{"id":15599,"date":"2012-03-07T04:32:09","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T09:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=15599"},"modified":"2016-03-29T11:50:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T15:50:35","slug":"opencart-how-to-install-engine-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/opencart-how-to-install-engine-2.html","title":{"rendered":"OpenCart 1.5.x. How to install engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<p>This tutorial shows how to install OpenCart e-commerce solution to your hosting server. <\/p>\r\n<h3>Preparations<\/h3>\r\n<p>Before you proceed please make sure you have fulfilled the following requirements:<\/p>\r\n<p>1. First of all you should have a hosting and domain name<\/p>\r\n<p>2. OpenCart as any other E-commerce engine requires a MySQL database to store data. So you should open your hosting control panel and create a database. Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial on <a href=\"\/help\/how-to-create-a-database.html\" target=\"_blank\">how to create database<\/a> In case of any issues please contact your hosting provider. <\/p>\r\n<p>3. As we are going to install OpenCart to the hosting  we need to have FTP access to the hosting server. You can gain FTP access using the file manager application from your hosting control panel or using some third party FTP manager like FileZilla, CuteFTP, TotalCommander etc. <\/p>\r\n<p>4. Make sure your hosting meets the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opencart.com\/index.php?route=documentation\/documentation&#038;path=3\" target=\"_blank\">OpenCart requirements<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h3>Downloading OpenCart<\/h3>\r\n<p>First of all you need to visit the official website at opencart.com and download required version of OpenCart engine. Please check the template preview page for the required version of the OpenCart engine. <\/p>\r\n<p>At opencart.com from the top menu select <strong>Download<\/strong>. Scroll down and in the <strong>Downloads<\/strong> section choose the necessary version. <\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-install-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-install-1-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"opencart-install-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-install-1-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-install-1.jpg 658w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>The OpenCart engine is distributed as a <strong>.zip<\/strong> archive so you should have <strong>opencart_v#.#.#.#.zip<\/strong> file downloaded to your computer. <\/p>\r\n<h3>Extracting and uploading Engine Files<\/h3>\r\n<p>When the download is complete you need to extract files from the downloaded ZIP package. Feel free to check the detailed video tutorials on how to extract files on <a href=\"\/help\/extract-archived-files-mac-os.html\" target=\"_blank\">MAC<\/a> and <a href=\"\/help\/extract-archived-files-windows-os.html\">PC<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>After extracting files you should see the following files structure:<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"files-structure\">\r\n<li class=\"lev-1\">upload<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"file\">install.txt<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"file\">license.txt<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"file\">upgrade.txt<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Open the <strong>upload<\/strong> folder and upload all files and folders to your hosting server. <a href=\"\/help\/how-upload-files-server-2.html\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about upload files<\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3>Engine Installation<\/h3>\r\n<p>When you are done upload all engine files to the hosting server please open your browser and in the address bar type your domain name. You should see OpenCart initial installation screen. <\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-install-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-install-2-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"opencart-install-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-install-2-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-install-2.jpg 887w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Check the license agreement and click <strong>Continue<\/strong> button to proceed. <\/p>\r\n<h4>Step 2 &#8211; Pre-Installation<\/h4>\r\n<p>At this step OpenCart checks if your hosting server fits it&#8217;s requirements. In case of any issues please contact your hosting provider. <\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-install-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-install-3-300x286.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"opencart-install-3\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-install-3-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-install-3.jpg 872w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<h4>Step 3 &#8211; Configuration<\/h4>\r\n<p>At this step you need to input the database details and create OpenCart store administrator account. In case of any issues please contact your hosting provider. <\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-install-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-install-4-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"opencart-install-4\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-install-4-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-install-4.jpg 869w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<h4>Step 4 &#8211; Finished!<\/h4>\r\n<p>You are almost done. Open the OpenCart installation directory on your server and delete <strong>install<\/strong> directory. <\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-install-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-install-5-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"opencart-install-5\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-install-5-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/opencart-install-5.jpg 869w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>In the browser address bar type your domain name to access OpenCart store frontend. <\/p>\r\n<p>To access administration panel (OpenCart backend) in the browser address bar type <strong>http:\/\/your_domain_name\/admin<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/files\/OpenCart\/opencart_engine_installation.htm\" target=\"blank\">OpenCart. How to install engine<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial shows how to install OpenCart e-commerce solution to your hosting server.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1156],"tags":[590,648,1157],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15599"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}