{"id":7696,"date":"2016-10-21T11:18:59","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T03:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exabytes.sg\/blog\/?p=7696"},"modified":"2020-11-24T08:49:01","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T00:49:01","slug":"install-opencart-e-store-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/install-opencart-e-store-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Install &#8216;OPENCART&#8217; for Your e-Store in cPanel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Standard\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7712 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/How-To-Install-OPENCART-for-Your-e-Store-in-cPanel-.png?resize=540%2C283&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"how-to-install-opencart-for-your-e-store-in-cpanel\" width=\"540\" height=\"283\" \/><br \/>\nDo you know what Softaculous is? Does the word &#8216;Softaculous&#8217; sound unfamiliar to you? How about WordPress? Magento? OpenCart?<\/p>\n<p>Today, we&#8217;re pleased to talk about OpenCart in this blog post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\">OpenCart is a powerful open source shopping cart system for E-Commerce stores. It comes with a very user-friendly admin area, <b><i>allowing you to manage every aspect (including tracking your sales) of your online store on PC, laptops and even mobile phones.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\">Once you&#8217;ve install OpenCart, you will be surprised to learn that there are over 10,000 additional extensions available for download, making it perfect for E-Commerce stores of any size and industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\">To get started, let&#8217;s talk about \u201cHow to install OpenCart onto your website\/e-store\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\"><b><i>By the way, do you know it takes only 5 minutes to setup an OpenCart account? It&#8217;s really simple and straightforward. Let&#8217;s find out how it&#8217;s done.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\"><strong>Step 1: Log into your cPanel account.<\/strong><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7697 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cPanel1.png?resize=540%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cpanel1\" width=\"540\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\"><strong>Step 2: Once you&#8217;re logged in, scroll down until you see \u201cSoftware and Services\u201d.<\/strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7705 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cPanel2-1.png?resize=518%2C149&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cpanel2\" width=\"518\" height=\"149\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\"><strong>Step 3:\u00a0 In the left side search bar, key in &#8216;OpenCart&#8217; and search.<\/strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7706 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cPanel3-1.png?resize=540%2C305&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cpanel3\" width=\"540\" height=\"305\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4\u00a0 &#8211; Once you&#8217;re on the OpenCart page, all you need to do is click on the &#8216;Install&#8217; button.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7707 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cPanel4-1.png?resize=540%2C263&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cpanel4\" width=\"540\" height=\"263\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Step 5:\u00a0 Next, fill in the information under \u201cSoftware Setup\u201d.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7708 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cPanel5-1.png?resize=540%2C182&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cpanel5\" width=\"540\" height=\"182\" \/><\/strong><br \/>\nFirst, you will have to choose the version you want to install. Next, for the &#8216;Choose Protocol&#8217; field, you should choose HTTP if your website does not have an SSL certificate. If your website is installed with an SSL certificate, choose HTTPS. After this, fill in your domain name for the &#8216;Choose Domain&#8217; field. Lastly, for the &#8216;In Directory&#8217; field, leave it blank if you want OpenCart to install in the root directory for your domain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\"><strong>Step 6: Scroll down. It&#8217;s time to fill in the information under \u201cStore Settings\u201d. Key in the information about your business or website.<\/strong><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7702 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cPanel6.png?resize=540%2C177&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cpanel6\" width=\"540\" height=\"177\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\"><strong>Step 7: In this step, you can change your username and password (recommended).<\/strong><br \/>\nTips: you can use the &#8220;generate a random password&#8221; function to generate a strong password.\u00a0 Next, don&#8217;t forget to fill in \u201cAdmin Email\u201d.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7709 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cPanel6-1.png?resize=540%2C173&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cpanel6\" width=\"540\" height=\"173\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\"><strong>Step 8: Fill in your email address for the \u201cEmail installation details\u201d field to receive the details of your OpenCart configurations<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7704 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cPanel8.png?resize=540%2C105&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cpanel8\" width=\"540\" height=\"105\" \/><br \/>\nOnce you&#8217;re done filling in all the details, all you need to do is click on the &#8216;Install&#8217; button. You can now create your E-Commerce site with OpenCart.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any other questions on the installation of OpenCart, please feel free to contact our professional customer service team (custcare@exabytes.sg) who is more than willing to guide you along every step.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know what Softaculous is? Does the word &#8216;Softaculous&#8217; sound unfamiliar to you? How about WordPress? Magento? OpenCart? Today, we&#8217;re pleased to talk about OpenCart in this blog post. OpenCart is a powerful open source shopping cart system for E-Commerce stores. 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