Prerequisites |
This article is a quick step-by-step tutorial on installing Magento Commerce on Aspiration Hosting Aspire™ Shared Hosting and Desire™ Reseller Hosting account.
1. Download a Magento installation package |
You can find the latest Magento installation packages at the Magento Download page.
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).
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. |
ii. Click on the MySQL Databases. |
iii. Create a new database and name it anything that you like. In this example we use "magento". |
iv. Add a new user by keying in any username and passoword that you like. In this example we use "magento". |
v. Add the database "Magento" to the user "Magento". |
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. |
ii. Choose your localization like Locale, Default Currency and Time Zone. |
iii. Key in your Database name, Username and Password before you continue. |
iv. Create an administrator account, You can leave the "Encryption Key" blank. |
v. Copy down your "Encryption Key". Your installation has been complete. |
6. You've successfully installed Magento! |
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