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Click here to download the latest release of X-Cart Gold/X-Cart Pro. More files are available in File area section of your Qualiteam account. Files are supplied in .tgz or .zip archives.
If you run Microsoft Windows, you can use WinZip (or WinRAR) tool to extract the files.
See X-Cart:Installation page for help on installation.
You can find out the version of your x-cart installation using one of the following links:
[xcart_dir]/VERSION
[xcart_dir]/include/version.php
or on the 'Summary' page in the X-Cart backend.
The report indicates that X-Cart installation may not be completed because the web-server is not configured to run X-Cart software. In most cases, you should contact the hosting support to request to change the server settings.
The report has two sections: REPORT - contains information on the errors that may or may not hinder in the installation procedure, PHP INFO - information on the PHP configuration.
You should pay attention to the first paragraph. Note what errors are reported there, critical (CRITICAL ERRORS) or noncritical (NONCRITICAL ERRORS:).
An example of the installation error report:
REPORT:
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X-Cart version: Version 4.1.10
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Report time: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:56:23 -0400
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HTTP_REFERER: [xcart_web_dir]/install.php
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CRITICAL ERRORS:
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-MySQL database support is disabled. MySQL PHP extension must be enabled for correct operation of X-Cart application. [CHECK RESULT: Disabled]
There are CRITICAL ERRORS: MySQL application is not installed on the web-server
For now it is not possible to complete the installation until the problem is rectified.
You should contact the hosting support to request help with MySQL setup.
NONCRITICAL ERRORS do not stop the installation and you can complete it.
However, it is recommended to fix the errors too in order to avoid any possible problems in your future store.
Feel free to contact our support team for an advise.
How to change x-cart web-directory after installation is done?
1. Rename the current x-cart directory. Or if you want your cart to be shown in the root, i.e. www.example.com/home.php instead of www.example.com/xcart/home.php, you should move the x-cart files to the root folder on the server.
NOTE: Make sure you make backup copies of the existing files in the root folder if their names coincide with the names of the files being moved from the /xcartdirectory (for example, index.html), because they will be replaced when you move the files.
2. Update /config.php file (it is located in the root x-cart folder). You should alter this variable
$xcart_web_dir ="[dir]";
where [dir] is the current x-cart folder. If you just changed the name of the folder, you should insert the new name in [dir].
If you moved the files to the root, change the string thus
$xcart_web_dir ="";
NOTE: For versions 4.0.x and lower. If the x-cart images are stored in the file system, you should move them to the database before changing the directory. Images storage location is defined in the admin back end, "Images Location" page.
First, you should export images to /files directory of X-Cart. X-Cart requires three images' folders: for icons, for thumbnails and for detailed images. You should create individual directories inside /files for each type of images and indicate corresponding paths on the 'Images location' page in the admin zone. During import of images to file system, X-Cart will overwrite images files names to appropriate ones. For ex., "home/public_html/xcart/files/thumbnails" will be a path to thumbnails images.
Thus, to import images to the file system you should follow the following steps:
1. Create three folders inside /files dir: for ex., "icons", "thumbnails" and "detailed_images"
2. Set 777 permissions on these folders (chmod 777 [folder_name])
3. Go to 'Images location' page in the admin back end and type in the paths to the images such as
/home/public_html/xcart/files/icons
/home/public_html/xcart/files/thumbnails
/home/public_html/xcart/files/detailed_images
4. Choose to store images in 'file system' and click 'submit'.
For security reasons, we added Auth code into install.php script. When the installation script detects that X-cart is already installed on your host it will not allow you to proceed without entering the Auth code.
To protect your work, we recommend either deleting script install.php, or changing default Auth code. But it is better to keep install.php since you may need to install different skin sets (X-cart comes with several skin sets).
You will find the Auth code in [xcart_dir]/include/install.php file:
# Put access code here
# A person who do not know the auth code can not access the installations script
#
$installation_auth_code =
You may change the auth_code at any moment. Also the code is displayed in the admin back-end, on the 'Summary' page.
1. Run the installation script, i.e. open [xcart_dir]/install.php in your browser; 2. enter the Auth code, you will find it in the include/install.php file and also in the X-Cart admin zone -> on the "Summary" page; 3. choose 're-install skin' and click 'next'. You will be offered to select a desired color scheme, layout and dingbats set. Choose a skin you like. 4. Complete the re-installation and check how your store looks now.
Logo can be changed by altering the following IMG tag located in the 'skin1/customer/head.tpl' template (if using default skin):
<IMG >
Remember to change width and height values with the appropriate ones.
Logo shown on invoices can be changed by altering the following IMG tag located in the '/skin1/mail/html/order_invoice.tpl' template:
IMG
You should upload the appropriate image to /skin1/images' directory.
you should replace the logo image in file '/skin1/images/companyname_small.gif'. Note: the new image file must have the same name so that x-cart is able to refer to it in templates
As an alternative, you can edit a path to the X-Cart Invoice logo file in template '/skin1/mail/html/order_invoice.tpl'.
Find this code:
<img >
and replace it with this:
<img >
where new_companyname_small.gif is the name of the new logo file. You should upload it before to '/skin1/images' directory.
After that you can edit the image tag in the way you need (change file name, image width, image height etc).
Your company name can be set in 'lbl_site_title' language variable.
1. Log in to the admin area 2. Go to the "Languages" section 3. Select a language in the "Edit language" selectbox. 4. Select a topic: Label. ("text" for :txt_, "Errors" for err_) 5. Find the 'lbl_site_title' variable and edit its value in the memo. Alternatively you can just leave the field void. In this case the company name will be the same as it is in the copyright notice. 6. Click the "Apply changes" button.
NOTE: the company name which appears in Copyright field, in the invoices, etc. does not correspond with the company name on the main page of your store and in the navigation bar above. Actually what you're setting via lbl_site_title' variable is your site's title, which can differ from your company name. You can have any text here. That is why setting of your real company name and this site title are carried out separately. Moreover it helps to make a multilingual company name.
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When a customer visits your site, the {} statement is substituted with content of the 'txt_welcome' language variable, i.e. "This is a demo store...".
How to modify the 'txt_welcome' language variable: