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| 317263 | 2005-01-23 08:01:00 | Hey all, Just been thinking about building a flash website. At the moment, it will just be for learning purposes, but in the long term may use it to for commercial purposes. As I don't have the time and money to learn all sorts of scripts and buy FlashMX, etc. I'm going to just stay with using a pre-built template. This can be on or offline. Ultimately, I will transfer the files, etc. to my Orcon Freehost account. Just been looking through Flash Builder (www.flashbuilder.net) and in especially Template 4 (http:). It is almost exactly the kind of thing I want. The theme will be based on computers -may use it to sell parts or webhosting, etc. in the distant future. However, the problem is that it comes with a banner and pop-ups for advertising up the top -pretty common for something free I know. The only way to get around this is to create the site online at Flashbuilder's website and then copying that into Frontpage to then upload onto Orcon's server. However, this will mean that everytime I need to update it -e.g. price, etc. then it will take me a long time and fuss. No good in the longterm. Therefore, I am thinking, can someone recommend anything similar to this? It will need to be updated frequently and easily. Many thanks in advance, |
~sy~ (95) | ||
| 317264 | 2005-01-24 19:40:00 | :help: No body knows? :groan: /bump |
~sy~ (95) | ||
| 317265 | 2005-01-24 19:51:00 | I can't help you with your template issue, however I can say that for an online store which you want to be able to update easily, try something like osCommerce (free) which has an easy to use system to update your prices/products etc. A demo is avail here: opensourcecms.com and website is: http://www.oscommerce.com |
somebody (208) | ||
| 317266 | 2005-01-24 22:04:00 | Thanks heaps somebody. Isn't that something like what PC Mart and others use? I will check it out ASAP. I like the way that it's free to use which will allow me to 'test' it first. Just wondering if Orcon Freehost will let me have this one their servers? Won't be for commericial use at the moment though. |
~sy~ (95) | ||
| 317267 | 2005-01-25 00:30:00 | SuperCheapPC use this system for their site I believe. osCommerce uses PHP with a MYSQL backend, which I suspect that Orcon Freehost does not have. Bear in mind that the link I gave you (to OpenSourceCMS) refreshes its servers every 2 hours - ie. it wipes everything and starts from scratch. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 317268 | 2005-01-25 00:44:00 | Yea, your quite right. Orcon FreeHost does not have MYSQL. Bugger. I've downloaded it, but just stuffed -no idea how to setup. | ~sy~ (95) | ||
| 317269 | 2005-01-25 04:16:00 | $Id: INSTALL,v 1. 13 2003/07/12 09:38:07 hpdl Exp $ osCommerce 2.2 Milestone 2 Installation Guide Copyright (c) osCommerce 2003 *** The information presented here is old. It will be updated throughout *** *** the osCommerce 2.2 Milestone path. *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quick Installation Steps ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Once having downloaded the archive from the downloads page, follow these steps to get the online shop running: 1. Extract the files from within the package unzip oscommerce-2.2ms2.zip -- or -- tar -xzf oscommerce-2.2ms2.tar.gz -- or -- use your favourite graphical application to extract the files, such as WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) 2. This creates a directory called 'oscommerce-2.2ms2'. Enter this directory and copy the 'catalog' directory to the webroot path of your webserver: cd oscommerce-2.2ms2 cp -R catalog /usr/local/apache/htdocs/ For this example, '/usr/local/apache/htdocs/' is used as the webroot path of the Apache webserver. Do the same for the 'admin' directory but rename the directory to a unique and secret name. This directory does not have to reside inside the catalog directory, though may need to be manually configured. 3. Using your favourite browser, go to the following address: [your site] and follow the instructions on the screen. IF YOU PREFER TO DO IT MANUALLY READ HERE: 1. Create the 'osCommerce' database and import the sample data: mysqladmin create osCommerce mysql osCommerce < ./install/oscommerce.sql To check if the tables have been successfully imported, you can list them by using mysqlshow: mysqlshow osCommerce 4. View the file catalog/includes/configure.php and make necessary changes. Now you can use your browser to view the pages which should be located at 'localhost You can also use your browser, or a graphics viewer/editor, to view the database model which is located in the directory where you extracted the files 'oscommerce-2.2ms2/tep_database_model-pr2. 1. gif'. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apache/SSL/PHP Installation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is a quick guide to install PHP as a dynamic apache module with SSL features. It is recommended to read through the documentation of each package for a more in-depth installation guide. The individual packages are available at: OpenSSL.......: http://www.openssl.org MOD_SSL.......: http://www.modssl.org Apache........: http://www.apache.org PHP...........: http://www.php.net Zend Optimizer: http://www.zend.com 1. Extract the files from their packages: tar -xzf openssl-0.9.6.tar.gz tar -xzf mod_ssl-2.8.1- 1. 3. 19.tar.gz tar -xzf apache_ 1. 3. 19.tar.gz tar -xzf php-4.0.4pl 1. tar.gz tar -xzf ZendOptimizer- 1. 0.0-PHP_4.0.4-FreeBSD4.0-i386.tar.gz 2. To install SSL support in Apache, we need to first install the OpenSSL package: cd openssl-0.9.6 ./config make make test make install cd .. 3. Once OpenSSL is installed, it is now possible to install Apache with MOD-SSL: cd mod_ssl-mod_ssl-2.8.1- 1. 3. 19 ./configure --with-apache=../apache_ 1. 3. 19 --with-ssl=../openssl-0.9.6 cd ../apache_ 1. 3. 19 ./configure --enable-module=ssl --enable-module=so make make certificate make install cd .. 4. Once Apache is installed, PHP can be installed as a dynamic module (DS0): cd php-4.0.4pl1 ./configure --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --disable-debug \ --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs make make install cp php.ini-dist /usr/local/lib/php.ini cd .. 5. Edit the configuration files for Apache (httpd.conf) and PHP (php.ini). Make sure the following is in the httpd.conf file: LoadModule php4_module libexec/libphp4.so AddType application/x-httpd-php .php If you have ClearModuleList somewhere in the httpd.conf file, then you must add this line: AddModule mod_php4.c 6. To install ZendOptimizer v 1. 0, you must be using atleast PHP 4.0.4 with debugging disabled: cd ZendOptimizer- 1. 0.0-PHP_4.0.4-FreeBSD4.0-i386 mkdir /usr/local/Zend mkdir /usr/local/Zend/lib cp ZendOptimizer.so /usr/local/Zend/lib Add the following to the php.ini zend_optimizer.optimization_level=15 zend_extension="/usr/local/Zend/lib/ZendOptimizer.so" 7. To start Apache with SSL: /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl startssl Or, without SSL: /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start After the installation, you can create a file in the webroot directory which contains <?php phpinfo(); ?> to see the php configuration variables. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 317270 | 2005-01-25 04:17:00 | If you're just testing it out, grab XAMPP with the Perl extention (www.apachefriends.org) and load it on your own computer. It's actually VERY easy to install - I had it going in a few minutes as most of the configuration is automatic. | somebody (208) | ||
| 317271 | 2005-01-25 05:33:00 | Thanks heaps, looks like I better go find someone with free MySQL | ~sy~ (95) | ||
| 317272 | 2005-01-25 06:36:00 | Does anyone know of a software like the above which doesn't use MySQL? | ~sy~ (95) | ||
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