User guide

Installation & Setup 13

Note: .htaccess files are included in the products and updates directories to protect product files.

These files may not appear within your FTP explorer on the server side after you have uploaded them,

because a file with a name that begins with a punctuation mark is treated as a hidden file in Unix/Linux,

but can usually be seen within your hosting services online file manager.

4. Create a database for AShop and add a user with a password to the database. If you do not have

access to create a MySQL database on your server, then contact your web host technical support

to have this done for you. You will need the path to the database (if it is not localhost), the database

name, user name and password. The user must have all privileges for database table mods and

creation of new tables.

5. Open config.inc.php in a text editor such as NotePad and edit the following variables BEFORE

running install.php:

$databaseserver = "location of the mySQL database"

The database is usually located at "localhost". If the database is hosted remotely or on a different

server, this setting may be something like "mysql.server_name.com" or http://mysql.server_name.

com.

$databasename = "name of the database that you created in mySQL"

$databaseuser = "user name that you added to the database that you created"

$databasepasswd = "password for the user name that you added to the database"

Note: Changing the $noinactivitycheck variable in config.inc.php to "true" will deactivate the inactivity

time out in your AShop admin panel.

6. Run install.php from a browser. This will create the database tables. To do this, enter something

like this into your browser address bar: http://www.yourdomain.com/install.php or http://

www.yourdomain.com/ashop/install.php depending on where the AShop files and directories are

located.

7. Enter your name, email address, and Registration Key Code in the spaces provided.

8. Remove the install.php file from the server. Installation of the program files and database is now

completed.

The next page will be the Administration Panel login. The administrator username is: ashopadmin. The

default password for the administrator is "ashopadmin". Login and setup the Configuration, then

Edit Catalog to add categories and products. For security we recommend that you change the

administrator password.

Example: http://www.yourdomain.com/ashop/admin/login.php