Step 1: Change the logo. Rename your logo to be "logo.jpg" and then upload it into the /images/ directory, overwriting the existing logo.jpg file. It is important that you name your logo, logo.jpg exactly and that you upload it into the images folder. Various parts of Autoload are dependent upon the logo being named exactly, "logo.jpg" and that it be in the /images/ directory.
Database:
Step 2: Edit the file, autoload.sql and import the database. The only line you should edit is near the top of the file and contains:
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INSERT INTO `admin` VALUES(1, 1, '[b]Your Firstname[/b]', '[b]Your Lastname[/b]', '[b]noreply@autoload.org[/b]'
Only edit the items in
bold above. Do not attempt to create a password here as it will not work. Only edit First Name, Last Name, and email address.
Next Create a mySQL database using phpMyAdmin or whatever other method you use on your server to access a mySQL database. Import the edited file, autoload.sql into that database.
Step 3: Edit three configuration files:includes/configure.php
admin/includes/configure.php
includes/modules/payment/googlecheckout.php
There are guidelines on configuring properly in the files themselves. The default is set up for running it from the root of your domain. Notes are provided within the files detailing which variables need to be changed. There are paths that need to be specified and you will also need to enter your database connection information.
Note that /download & /pub
do have the forward slash in autoload/includes/configure.php. Ie: /pub/
Name logo to logo.jpg and upload logo.jpg to images/ and admin/images/
Upload all files to your server, to the root of your webserver is the default.
Step 4: Set Permissions:Next you need to change permissions on some files and folders as outlined below. Use an FTP client or other method to change permissions, or chmod:
includes/configure.php set permissions to either 644 or on some servers to 444
download (the directory) set permissions to 755
pub (the directory) set permissions to 777
temp (the directory) set permissions to 777
images (the directory) set permissions to 777
/includes/languages/english/define_mainpage.php set permissions to 777
/includes/languages/english/header_tags.php set permissions to 777
/includes/languages/espanol/define_mainpage.php set permissions to 777
/includes/languages/espanol/header_tags.php set permissions to 777
/includes/languages/german/define_mainpage.php set permissions to 777
/includes/languages/german/header_tags.php set permissions to 777
admin/backups (the directory) set permissions to 777
admin/images/graphs (the directory) set permissions to 777
admin/includes/configure.php set permissions to either 644 or if getting error message, 444
Optional: If you are selling downloadable digital goods, it is recommended that you set up an ftp user whose home directory is "download" on the server. This ftp login can be used by your catalog staff so that they can't accidentally upload to the wrong folder, or worse, cause a bug to be introduced into your system by overwriting or deleting the script files. Any downloadable goods that you are selling will need to be uploaded into the download folder.
After following these steps and verifying that your website is up and running you will then be ready to begin configuring your website for your store.