “phpMyAdmin” section. For most

people this will be

www.your_website.com/phpmyadmin

If you see the No Privileges “error” don’t panic. This is in fact no error. It means you must go to

cPanel / DirectAdmin to create a database.

If your hoster uses cPanel (= control panel) or something similar, please check their help pages

or support forum to create a new database.

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