Installation Wizard

Summer Cart solution is installed through Summer Cart Installation Wizard in 4 easy steps.                      

 
If you do not wish to install Summer Cart by yourself, you can order Professional Installation service from Summer Cart team. Our technical specialists will be glad to help you.

Decompress Summer Cart

1. Obtain a Summer Cart distribution package by downloading it from Summer Cart Help-Desk. Summer Cart distribution package is in .tgz format.
2. Upload all Summer Cart files to a web server or hosting account. Please make sure that you upload the files to a web accessible directory.
   
   

   Windows server and UNIX server without terminal access:
   
   

   • Decompress the Summer Cart distribution package archive to a local directory on your system using a compression program (WinZIP or any other compression tool that supports TAR files).
   • Use an FTP client to upload all the files from the archive (retaining the directory structure) to your server or hosting account. Please make sure that you upload the files to a web accessible directory.
   • Note: In some cases when you install Summer Cart on a UNIX server you might need to change the permissions of the following files and directories:
     chmod 777 userfiles 
     chmod 777 include/miphpf/Config.php

   UNIX server with terminal access:
   
   

   • Upload all Summer Cart files to a web server or hosting account. Please make sure that you upload the files to a web accessible directory.
   • Decompress the package using the following command:
     
     tar -zx summer_cart-X.Y.tgz 
     mv summer_cart-X.Y store
     
     where X and Y indicate Summer Cart version.

      The above command should decompress Summer Cart files, and then rename the directory. Your web store will reside in folder store now.
     

   • Note: In some cases when you install Summer Cart on a UNIX server you might need to change the permissions of the following files and directories:

     
     chmod 777 userfiles 
     chmod 777 include/miphpf/Config.php
3. Open your Summer Cart store in a browser ( www.example.com/store ) and add /setup to launch Summer  Cart Installation Wizard.
   
   Example:
   If your domain name is www.example.com and you placed your Summer Cart in the directory off your web root, you would enter http://www.example.com/store/setup into your web browser address line.
   
   
4. Installation Wizard gets launched. Please proceed to Step 1 - System Requirements Check.