Installation of Zen cart

Zen cart can be installed in two ways: First is one click installation and other is manual installation.

One click installation

• Login to CPanel then choose Fantastico. It will display a list of content management system. Select Zen cart from the list.

• Then click on New Installation. It will ask you the location of your store house. If you want to install it directly on your website then leave the directory blank.

• If you want to install Zen cart in some folder then you have to type the name of folder into the text box.

• Then give a username and Password. This username and password will help you in accessing the admin back end.

• At last click on Install Zen cart button. Now Zen cart is successfully installed on your specified location. This is the most easiest and efficient method of installation.

Manual Installation

Manual installation of Zen cart is a tricky task but you need not to panic. If you will follow the procedure step by step then you can successfully install the Zen cart manually. Before installation make sure that you have full access to MySQL Database. You have to use FTP for initial steps.

• First make a FTP connection then create a new directory in the root folder. You can give name according to your choice. For example : product

• Then install all Zen cart files from your PC to directory /product. Once you have installed with all the files then change the name of these two files: /product/includes/dist-configure.php /product/admin/includes/dist-configure.php. Rename dist-configure.php to configure.php then change the permission from 644 to 777 to make them writable.

• Also set the permission 777 for the following files.

/product/cache,  
/product/images,  
/products/includes/languages/english/html_includes,  
/product/media, /product/pub,  
/product/admin/backups,  
/product/admin/images/graphs

• Finally change the permission of all the subdirectories included inside /product/images/ folder.

• Now work with FTP is over. You need to run the installer to complete the installation. You can run installer by typing the following URL in the browser: http://example.com/product/.

• Agree with all the terms and conditions. Now it will check for the error. If everything is OK then continue with the installation. Accept all the default setting.

• Then it will ask for SQL database details. Type the name of the database, database username and database password.

• Finally give a username and password to access the admin back end. Now Zen cart is successfully installed. You can check it by typing the same URL: http://example.com/product/

• Don’t forget to reset the permissions that you have changed before. This step is necessary for security purpose.