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Arnaldo Prez Castao 2017

Arnaldo Prez Castao PrestaShop Recipes 10.1007/978-1-4842-2574-5_1

1. Installation and Configuration

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Havana, Cuba

Since its creation in 2005, PrestaShop (PS) has been evolving into one of the most competitive e-commerce solutions ever conceived. Nowadays there are over 250,000 online stores powered by this amazing Content Management System (CMS) , and the number keeps on growing. What is it that makes PS so attractive and applicable to start online businesses for people all around the world? To start answering this question, we may visit http://demo.prestashop.com/ , a URL devoted for users who want to try this incredible CMS without any need to install it. Also, the purpose of this chapter will be to answer the previous question by demonstrating the following:

• How easy it is to install PS
• How to set your own local server for PS
• How to change your domain name by modifying database entries
• How to back up and restore your database
• How to migrate PS from one server to another
• How to enable SSL in your local server
• How to enable SSL in PrestaShop
• How to share customers in a network of PS websites
• How to sell services instead of tangible products
• How to disable shipping

Note

The shop configuration information can be found in the PrestaShop back panel following the path Advanced Parameters -> Configuration Information . There you can get a glance of server, database, and store information. In the near future, the latest PHP version supported by PrestaShop will be 5.4; therefore, it would be advisable to make sure your server is running under an equal or higher version.

1-1. Installing PrestaShop

Problem

You want to install PrestaShop in your server.

Solution

Installing PrestaShop can be extremely easy if you are using the appropriate hosting service . I personally recommend hosting on www.godaddy.com . Ive hosted web applications with them before, and their server is exceptionally well optimized. Also, they have a CPanel with several tools for managing (for example, cloning) your websites as well as the possibility to install various CMSs on a given domain, which includes PrestaShop. Their installation process is very simple; some steps are hidden from customers and automatically handled by GoDaddys machinery . This would be solution number one if you were looking for alternatives to install PS; of course, the decision ultimately depends on your conditions.

Solution number two would be to leave the entire installation process on your shoulders.

How It Works

Following the second alternative, wed need to start by downloading the official PrestaShop package ( .

Figure 1-1.

PrestaShop package in .zip file

Using an FTP client like FileZilla (Figure ), we can upload or move the contents from the PS .zip to the folder that matches our domain in the server.

Figure 1-2.

The FTP client FileZilla can be used to upload files to the server .

After uploading all files and having accessed our shops URL, we can start the PrestaShop installation process, which consists of six steps as shown in Figure .

Figure 1-3.

PrestaShop installation page

Steps 14 are form pages requesting basic information to initiate your online business. Therefore, we will skip them and move on to Step 5 in Figure , where we need to fill in details regarding our database.

Figure 1-4.

Database details

Every CMS requires a database to operate (save customer information, orders, products, and so on). We must indicate our database during PS installation; its creation could be handled in two different ways:

1. Through the MySQL command line
2. Using phpMyAdmin, a web interface for managing databases, which acts as a middle layer and ultimately operates on the MySQL command line level

In the first scenario, assuming MySQL is installed, we will be dealing with SQL statements, syntax, and a MySQL console similar to the one shown in the Figure .

Figure 1-5.

MySQL console

To create a database, we simply type the command create database db _ name where db _ name is the name we want to give to our database, as shown in Figure .

Figure 1-6.

Database creation command

To delete a database, we use the command drop database db _ name where again db _ name is the name of our database.

Note

Every command defined in the MySQL console should end with a semicolon (;) or \g. If you press Enter without having typed one of the previous symbols, youll get into a multiline statement.

The second alternative is to use phpMyAdmin , available in most hosting services as seen in Figure .

Figure 1-7.

phpMyAdmin home panel

To create a database, we go to the Databases tab on the top menu, type the name we want to give our database in the Create New Database field, and click the Create button (Figure ).

Figure 1-8.

Creating database in phpMyAdmin

Once the database has been created, either by applying alternative one or two, the next step is to complete the System Configuration form on the installation page. The Database login and Database password fields are usually provided by your hosting service. If these are unknown at the moment, contact their support team. If you are using a local server, your login should be root and the password the empty string.

In a concluding step shown in Figure , the store is finally installed.

Figure 1-9.

Store being installed

Now you can access the Front and Back ends. To access the PS Back Office , you need to delete the install folder that remains in the package folder. Afterward, it will be accessible providing the user/password combination specified during the installation process.

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