Cube Cart Manual Installation

Uploading the files

To install Cube Cart manually on your e-Commerce hosting account, you should first of all download the Cube Cart files archive on your hard drive.

Once you have downloaded the release you would like to use, you can upload it to your hosting account using an FTP client or the File Manager tool under your Cpanel. More detailed information how exactly you can do that can be found here:

• How to upload your website with Cpanel

• How to upload your website with FTP

As soon as the upload of the file is completed, you can unpack it using the File Manager tool. In order to do that, you should access the file manager from your CPanel, find the Cube Cart package, click on it and extract it using the "Extract File Contents" button.

Creating Database and User for your Cube cart installation

The Cube cart application needs a MySQL database and a user to operate. Please, check here how to create MySQL database and user.

For the rest of this guide we will assume all file have been successfully uploaded to the directory /public_html/store and that the web site domain is www.yourdomain.com

Open your favorite Internet browser such as Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox and type the full URL to the root directory of the store and press return or click go. (In the example case: www.yourdomain.com/store.)

Cube cart installation - Steb by Step

Step 1 - License Agreement

Once the page has fully loaded you should be presented with the first stage of the installation process.

Please use the scroll bar to read the license agreement and once you understand and agree to it, use you mouse to click the check box.

Click [Continue to Step 2] to continue.

Step 2:

Depending on your server operating system you can either proceed directly to the next step or action will need to be taken. If the current permission value of each file is green and the button at the bottom of the screen says [Continue to Step 3] please do so as no action is required.

If however the current permission is not the same as the required permission we need to change them. Permissions could easily be changed via an FTP client.

Step 3:

On the next screen fill up the SQL details you have created as per Creating Username and adding it to the database instructions.

Administrator Configuration Settings:

These settings are for accessing the administrators control panel where you can fully manage your store.

• Username - This is the username you wish to use to access the admin control panel.

• Password - This is the password you desire to use to access the admin control panel for the above username.

For improved security we recommend using a combination of letters and numbers.

• Confirm Password - Please input the same as you entered in the filed above. This is a check to make sure you entered what you intended.

Please make a mental note or write somewhere safe your username and password. If at any time you lose your password you will be able to reset it by providing the email address specified in the next field.

• Email Address - Please enter the email address you want to associate with the administrators account.

• Full Name - Please enter the full name of the administrator.

Skin: Cube Cart comes with three default designs to choose from. Please select the one you want by clicking the radio box. Please, check here to learn how to change your CubeCart template.

Advanced Settings:

Normally Cube Cart will successfully detect these automatically for you. We recommend leaving them as they are and if your store has errors after installation is complete they can be modified by editing the file /includes/global.inc.php Have a quick review of the details you have entered and click [Continue to Step 4] to proceed.

Step 4:

If as in step two you are prompted to change any file permissions back please do so as described before.

Step 5 - Installation Complete

Congratulations, upon reaching stage five installation is complete but we are not quite finished. Please make a note of the administration control panel URL.

For security reasons your store will not function until the install directory has been deleted. To do this browse your account and delete the install folder.