Need help installing.......

[nut legend]

Hey

 

I would install the easy computer except im not allowed to download any programs........ I recently optained (from my friend) this file: http://www.freebert.com/dsplus/m.php?p=FPHPSC.zip although he and myself are confused on how to install it, we are making a upload website (like megaupload) and we were wondering how to install it as we will be selling membership on it.

If you know how to install it, we would be more than grateful if you teach us how to.

 

Thanks

 

nut legend

[imdead]

Took This from the readme

 

4) - Uploading the Free PHP Shopping Cart to your server

Once you have downloaded and unzipped your copy of the Free PHP Shopping Cart, you need to upload it to your server.  Create a directory on your server for the Free PHP Shopping Cart pages to go (usually in the root directory of your site domain)  For example, you could create a subdirectory called FPHPSC on your root directory, which in the URL box of a browser would result in: http://www.youdomain.com/FPHPSC/

Keep track of what directory you upload to ('/FPHPSC/' in the above example), you will need that when configuring the package on your server.

 

5) - Configuring The Free PHP Shopping Cart to run on your server

Once you have uploaded all the Free PHP Shopping Cart files to a directory on your web server, you are ready to configure the package to run on your server.  To do so, you will need to edit the Local_Settings.php file in the cart script's root directory (if you uploaded your cart files to http://www.youdomain.com/FPHPSC/, the script root directory would be '/FPHPSC/').  In the Local_Settings.php file, you will see there are several settings that can be set, grouped into a couple of sections.

 

a) - General Settings - The general settings relate to the general setup of your cart script:

$Site_Domain - this should be the full domain of the root of your site

Example: 'http://www.freebert.com/'

Tip: be sure to end your domain with a '/'

$Site_Title - self explanatory

$Site_Script_Root_Directory - the name of the directory the script files reside in.

Example: if you uploaded the script files to http://www.youdomain.com/FPHPSC/, set Site_Script_Root_Directory = 'FPHPSC/'

Tip: be sure to end your Site_Script_Root_Directory with a '/'

$CSS_Filename - the name of the CSS file you want the script to use.  Enter the title of the file only, and be sure that that file exists in the /css/ folder in your script directory.  The package includes 2 default CSS files in the css directory, called WhiteBack.css and BlackBack.css.  Try switching between these two to change the basic color scheme of your site.

$Session_Prefix - a short prefix to add to session variable calls - if you don't understand this leave it as FPHPSC_

$Currency_Symbol - the symbol you want displayed to represent the cart currency (such as '$', '£', etc)

$Currency_Code - they code you want displayed to represent teh cart currency (such as 'USD', 'GBP', etc)

 

b) - Payment Options - The Payment Options section allows you to choose which of the installed payment mods are active on your site.  Enter a 1 beside the option to wish to activate, enter a 0 (zero) beside the option(s) you wish to de-activate.  By default, all payment options are activated.

 

c) - Payment Mods - The Payment Mod Settings section allows you to configure each of the active payment methods with your personal info. 

i) - For the PayPal option, you only need to enter your paypal account email address (so paypal knows who to send the money to).

ii) - For the Money Order option, you need to enter info on who the money order should be made out to (should match the name on the bank account you intend to cash the money orders at), as well as the address you want the Money Order payments to be mailed to.

iii) - For the Phone order option, you need to enter the phone number you want your customers to call in their sales to, as well as an additional field for giving extra instructions to your customers (such as calling hours, etc)

 

6) - Customizing The Free PHP Shopping Cart to better match your site's look & style.

There are a number of ways you can customize the look of your Free PHP Shopping Cart, to better blend the cart pages in the basic look & style of the rest of your site.  Firstly, you can choose an alternate .CSS file (in the Local_Settings.php file) to change between looks of your site. Alternatively you can edit the active .CSS file to change specific elements, color schemes and other visual properties. The cart package contains two files, Overall_Header.php and Overall_Footer.php (located in the script's /inc/skin/ directory) that are included in every visible cart page. They are a good place to add site logos and links to help the cart fit seamlessly into your site's main design. Finally, if you are PHP savvy, you can edit the actual codes and functions in the cart pages, taking complete control of the look, feel and function of your cart.  Be careful if/when editing PHP pages - a single misplaced quote or semi-colon could stop the functioning of your entire cart!

 

 

7) - Adding items to the shopping cart (Add To Cart Buttons)

You can place HTML code on any type of webpage (HTML, HTM, ASP, PHP, etc) to add items to the shopping cart for your customers to buy.  You can add single items, one at a time, or multiple/batch items to your cart.

 

a) Adding Single Items - To add a single item to your cart; use a form like the one below:

 

<form method="post" action="http://www.mydomain.com/FPHPSC/ShoppingCart.php">

  <input name="Title" type="hidden" value="$5 Donation With Shipping" />

  <input name="SerialNum" type="hidden" value="5DollarDonationWS" />

  <input name="Price" type="hidden" value="5.00" />

  <input name="Shipping1" type="hidden" value="1.00" />

  <input name="Shipping2" type="hidden" value="0.50" />

  <input name="cmd" type="hidden" id="cmd" value="1" />

  <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Add To Cart" />

</form>

 

Tips:

-all fields are mandatory, be sure to enter something into all the value fields

-make sure the action = the full URL to the ShippingCart.php file located on your server

-make sure the method = "post", NOT "get".

-make sure cmd = 1 for adding single item only

-make sure each different item has a different / unique SerialNum

-Shipping 1 refers to the shipping for quantity = 1 of that item

-Shipping 2 refers to additional shipping amount for each quantity over 1

 

b) Adding Multiple Items - To add multiple items to your cart with the click of 1 button, use a form like the one below:

 

<form method="post" action="http://www.mydomain.com/FPHPSC/ShoppingCart.php">

  <input name="Title0" type="hidden" value="$1 Donation With Shipping" />

  <input name="SerialNum0" type="hidden" value="1DollarDonationWS" />

  <input name="Price0" type="hidden" value="1.00" />

  <input name="Shipping10" type="hidden" value="1.00" />

  <input name="Shipping20" type="hidden" value="0.50" />

  <input name="checkbox0" type="hidden" value="1" />

 

  <input name="Title1" type="hidden" value="$2 Donation With Shipping" />

  <input name="SerialNum1" type="hidden" value="2DollarDonationWS" />

  <input name="Price1" type="hidden" value="2.00" />

  <input name="Shipping11" type="hidden" value="1.00" />

  <input name="Shipping21" type="hidden" value="0.50" />

  <input name="checkbox1" type="hidden" value="1" />

 

  <input name="Title2" type="hidden" value="$3 Donation With NO Shipping" />

  <input name="SerialNum2" type="hidden" value="3DollarDonationWNS" />

  <input name="Price2" type="hidden" value="3.00" />

  <input name="Shipping12" type="hidden" value="0.00" />

  <input name="Shipping22" type="hidden" value="0.00" />

  <input name="checkbox2" type="hidden" value="1" />

 

  <input name="Batch_Count" type="hidden" value="3" />

 

  <input name="cmd" type="hidden" id="cmd" value="5" />

 

  <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Add To Cart" />

</form>