Trabla: Install Magento CE ( Community Edition ) 2.0.7 with sample data on windows ( XAMPP with PHP 5.6.21 )
Magento is an open-source e-commerce platform written in PHP. The software was originally developed by Varien Inc., a US private company headquartered in Culver City, California, with assistance from volunteers.
Varien published the first general-availability release of the software on March 31, 2008. Roy Rubin, former CEO of Varien, later sold a substantial share of the company to eBay, which eventually completely acquired and then spun off the company.
According to the research conducted by aheadWorks in May 2015, Magento's market share among the 30 most popular e-commerce platforms is about 29.8%.
On November 17, 2015, Magento 2.0 was released, with an aim to provide new ways to heighten user engagement, smooth navigation, conversion rates and overall revenue generation, it has well-organized business user tools speed up build up time and enhances productivity. Table locking issues have been considerably reduced, Improved Page Caching and also allows in streamlining Guest checkout process for existing users, Enterprise-grade scalability, improved performance and better code base are only a few benefits of new Magento version.
Magento employs the MySQL/MariaDB relational database management system, the PHP programming language, and elements of the Zend Framework. It applies the conventions of object-oriented programming and model–view–controller architecture. Magento also uses the entity–attribute–value model to store data.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magento
Latest Tutorial - Install Magento CE 2.1.2 on Windows 7 x64 localhost ( XAMPP 5.6.24 ) - open source PHP eCommerce
Solving:
1. Download and install XAMPP 5.6.21 from official site
https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html
2. Download Magento CE ( Community Edition ) 2.0.7 with sample data
1) Goto official site https://www.magentocommerce.com/download
2) Select "Magento Community Edition 2.0.7 with Sample Data.zip (232.53 Mb)"
and click "Download" button
3) Register and download
3. Create folder \magento in XAMPP htdocs folder
e.g. C:\xampp\htdocs\magento
Open archive and copy all files to C:\xampp\htdocs\magento folder
4. Open XAMPP Control Panel and start Apache and MySQL database
5. Open browser and enter url
http://localhost/magento
to start setup process - click "Agree and Setup Magento"
6. Click "Start Readiness Check"
7. Check shows two trablas:
1) Your PHP Version is 5.6.21, but always_populate_raw_post_data = 0. $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA is deprecated from PHP 5.6 onwards and will be removed in PHP 7.0. This will stop the installer from running. Please open your php.ini file and set always_populate_raw_post_data to -1. If you need more help please call your hosting provider.
2) PHP Extensions Check
2 missing PHP extensions:
PHP Extension xsl.
PHP Extension intl.
8. Fixing trablas:
1) Stop Apache in XAMPP control panel
2) Open php.ini - Setting -> php.ini
3) Find and uncomment following php.ini settings:
- always_populate_raw_post_data = -1
- extension=php_intl.dll
- extension=php_xsl.dll
+ Save file and start Apache
9. In browser on "Readiness Check" page click button "Try Again"
All is OK - proceed installation - click "Next" button
10. "Add a Database" page
- leave default values.
Before clicking "Next" we should open phpMyAdmin and create database
Database created - return to installation page and click "Next"
11. "Step 3 - Wen configuration" page - leave default values and click "Next" button
12. "Step 4 - Customize Your Store" page - leave default values and click "Next" button
13. "Step 5: Create Admin Account" page - enter data and click "Next" button
14. "Step 6: Install" page - click "Install Now" button
15. Installation...
16. Done. Be sure to bookmark your unique admin url
NOTE: if you get following missing fonts and icons errors
Solving: http://codingtrabla.blogspot.com/2016/06/magento-ce-207-missing-fonts-and-images.html
17. Enjoy Magento :)
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