Magento Tutorial

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To complete the Magento installation you must follow these steps:

Step 1: You can download the latest stable Magento package from:

http://www.magentocommerce.com/download.

Step 2: Upload the package on your hosting account through your cPanel -> File Manager or using an FTP client.

You have 2 options for placing the Magento download file:

1) Under the public_html folder, the main folder for your web site content. After that your web site will be directly accessible through your domain.

2) Under a subfolder, e.g. your domain name is yourdomainname.com and you want to install the script in the public_html/magento folder, then you will open the web site at: http://yourdomainname.com/magento.
Once the package is uploaded, you can extract it through your cPanel -> File Manager. Please change the file permissions for the Magento files and folders to 755, use the same tool.

Step 3: Create a MySQL database and assign a user to it through cPanel -> MySQL Databases. You must remember the database details because you will use them to install the script.


Your cPanel username as prefix is applied to both the MySQL database and associated username i.e. username_databasename, and it is the name you have to use for your application.

Step 4: As an example, we install the Magento script in the public_html/magento folder. When you upload and extract the package and you have a MySQL database, navigate to the http://yourdomainname.com/magento URL:

Tick the check box besides the label "I agree to the terms and conditions above" and click on the button [Continue].

Step 5: Choose the Locale, Time Zone and Currency you prefer:

Click on the button [Continue].

Step 6: Now you should enter the database details: Database Name, User Name and User Password. The other options can be left as they are. Tick the check box besides the "Skip Base URL validation before next step".

Click on the button [Continue].

Step 7: At this step you should fill in the admin login details and the personal information which you want to use.
The Encryption Key can be left empty and it will be generated for you by the script.

Click on the button [Continue].

Step 8: Your encryption key has to be written down (in a safe place) because it will be used by Magento for credit cards, passwords and other confidential information.

You have now successfully completed your Magento installation. It is time to navigate to its Frontend or Backend.