Creating a New OpenCart Deployment on a Windows Server IIS
We are going to cover the deployment of an OpenCart (open source shopping cart) on a Windows 2003 Server, 2008 Server. We are assuming that the server is setup to run IIS websites, and that you have some general idea about running websites in general on IIS. If this is not the case and you are learning from scratch. Better to learn on Linux server. Assuming you want to get OpenCart running on IIS. Step 1 – Web Platform Installer Install the Microsoft Web Platform Installer on the server from this link. http://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx In Windows 2003 you need to: Go to the directory on your server: C:\php Find the file: php.ini Edit the file in a text browser, finding the following lines: extension=php_curl.dll extension=php_gd2.dll extension=php_mysql.dll And remove the ; before each line: Then save the file. Start a Command Prompt “cmd” and type “iisreset” This enabled MySQL, GD, and… Read More »Creating a New OpenCart Deployment on a Windows Server IIS