Prerequisites:

• Software
  • PHP 5.1 or higher, with SSL support
  • MySQL 3.2 or higher
  • Apache web server
  • Linux or similar *nix system. Windows will work for testing and tryout purposes.
  • See complete Software Requirements
• MySQL user account and database

1. Create or obtain a MySQL database and associated MySQL user account for your web site. You will need the database name, username, password, and possibly the host name for the database.
2. Download Modern Merchant
3. Unpack the zip file to your web site. Instructions for FTP users:
   1. Unzip the downloaded zip file to your local computer. The zip file should unpack to a folder that is named something like modern_0_6_0

      Here are the items that will be written when you unpack Modern Merchant:

      modern_0_6_0/
          .htaccess
          index.php
          mm/
          mmadmin.php
          mminstall.php
          robots.txt
      

   2. Upload all the files inside modern_0_6_0 to your web site's document root (where your home page lives)

      Warning: This will overwrite the files .htaccess, index.php and robots.txt on your web site, if you already have files with those names. Please back them up first.

4. With your browser, simply visit your site's home page. You should see a generic page telling users that the site is under maintenance. In your browser's address bar, add "mminstall.php" to the end of the URL and press ENTER. Now you should see the Modern Merchant installer. The Modern Merchant installer will help you from this point on. If you used FTP to upload the files, you may want to keep your FTP program open for the first step of the installation. Likewise for command line users.

Problems installing Modern Merchant? See the Installation Forum