Should I continue installing without MAMP (XAMPP)?

[schoolboy]

Did you tinker with the "Down for Maintenance" settings?

ADMIN>>>CONFIGURATION>>>WEBSITE MAINTENANCE

[ProfKT]

Believe I figured out that problem. Didn't have my MySQL activated.

ProfKT

[ProfKT]

DANG! Thought I had the installation finished. Turns out that I skipped the Email (Mercury/Thunderbird) portion thinking that I could create an account in my Entourage Email. Now it turns out that I need some kind of SERVER connected to my local machine that can connect to Entourage. I can't seem to find a free server to use. Instructions on one informative page re: my mac said not to use the one that came with the computer--can't remember why.

Any help here regarding free servers for a local account (???) on my mac would be deeply appreciated.

Just when one problem gets solved another one pops up.

(Remember, I'm still a beginner at this.)

ProfKT

[cbird1057]

Prof -

I just finished installing ZCart on my Mac, and have set up the mail in the E-Mail Options section so that the E-Mail Transport Method is smtpauth.

Then I set the areas at the bottom of the E-Mail Options section as:

SMTP Email Account Mailbox: yourusername
SMTP Email Account Password: yourpassword
SMTP Email Mail Host: mail.yourdomain.net

It seems to work fine.

[ProfKT]

cbird1057, I've tried at least 100 different configurations of what I believe worked for you, but it still isn't working for me. (I was really hopeful, and will try again, but I think something is set differently on my computer--have no idea what) Went to the ZC Wiki, looked up troubleshooting, email... and I can't understand what it says.

SMTP Email Account Mailbox: yourusername (can't find a user name, have an Account Name, a Name, an E-mail address, and Account ID, a POP server and and SMTP server

SMTP Email Account Password: yourpassword (this seems obvious and I think no problem)

SMTP Email Mail Host: mail.yourdomain.net (kind of confused here--could it be something like mail.brockport.edu ? I don't see anything like that in my account set up)

I'm really at a loss.

From what I understand, I'm trying to connect to the email program/connections I already have. Right? I have three E-mail accounts hosted from three different servers. Should I be trying to connect to one of those?

Again, any and all suggestions will be welcome.

cbird1057, thanks for your info. I'll keep trying, but something seems to be amiss.

ProfKT

[ProfKT]

Additionally,

When I "send emal" I'm not sure I've completed the fields correctly.

to = my customer's name (fake name and fake email address set up in the beginning of the store info)

from = my email address (from one of the three accounts I already have)

subject and message seem to be no problem.

ProfKT

[cbird1057]

Sorry to hear you are having difficulty.

I assume you have a dedicated mail server and are not using a hotmail account or something like that.

The SMTP account: yourusername refers to the name you log on to your mail server with.

The password is the password for the above account.

SMTP host: mail.yourdomain.net is the mail server you use.

I basically just copied the parameters from my Mac Mail account. Go to "Mail" menu in Mac Mail, then Preferences, then Accounts.

I had to mess around with the E-Mail Transport Method (top line of Zen Cart email options in Admin), using PHP, etc until it worked.

It could be that your email account is protected by a firewall or something? If you can't get it to work I would suggest skipping the chapter in the book since there's plenty more to become familiar with in the subsequent material...

Believe me, I'm no guru with this stuff.

- Chris

[francesca_ph]

hi,

i do also have DW and xamp install..somewhere

can anyone teach me a step by step guide on how i can edit the website on my local pc? do i lik need to 'install' it on local host or do i juz drag the whole site from the 'live'

pls help...been tryin to figure this for months! but everyone seem to make it sound so simple, but i only now how to downloan and install them, but not to use them....