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      CommentAuthorperthmetro
    • CommentTimeJun 6th 2008
     
    This looks soooo cool. It's the first I've ever heard of it and it validates. Has anyone played with this?

    PrestaShop is professional-grade e-Commerce shopping cart software that you can download, install, and use for free!

    http://www.prestashop.com/index.php
    • CommentAuthorMattKern
    • CommentTimeJun 6th 2008
     
    Wow, good find Pete. That store looks awesome. Definately put that on the list of things to check out.

    I liked their forum too. Is that phpBB? It looks too spiffy...
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      CommentAuthorperthmetro
    • CommentTimeJun 6th 2008
     
    I've just installed the RC3 version and it worked well... easy to configure, not too complex and all the good features.

    The only thing I don't like is that you have to fill out a rego form to check out.

    from the forum; "You describe what we call "1-click purchase". This oft-requested feature will be implemented post-v1.0."

    I'm very surprised that this hasn't been mentioned. I've searched high and low for every open source cart in the world and never ever had seen this one before now... the French aren't so bad then wink
    • CommentAuthorbluecafe
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2008
     
    This is really a great find. I have just installed it locally and it looks neat and easy to understand. The template system looks pretty cool too and it shouldn't be too difficult to modify the theme (still a bunch of files but everything looks quite logical with clean code).

    When I installed it locally on my pc I had to change the forward slashes in index.php to backslashes though. Otherwise it won't recognize the local path. In any case a great script and definitely worth digging into it.
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      CommentAuthorperthmetro
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2008
     
    Posted By: bluecafeI installed it locally on my pc


    hey could you tell me how to do that... i've tried a few times to install and use a local server but i've never go it to work - i'm sure i'm doing something very wrong...
    • CommentAuthorbluecafe
    • CommentTimeJun 8th 2008 edited by bluecafe on the 08th June 2008 at 02:32:17 EDT
     
    Posted By: perthmetro
    hey could you tell me how to do that... i've tried a few times to install and use a local server but i've never go it to work - i'm sure i'm doing something very wrong...


    You just need to change index.php that the forward slashes become backslashes. You can take this as local index.php:


    <?php

    include(dirname(__FILE__).'\config\config.inc.php');
    include(dirname(__FILE__).'\header.php');

    $smarty->assign('HOOK_HOME', Module::hookExec('home'));
    $smarty->display(_PS_THEME_DIR_.'index.tpl');

    include(dirname(__FILE__).'\footer.php');

    ?>


    Not sure why the localhost structure /folder/.. is not recognized with a local installation. But for some reason it works with the common pc path \folder\.. (probably because they use relative paths?)

    It's just in index.php .. no other changes are necessary.
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      CommentAuthorperthmetro
    • CommentTimeJun 8th 2008
     
    cool i'll try it..

    and how do i get the mysql database linked up?
    • CommentAuthorbluecafe
    • CommentTimeJun 8th 2008
     
    Hi, what local server are you using? I am using xampp lite but it should work similar with other servers too. I put the prestashop folder in xampplite's subfolder "htdocs". After starting the xampplite server I created a database "prestashop" in xampp lite's phpmyadmin first (you can access phpmyadmin in the browser via http://localhost/phpmyadmin/).

    Then I started installation with the altered index.php by opening the link http://localhost/prestashop and the database "prestashop" will automatically be recognized. In xampp lite the database user name is "root" by default and no password is required. Then you just need to follow the intallation routine ..
    Hope this helps.
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      CommentAuthorperthmetro
    • CommentTimeJun 8th 2008
     
    thanks heaps I'll try that, i'm using wampserver - watch this space ;)
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      CommentAuthorjanpd24
    • CommentTimeJun 9th 2008
     
    Looks interesting. Thanks for the link, Pete.

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