New Install on Windows XP Pro Media Center

I would like to have a "test" environment on my laptop which is running Windows XP Pro Media Center, IIS5.1. I downloaded and run php-5.2.0-win32-installer (un-installed and re-installed twice), but when I look under start, all programs, PHP5- I see only licence txt. I need PHP to run Zen Cart on my laptop, correct?? What am I doing wrong??:down:

Hi Sunabac
You need to download and install easy php, which will give you the working environment you need. Hope you enjoy inventing your shop, it can take hours but very gratifying in the end.
http://www.easyphp.org/telechargements.php3
All the best
Pots

hmm, downloaded & installed, got an roor message about port 80 being used. EasyPHP is stopped; on left click, the following are disabled:
Administration
Local Web
Restart
Pending
This is even when I stopped MSSQLServer
I think I am over my head..:cry:
I think I need step-by-step instructions...

Don't know if you are running Skype, but I think that it may use post 80.

I could also be rambling complete rubbish, I'm known for it :cry:

Don't know if you are running Skype, but I think that it may use post 80.
It is skype or another service that is using Port 80.

I run skype and easyphp, and my workaround is an order thing.

Fully, exit skype(or the other service using P80), start easyphp, restart skype.

This works for skype, if you have another service it may or may not like sharing Port 80

My computer is a laptop too and I am using windows media center. I am running my Zencart in localhost and with ssl for testing purposes. I am using XAMPP, which has PHP 5.2.0, Mysql, Apache, open ssl and few other things. After a very useful and effective help from this forum, I installed a bug fix for PHP, and everything is running fine. You can also use WAMP. The good thing about these two are that everything install for you and with just a little tweaking, no problems will arise.

Well I got the new version 1,3,7 running on my laptop. Port 80 was used by ""inetinfo.exe. When I stopped Admin IIS , I was O.K. It just that I cannot run FrontPage at the same time - inconvenience. I recall that I was able to use port 8080 in the past as well, I just don't remember how to set it up anymore...
I still cannot send the order with SMTP set-up, it just gives me a blank page and I don't receive any emails from it. Also "Tell a Friend" does not work for me. It also has a looong notification/explanation that runs under the right hand box. It does not have a "submit" only "back" button.:unsure:

It just that I cannot run FrontPage at the same time - inconvenienceAnd I would call this a blessing!!! If you are going to use Zen Cart and/or other scripts much...wean youself away from Front Page. It generates bloated code and MS has dropped it as there are many security issues with a FP site.

I know that it may seem like a comfortable old friend that you do not want to scrap....

Get a good straight text code editor, one that has color coding and will inform you of incorrect code by color. Or notepad will suffice in a pinch. These straight text editors do not add any additional and unwanted stuff to your edits.

MS dropping support is the reason I am looking for a different shopping cart; I donwloaded PHP Designer 2007, that will do it for me with Zen Cart.. Would you know how to point Apache to port 8080?? I hope that would help me fix the SMTP email difficulties....:frusty:

XP Pro comes with Windows IIS (Windows Internet Information Server) pre-installed, which is why Port 80 is in use if you also install an Apache based server. You can reset the Apache server to listen to Port 8080 if you edit the Apache httpd.conf file, shut down the Apache server and then restart it.

You don't have that problem with XP Home, because it doesn't come with IIS.

Most offline servers (Intranet) do not come with mail servers, so you need to install something like Post Cast Server to provide that function. Mail normally uses Port 25, and smtp mail has nothing to do with the web server itself.

Vger

I got the SMTP working on my laptop O.K. and I will follow your suggestion on setting Apache on 8080.
Now I have a newbie question.. Where should (on my laptop) the Zen Cart files be installed?? When I click Local Web on my EasyPHP it goes to 127.0.0.1 and does not show any web. I created new database with a prefix of Zen1_ and gave my store name ZenCart1. So giving http://127.0.0.1/ZenCart1 will load it in my browser. Where do I find files for ZenCart1 so I can change some of the original text on pages that came with the install, without messing up the original files I downloaded??

gosh I set Apache to 8080 and now I cannot locate MySQL, PHPMyAdmin, or the test cart I was working on! Well I can run both servers but what happened to my previous set-up for zen-cart??
:oops:

Happy new year Sunabac

You put your downloaded and unzipped zen cart folder in C:\Program Files\EasyPHP1-8\www and can change things from there. If you leave the file name zen Cart you will see it as that when you go to local web, what I do is copy and paste two versions and rename one as new shop and the original I leave as zen cart to use as a back up.
Now when you go to local web you have two folders named for example zen cart and new shop which when you click on they open up like a live shop. You need a data base for each shop, I have never tried to use the same one but it might work.
Also if you go to http://127.0.0.1/ZenCart/install it will take you to the zen cart install, then once installed http://127.0.0.1/ZenCart will open the shop.

HAVE FUN ANY ENJOY IT
All the best for 2007
Pots

Search for a file called Hosts or hosts on your computer. It will be a hidden file with no file extension. You may need to edit that to allow Apache to run at the same time as IIS is installed.

For future reference the only difference between XP Pro and XP Home is that XP Pro comes with Windows IIS pre-installed. So here are two good reasons to buy XP Home:

1. It's cheaper
2. It doesn't come with IIS pre-installed.

Vger

Sunabac:

gosh I set Apache to 8080 and now I cannot locate MySQL, PHPMyAdmin, or the test cart I was working on! Well I can run both servers but what happened to my previous set-up for zen-cart??
:oops:

Well I need IIS for FrontPage.. so I just keep switching servers...
BTW I unistalled EasyPHP, Zencart 12292006 and installed XAMPP and the ZenCart 1.3.7 12302006 - all works fine now (still switching servers)
Tx
Well not all Tell_A_Friend problem (posted in General):(

I don't know why you think you need IIS for FrontPage - the one is a Web Server and the other is a rather shoddy programme for writing html pages full of garbage code.

Other than the fact that they are both made by the same company they have no connection to one another.

Vger

Because I cannot run/develop database based web sites created with FrontPage without a server...

I was making the point that you don't need FrontPage to create dynamic php based websites. In fact it is better if you do not use FrontPage at all - it writes garbage html code.

Vger