magento 1.3 installation package with modern theme set default for magento dummies

 

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Magento 1.3 Installation Package
With Modern Theme Set Default
For Magento Dummies

Many people post about failure to install v1.3 on a testing environment. And I am one, too. I don’t know why. I have managed to create a fast installation package for Magento dummies who might need it.

I have got modern theme preinstalled in the package because I noticed some related files have been updated to fit the latest version. So by default the home page will be identical to modern!

Note: If you have your xampp running already for magento, go straight to step 4.

You need to install xampp 1.68 as I would recomend. And here is repeated on how to configure it for Magento.

1. Copy php_pdo_mysql.dll to “c:\xampp\php\ext\”, and replace the existing file.

http://www.filefactory.com/file/af87005/n/php_pdo_mysql_dll
http://rapidshare.com/files/170040816/php_pdo_mysql.dll
http://depositfiles.com/files/mhaqdy8ly

2.  Open c:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf with notepad++, find

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

, then remove #, save. Find

AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.

and go to the 3rd line below it, change

AllowOverride None

to

AllowOverride All

save and close.

3. Open c:\xampp\apache\bin\php.ini and c:\\xampp\php\php.ini with notepad++, find

extension=php_mcrypt.dll

,

extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll

and

extension=php_curl.dll

one by one, remove “;” (if any) and save.

4. Download my magento.zip and unzip into your C:\xampp\htdocs\ folder, now you should have your magento installation files strucutured like C:\xampp\htdocs\magento\.

http://www.filefactory.com/file/af867a6/n/magento_zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/216558123/magento.zip
http://depositfiles.com/files/f1ebdcajh

5. Download my database dump below and create a database called dummies, import the dump file.

http://www.filefactory.com/file/af86745/n/database-dump_sql
http://rapidshare.com/files/216484046/database-dump.sql
http://depositfiles.com/files/29xwjqy0l

6. Open your C:\windows\system32\drivers\hosts with notepad++ and add the following line:

127.0.0.1       www.magentodummies.com  magentodummies.com

7. Go to IE / Firefox etc, and visit http://www.magentodummies.com/magento/ for frontend and http://www.magentodummies.com/magento/admin for backend now. Backend administrator name is dummies and password also dummies.

8. Go beyond: If you want to use your own domain name (anything like

www.yourdomain.com

), follow steps below:

(1) Open the dump file with notepad++ and replace all

www.magentodummies.com

with

www.yourdomain.com

before importation.

(2) Replace the domain in Step 6 with your own too.

In this way you may also be able to upgrade your existing installation. But you are on your own risk, because I never test it.

What’s more, if you don’t want to use the default backend settings, you might need a fresh installation.

(1) Browse to app\etc\local.xml and delete it or rename it.

(2) Open app\design\install\default\default\template\install\config.phtml with notepad++, find line 54

value="dummies"

and line 60

value="root"

and line 64

value=""

then change each value with your database name, user and password. Find line 85 and change the domain path to your domain.

(3) go to brower and complete the fresh installation.

(4) Open your database in phpmyadmin then browse to table admin_user and you may delete the record which contains dummies, browse admin_role table and delete dummies record too.

Don’t forget to back it up after everything is set. Correct me if any mistakes, and post any questions. Cheers!  Source:

P.S.

You might simply try this package instead of the longer version if you simply want a fresh installation. The only difference might be default theme not yet set to modern, and you might set it up manually.

http://rapidshare.com/files/216797341/magento.zip
Default database name: magento; [no dump needed]
User: root;
Password: [leave blank]
URL: http:\\www.magento.com\magento\