Corey G

You are not kididng I thought it would be a lot easier then it is to set up and make changes in oscommerce to the phb code to change the layouts, colors and stuff. Does anyone know a GUI for phb? I curently use dreamweaver and I am just lost without its simplicty and being able to see something other then text. Any help as always is greatly appreciated.

Could not have done it without you guys-Thanks

With everyones help I have made it to step 5--yea, I confused about this step it basically seems like the same info from step 2, I am not looking to have 2 users so I left it the same but I am getting this message: The following error has occurred: Sould I leave that info blank or do these chnages. The configuration files do not exist, or permission levels are not set. Please perform the following actions: cd /home/TCHname/public_html/catalog/includes/ touch configure.php chmod 706 configure.php cd /home/TCHname/public_html/catalog/admin/includes/ touch configure.php chmod 706 configure.php If chmod 706 does not work, please try chmod 777. If you are running this installation procedure under a Microsoft Windows environment, try renaming the existing configuration file so a new file can be created.

One last question from earlier since oscommerce has its own folder-catalog can I not just password protect that folder so it can't be accessed till I am ready

-Database Server should remain "localhost" and yes, it is a shared server. Man the one thing I did not try and I know I should have-Thanks guys.

Thanks for all guys. I am doing a self install, I spent the better part of today just trying to get past step 2, I searched the forums and double check everything twice but still get the dreaded: Access denied for user 'TCHname_Corey'@'server3124.tchmachines.com' (using password: YES) **I edited the part that says TCHname as I don’t want my user name on the forum. I have created a Database, created a user with all privlages, and added that user to the datatbase—I know that’s usually what people point out first. As an example lets say its the following: Database: Store User: Corey Password 1234 website www.alldaylong.com For step 2, I need the following: Database Server – localhost The database server can be in the form of a hostname, such as db1.myserver.com, or as an IP-address, such as 192.168.0.1. So I put- Store.alldaylong.com * I also tried TCHname_Store.alldaylong.com and got- Unknown MySQL server host Username – username The username used to connect to the database server. An example username is 'mysql_10'. So I put- TCHname_Corey Password – password The password is used together with the username, which forms the database user account. So I put- 1234 Database Name – database name The database used to hold the data. An example database name is 'osCommerce'. So I put- TCHname_Store Persistent Connections: Enable persistent database connections. Note: Persistent connections should be disabled for shared servers. I disabled as I assume it’s a shared server? Any help is greatly appreciated I may go bald trying to figure this out.

Thanks guys, I was hoping specifically both of you would reply. I have another question for those who have set up doing a manual install, in the instructions it says: “Using phpMyAdmin or another tool, create your database and user, and assign that user to the database. Write down the name of the database, username, and password for this database for the database installation procedure.” Do I do this threw MySQL Account Maintenance? And what’s the best way to set up so that oscommerce is not my main site so to speak or is that covered in the install later. Basically I want to set it up so I can “play” with it and get things set up long before my customers see it. Then once its done edit the link from my current shopping cart to oscoommerce. Thanks for any help guys.

Okay so I have been searching threw the forums, trying to determin the best way to install and set up osCommerce. I see I can just click new install in cpanel, but sevral people in the forums have suggested a self/manual install is better. Which is smarter, I have my existing website and want to set up osCommerce but not as my main site ie www.yoursite.com but rather as a click able link from my main site ie a catalog button ie www.yoursite.com/catalog. I also see in cpanel it says next to new install (2.2 MS2 (051113)) I assume this is the version? But on the osCommerce site its 2.2 Milestone 2 Update 060817 So it looks to me like the version on the oscommerce site is newer? I am self taugh when it comes to all things computers so I am trying to just do this one time with the most current version as probleams and bugs can take me sometimes days to fix. Thanks for any help in advanced, TCH has been great from the forums to the FAQ with helping me change over, and the cpanel is great very user friendly.