What is opencart #
Opencart is store management software used to create an online store. Using opencart you can manage multiple stores from a single back end. You have just install opencart and list your products. You can install opencart on your Webhosting using a softaculous app installer or manual installation. Here is the guide to install opencart using both methods.
Uses of opencart #
- Retailers
- Small business owners
- Ecommerce
System requirements to install opencart #
- PHP
- 5.4+
- Database
- MySQL (suggested)
- Webserver
- Apache (suggested)
Features of opencart #
- Administration dashboard
- User management
- Multi-store
- Backup, restore,
- Discount, special offers
- Affiliates
How to Install Opencart #
To install opencart, there are 2 methods to install on your hosting
- Installation using softaculous app installer
- Manual installation
Install opencart using softaculous app installer #
For installation of Opencart using a softaculous app installer, you have to follow some steps the steps are a follows
Step1: login to your hostrik hosting account and in Cpanel and go to the software section, and click on softaculous app installer.
Step2: in the softaculous app installer search box type Opencart and press enter, the installation window of Opencart will open, click the install button.
Step3: In the next window, you will see the installation window and it will ask you to fill in some information about your site.
Step4: in software, set up selects the protocol of your site and domain off sit after that select the directory of your site.
Step5: in-store setting selects the name of your store then gives a store description, also gives the store owner’s name. After that give the address of the store.
Step6: in the admin account set give the username and password of your admin account and also give the email id for your admin account.
Step7: In the next step choose the language.
Step7: After that in the advanced section create the database for your store by giving your name to the database. Also, select the backup for your database, and click install.
Manually install opencart #
For manual installation of Opencart, you have to follow the following steps the steps are divided into 3 parts
- File configuration
- Database creation
- Store configuration
File configuration
Step1: go to Opencart’s official website and download the latest version of the software from the download section.
Step2: extract that file, and log in to your hostrik Cpanel account, in that go to the file section click on file manager.
Step3: in the public_html folder upload the file that you extracted where you are going to install the Opencart.
Database creation
Step1: in database creation go to the database section of your Cpanel account and in that click on MySQLDatabase,
Step2: After opening a new window that creates the new database by giving the name of the database and click on create database.
Step3: After creating the database you have to dd user to that database in add user section give the username and password of the user and click on create a user.
Step4: when you create a user you have to give privileges to that user, click on all privileges to all privileges to that user.
Opencart configuration
Step1: go to the URL you want to install opencart, you will see the license agreement. Accept that agreement and click on continue.
Step2: in the next step you have to check the system requirements of opencart. When all the requirements are ok then click on continue.
Step3: in this step, you have to configure your database with opencart, also give admin account settings to create an admin account.
Step4: in this step, you will see installation is completed. You can access your admin account panel and front end of the store from here.