Comments on: OMG - what do i do now?

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:21:00 +0000

Mario - please do keep us updated

By: Mario

Mario — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:32:34 +0000

Thanxs Gary,
I didn't get it running yet but I am working on it. I will
keep you updated on my progress.
Regards
Mario

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:18:51 +0000

You cannot get in trouble here - say what you want to say - I don't mind. Your opinion is just as valid as mine.

By: Torki

Torki — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:16:11 +0000

I think another good reason for using XAMPP is the speed. I'm sure I had lost interest in osCommerce back in the days if I had made my first steps on a webspace.
Cause all changes have to be uploaded on the server by FTP and even if you use a FTP program like FileZilla which supports automatically uploads, it takes - compared with working on localhost - very long if you can see the result of your changings. And especially as a beginner you need IMHO a quick response about your changings if you play around. If you always have to wait 20 seconds just to see the next error-message, it starts to suck quickly
So my advice to any beginner (not only osCommerce but also CMS etc.): work localy!

Anyway, that's just my opinion and I don't wanna get any trouble here, haha

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:50:54 +0000

Torki - that's OK Comments without a "real" email address eg sddf@fsfd.com or whatever, just get binned.

I agree that XAMPP or phptriad, or WAMp or any other is easy! But when the asker of the question is not too knowledgable it's best in my opinion to crawl before walk before run. Well, that's my view anyway

By: Torki

Torki — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:40:37 +0000

Oh, I see - it was an email problem. Sorry for blaming you, Gary.

Well, I really disagree with your opinion about XAMPP. Just download "XAMPP light" to a folder on your harddrive, start it and it runs. No installation is needed.
Then copy osCommerce in the XAMPP htdocs folder, create a new database with the included PhpMyAdmin, start osCommerce installation script and - e voila - osCommerce is running on Mario's local machine. It takes not more than 3 minutes for all steps.
What's so difficult about it?

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:56:55 +0000

Torki - please read this post making note of the "real email address" point.

In my opinion, advising a complete beginner to install XAMPP or any type of server is plain foolish as it will just be more confusing to him/her.

By: Torki

Torki — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:42:38 +0000

I recommended Mario to install XAMPP on his local machine but Gary deleted this post. Gary, if you don't want comments, please disable it in wordpress. Thanks.