CS-Cart is an E-Commerce shopping cart application that has all the functions to run as an online store using a single admin panel. It is built using MySQL, PHP, and Smarty, and you can host CS-Cart within your cPanel.
You can follow these steps to install it on cPanel –
- Create a MySQL Database.
2. Create MySQL Database User.
3. Select the All Privileges option for your created MySQL User to the same database.
4. Download the CS-Cart from here and upload it to your cPanel public_html.
5. Extract the zip file.
6. Run the domain on which you have uploaded the CS-Cart files and click on the Install option.
7. Accept the License Agreement.
8. Enter the following details -
- MySQL Server Host: MySQL IP Address
- MySQL Database Name : MySQL Database Name
- MySQL User : Enter the MySQL Username
- MySQL Password: MySQL User Password
- Administrator’s Email: Your Email from which you can manage your store from CS-Cart.
- Administrator’s Password: Password to Manage the CS-Cart admin Panel.
9. Click on the Install button; it will run the installation process as per the below Screen.
10. In Licensing mode section, you can choose one of the following options –
- Full: Enter your license number for Installation. It will provide you with the full features of CS-Cart.
For Example, Multiple add-ons, Different languages, etc. For CS-Cart License, click here - https://helpdesk.cs-cart.com/cs-cart-license.html. - Trial: Choose the trial version for a free 30-day trial with full features. After 30 days, you can purchase the license or switch to the Free Version.
- Free: Free mode will have limited feature availability.
11. Click on Storefront to view your store, or Click on Administration Panel.
12. The screen depicted below shows the Administration Panel -