Do you need to know how to install osCommerce templates? The Template Shop has compiled osCommerce templates installation instructions so you have a comprehensive resource or guide for installing osCommerce templates. Below you'll find our step-by-step guide for installing osCommerce templates. You'll learn how to install osCommerce templates including our customized CRE Loaded 6 templates in no time.

osCommerce can be installed on any Linux server where a web server is running that has been installed with PHP3 or 4 and mySQL Version 4, including installation on shared servers, dedicated servers, and locally on the computer you are currently using.

osCommerce is not an application that can be started by clicking on an executable file, but a web based solution that needs its relevant files to be copied to the web server.

1. Download the template you purchased from your account at http://www.websitetemplatedesign.com
   
   
2. Use a zip program to unzip the files. use www.winzip.com or some similar program.
   
   
3. Upload the files using your favorite FTP program to your web server.
   
   The web server document path is the directory where the web server has been configured to look for the HTML/PHP files to serve to the public. Example web server document paths are:
   
   /homel/public_html/
   /srv/www/htdocs/
   /usr/local/htdocs/
   
   If the catalog directory is kept and copied to, for example, /home/hpdl/public_html/catalog/ , the web server public address would be http://www.my-server.com/catalog/ .
   
   If the osCommerce installation is to reside on the root path, for example http://www.my-server.com/ , then the files within the catalog directory should be copied over and not the actual catalog directory itself.
   
   Username/password and database
   If you use a hosting service to set up your webspace, they will likely have provided a username and login for database access, which you will need. They may have also created a database already for you to use with the username and login provided. Otherwise, using phpMyAdmin or another tool, create your database and user, and assign that user to the database. Write down the name of the database, login, and password for this database for later. Also note the hostname of the server (i.e. myserver.com) for later use.
   
   
4. Only upload the files in catalog folder.. So if you want your store in the main directory of your website (http://www.yoursite.com/) , then upload everything in the catalog directory to your home directory which is usually /public_html/ depending on your hosting setup. If you want your store in a sub-directory (http://www.yoursite.com/catalog) then upload the folder "catalog" to your main directory, or rename the "catalog" folder to whatever you like.
   
   We provide installation services if you feel that you do not understand these directions.
   
   4.a) Server requirements:
   • php 3 or 4
   • mysql 3 or 4
   • php.ini settings Registerglobals = On must be set
     
     
5. Run the normal oscommerce installation script at http://www.yourserver.com/pathtocatalog/install/index.php
   (the above in an example url, replace youdomain.com with your actual domain name and /pathtocatalog/ with the folder you installed the CRE Loaded 6 into.
   
   
6. Answer the questions on the intallation script and when you are done you will have the CRE Loaded 6.x installed.
   
   
7. Use the default user id : admin@localhost.com and default password : admin to access the carts administration tools.
   
   
8. Change the default user ID and password to secure your administration tools.
   
   
9. Set the store configuration settings using the store administration tools configuration menu.
   
   
10. Set localization settings for tax zones, shipping modules, payment modules and order total sort order.
    
    
11. Enjoy your CRE Loaded 6.x shopping cart.
    
    If you dont know how to do the step required to install the CRE Loaded 6.1a contact your host, or web site designer.
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12. Make sure your site meets the minimum needs for a CRE Loaded 6 install - it should support PHP4, and mySQL4. Download the distribution archive from our download area and decompress the file on your system. FTP the contents to your web site. If you intend for the cart to be your entire website, upload just the contents of the catalog directory. If you want to call it from a custom frontpage, you should upload the catalog directory and its entire contents. Set the permissions on catalog/includes/configure.php and catalog/admin/includes/configure.php to 777 (all read and write permissions must be set to 'on')
    
    
13. If you do not have access to the root of your server you can use an ftp program such as www.smartftp.com. When using an ftp program to change the permissions navigate to that specific file, right-click on it, and there will be a chmod (or change attributes) listing which is where the permissions would be changed to 777 for the catalog/includes/configure.php files ... 777 = read/write/execute.
    
    If these permissions are not set correctly you will get an error when installing telling you the permission setting on catalog/includes/configure.php is not set correctly.

Once you have uploaded the site and set permissions, you should use your browser to call the install program. The URL will depend on what directory you uploaded the files in. If you used the catalog directory it would be http://www.yourserver.com/catalog/install . Follow the directions. You will have to have your database user ID and password. Other values will be filled in with values detected by the install program. If in doubt about the 'persistant connections' setting, do not select it. Choose mysql for sessions. If you do not have a cert installed for SSL (or your Host doesn't provide you with SSL), do NOT select SSL support. Select YES when asked if you want to upload the test database. Follow the prompts and you should soon be up and running with a basic store that simply needs configuring to your particular needs and populatoin with your products in before you can open.

Set permissions on the configuration files you changed above to 644. You should change the permissions on other files and directories as follows

catalog/images chmod 777
catalog/templates/ chmod 777
catalog/admin/images chmod 777
catalog/includes/languages/mainpage.php chmod 777 (for each language in use)
admin/backups chmod 777
admin/images/graphs chmod 777

The default login for the Admin login is admin@localhost.com and the default password is admin. You'll need to set your name, email address, physical address and other parameters in the Store Configuration menu, setup a shipping and payment modules, and your tax structure at a minimum before you open. You will also want to set up your Tax structure. Your main page can be set via the Admin Tool - look in the Catalog menu and select Define Mainpage.