Using GoDaddy - How do I install Zen Cart?

[kuroi]

It's a web application for doesn't have a .exe file. Instead you load the files (unzipped) into you web hosting space and simply go there in a browser.

Zen Cart will detect that it is not yet installed and take you through a step-by-step installation process.

[captmike]

Thanks for the quick reply....I'm trying to plug away at this but its slow going. Is there a link that you can pass on (for dummies) that will explain how to do what you are describing?

[yellow1912]

If it's still not too late to get out of GoDaddy, maybe you can get the money back. GoDadday and Zencart don't play nice with each other.

[schoolboy]

If it's still not too late to get out of GoDaddy, maybe you can get the money back. GoDadday and Zencart don't play nice with each other.

I agree...

... but in order to use and customize Zencart, you do need a reasonable knowledge of website management, including basic html, how content-driven (database) sites work, ftp, and CSS.

It may be that paypal buttons are OK for you right now. If you are set on Zencart, then a reliable host is essential. GoDaddy is arguably the most unreliable host for Zencart.

[GoNinja]

Why does everyone slam GoDaddy?

I find their customer service to be great (24hr phone support is amazing) and their price is unbeatable.

I am brand new to Zen Cart and had no problem installing it on my GoDaddy account in 15 mins.

[schoolboy]

Why does everyone slam GoDaddy?

I find their customer service to be great (24hr phone support is amazing) and their price is unbeatable.

I am brand new to Zen Cart and had no problem installing it on my GoDaddy account in 15 mins.

Their servers are reputed to be heavily overloaded, and their server configurations are very unfriendly for zc use.

Have you started trading on your site yet? Wait until you get frustrating messages from customers experiencing problems!

[kuroi]

I've had to move a client off them before since it wasn't just Zen Cart that had problems with their setup, our database management tool simply couldn't access the database 95% of the time.

You'll also find problems reported with GoDaddy and Paypal and Zen Cart needed special GoDaddy code at one point to cope.

You'll also find a chat from earlier today in the Zen Cart 2.0 discussion thread to the effect that GoDaddy servers still default to the now obsolete php4 and don't provide a full range of features for php5 which will be required for Zen Cart 2.0.

[fairestcape]

Why does everyone slam GoDaddy?

I find their customer service to be great (24hr phone support is amazing) and their price is unbeatable.

I am brand new to Zen Cart and had no problem installing it on my GoDaddy account in 15 mins.

This is how they hook you... Too many people consider "price" to be the most important aspect of hosting.

But there is a HUGE difference between PRICE and COST.

GoDaddy hosting PRICE may be cheap, but the COST can be massive.

If you are serious about e-commerce, and want to give YOUR customers good, reliable service, then don't go within 100 trillion miles of GoDaddy hosting.