How to install Magento

Magento is an open-source E-commerce platform written in PHP. The software was originally developed by Varien, Inc, US private company headquarter in Culver City, California, with assistance from volunteers. It has a flexible modular architecture. It is scalable and has many control options that helps the user to build both user-friendly and search engine friendly websites. In this blog, we will explain you how to install Magento

As Magento uses E-commerce platform, it offers companies the ultimate E-commerce solutions and extensive support network. It also allows user to update E-commerce website automatically.

There are many reasons to use Magento:

• Magento is an open source E-commerce software.
• Magento provides searching and sorting of products in several ways.
• It enables shipping of products in one order to multiple addresses.
• It helps to manage the orders easily by using the admin panel.
• It also supports multiple languages, different currencies and tax rates.
• Magento is user friendly E-commerce software.
• It is compatible with smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices.

Installing Magento

Step 1: Download Magento.

• Download the Magento package to your local computer.
• Extract the downloaded zip file to your local computer and rename the folder with the name of your site.
• Now, upload the Magento files and folders to the chosen location on your web server.

Step 2: Create Data Base.

• Magento requires to store its information in a database. Therefore, create a database for Magento on the MySQL server. Using MySQL Databases, you can create a new database by entering a database name and a username/password to access this database.

Step 3. Magento installation:

• Agree and Setup: From your browser, navigate to the location of the Magento downloader on your server. The Magento Downloader welcome page appears. Now, click on “Agree and Setup Magento”.
• Verify System requirement: To validate your servers environment, click the Continue button. If the  error warnings appears, you must correct the errors and validate your environment again.
• Setup the database: Now, setup the database by entering the following details:
  • Database Server Host: Enter the servers qualified host name or IP address. If your server is in the same host as your web server, enter localhost.
  • Database Servers Username
  • Database Servers Password
  • Database Name: input the database name you have just created at section Create Database.
  • Table prefix: this field could left blank.
• Web Configurations:
  • Your Store Address: Enter the base URL for your stores.
  • Magento Admin Access: Enter the base URL for the store’s Admin Panel. The default value is admin.
• Configure Language, Time Zone and Currency.
• Create Admin Account by filling the following details:
  • New Username: enter the Admin account of the owner of your store.
  • New Email: enter the Email of the owner of your store.
  • New Username: enter the Password of the owner of your store.
  • New Email: Confirm the password.
• Install and Finish: Finally, click on “Install Now” button. Now, you have successfully installed Magento.