====== Aspiration Hosting Magento Installation Guide ======


=====Prerequisites=====

This article is a quick step-by-step tutorial on installing Magento Commerce on **[[http://www.aspirationhosting.com|Aspiration Hosting]]** **//Aspire™// Shared Hosting** and **//Desire™// Reseller Hosting** account.

===== 1. Download a Magento installation package =====

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There you can select the preferred archive format and version - light or full (full includes sample data - stores, categories, products, images, etc) you want to download.


===== 2. Upload Magento to your server =====

Upload the extracted files to your web server via FTP to the "public_html" folder (important) which is under your domain folder (usually yourdomain.com).


===== 3. Set necessary permissions =====

Set up the permissions on files and directories via your FTP client or your cPanel File Manager interface. Ensure that all //directories// should be CHMOD to **755** while all //files// should be CHMOD to **644** (777 must **NOT** be used).

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===== 4. Create a MySQL database and user =====

Go to **MySQL Databases** of your //cPanel//, create a database, a MySQL user, and password that Magento will use.

==i. Login to your cPanel.==
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==ii. Click on the MySQL Databases.==
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==iii. Create a new database and name it anything that you like. In this example we use "magento".==
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==iv. Add a new user by keying in any username and passoword that you like. In this example we use "magento".==
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==v. Add the database "Magento" to the user "Magento".==
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===== 5. Run the installation wizard =====

Use your web browser to surf to any Magento page (for example /magento or anything) and you will be forwarded to the installation wizard.

==i. Review the license and confirm that you agree before continue.==
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==ii. Choose your localization like Locale, Default Currency and Time Zone.==
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==iii. Key in your Database name, Username and Password before you continue.==
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==iv. Create an administrator account, You can leave the "Encryption Key" blank.==
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==v. Copy down your "Encryption Key". Your installation has been complete. ==
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===== 6. You've successfully installed Magento! =====

==Frontend==
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==Backend Login==
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==Backend==
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