Install AbanteCart eCommerce on windows

Trabla: Install AbanteCart eCommerce on windows ( via XAMPP 5.6.21 )

AbanteCart is an open source PHP-based ecommerce platform. It is an ideal ecommerce solution for small to medium business

Latest tutorial - Install AbanteCart 1.2.8 eCommerce on Windows 7 x64 localhost ( XAMPP 7.0.9 + php7 ) 

Solving:

1.  Download and install XAMPP 5.6.21 from official site:
https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html

2. Download Abante Cart source from official site:
http://www.abantecart.com/

3. Create folder \abantecart in XAMPP htdocs folder
C:\xampp\htdocs\abantecart
and copy all files from downloaded Abante Cart  .zip source
( /public_html folder !!!)

4. Run XAMPP Control Panel 
- start Apache
- start Database

5. Open in browser following url to start Abante Cart installation
http://localhost/abantecart/install/index.php
Agree to license and click "Continue" button

6. "Compatibility Validation" page - click "Continue" button

7. "Configuration" page - database connection and admin credentials setup

Lets create new user and database for AbanteCart:

1) Open phpMyAdmin in new browser tab (or window :) ) - http://localhost/phpmyadmin
2) Open SQL tab
3) Execute following query

( our database name will be - `abantecart-db`
user(s) -  
'abantecart-db-owner'@'localhost'  
'abantecart-db-owner'@'127.0.0.1' 
'abantecart-db-owner'@'::1'
with password 'AbanteCrt123$%'
)



CREATE DATABASE `abantecart-db` 
DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;

CREATE USER 'abantecart-db-owner'@'localhost'; 
CREATE USER 'abantecart-db-owner'@'127.0.0.1';
CREATE USER 'abantecart-db-owner'@'::1';

SET PASSWORD 
FOR 'abantecart-db-owner'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('AbanteCrt123$%');
SET PASSWORD 
FOR 'abantecart-db-owner'@'127.0.0.1' = PASSWORD('AbanteCrt123$%');
SET PASSWORD 
FOR 'abantecart-db-owner'@'::1' = PASSWORD('AbanteCrt123$%');


GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON 
`abantecart-db`.* TO 'abantecart-db-owner'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON 
`abantecart-db`.* TO 'abantecart-db-owner'@'127.0.0.1' WITH GRANT OPTION;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON 
`abantecart-db`.* TO 'abantecart-db-owner'@'::1' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Go back  to AbanteCart to installarion page - fill all fields
( use
database name - abantecart-db
user - abantecart-db-owner
password ( for user ) - AbanteCrt123$%
)
and click "Continue"

8.  Installing....

9. Installation completed. Now we need do some post-install steps.

10. Delete \install folder
e.g. C:\xampp\htdocs\abantecart\install

11.  Login to Admin Panel - there are some finalize settings todo.

12.  Admin Settings - type your data + click "Next"

13. Yet another settings - page 1 - click "Next"

14. Yet another settings - page 2 - click "Next"

15. Yet another settings - page 3 - change logo if needed, click "Next"

16. Yet another settings - page 4 - mail protocol, click "Next"

17. Final admin config page

Enjoy AbanteCart !!!