Hi all!

I'm a first time user of ZenCart, and ANY e-commerce system for that matter. The tutorials and threads on this forum are top quality and I've been determined to get my store running without having to ask for help personally, until now

My store works perfectly on localhost using XAMMP. My issue is with getting is running 'live'... I've chosen Fasthosts as a host and have an appropriate package with MySQL etc.

I have uploaded ZenCart exactly as it is in the zipfile you download it in, install directory and everything (obviously), and I have created a MySQL database using my Fasthosts control panel.

When I run the Zen installer live, everything is checked Green by the system instpector, with regards to what versions of php I've got etc. But I'm getting this:

ATTENTION: Problems Found
ERROR - Cannot proceed until problems are resolved.
*Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock'...
* admin configure.php is not writeable
* store configure.php is not writeable

After looking around on here and using what knowledge I do have, I'm thinking the issue is with permissions for the config.php issues. I have heard about CHMOD.

Please note that when I uploaded the ZenCart files I done it in one massive dump, I did not select special permisisons for any particular file. I'm using WISE-FTP 5.

The more serious issue seems to be no connection to the MySQL socket. What does thisn mean? I do know that my database is on a secure server thats dedicated to hosting databases.

Please point me in the right direction and let me know what info you require and I'll post it up.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the ZenCart team and all the 'experts' on here. I've had a lot of fun learning ZenCart. :)

Regards,
Phil