Documentation

1. Server requirements

Please make sure your hosting server meets thePrestaShop requirements:

1. System: Unix, Linux or Windows. Unix is highly recommended.
2. Web server: Apache Web server 1.3 or later, Microsoft's IIS Web server 6.0 or later, and nginx 1.0 or later.
3. PHP 5.2* or later.
4. MySQL 5.0 or later.
5. At least 32 Mb of RAM on your server (64 Mb is comfy, the more the better).

2. Downloading

To install PrestaShop you need to download the PrestaShop engine package from the official website at www.prestashop.com/en/downloads

Just insert your name and e-mail into the Download box input and click a 'Download' button.

3. Extracting Files

Once the PrestaShop engine package is downloaded, you will need to extract its  files and folders from the archive.

This can be done with any archive manager like WinZip(PC), StuffitExpander(MAC) etc.

Please check the following tutorials on how to extract files from the archives with WinZip(PC) and StuffitExpander(MAC).

4. Uploading PrestaShop engine files

In case you’ve extracted the files locally to your computer, you will need to upload them to your hosting server.

This can be done using the hosting control panel File Manager or third party FTP Manager applications like FileZilla, TotalCommander, CureFTP etc.

You can check the detailed video tutorial on how to upload files to server using FTP manager and how to upload files to a server using cPanel (WebHost Manager, WHM).

5. PrestaShop engine installation

When you are done with the files upload you can start the PrestaShop engine installation. Open your web browser and type in the 'domain name/path to your PrestaShop directory' in the address bar and reload the current page. You should see the welcome screen. Please follow the instructions below to install PrestaShop.

Step 1: Installation Assistant (Choose your language)

Please select the installation language

When you are done, click 'Next' button.

Step 2: Installation Assistant (License agreements)

Please check the license agreement.

When you are done, click 'Next' button.

Step 3: System Compatibility

Check the PHP settings and directory permissions. In case of any errors, please contact your hosting provider for further assistance.

If everything is correct, click the 'Next' button.

Step 4: System Configuration

As you already have a MySQL database, please enter the database details into the appropriate fields below.

Otherwise, you can get the database details from your hosting control panel or by contacting hosting provider.

When you are done, click 'Next' button.

Step 5: Shop configuration

This step requires for you  to enter the store settings like: Shop name, activity, country, timezone, upload your logo etc.

All these settings can be changed later in your PrestaShop administration panel.

Step 6: Installation is complete

This is the final step of the installation.

In case of any difficulties you can check the official PrestaShop installation manual or the following tutorials How to install prestashop 1.5 engine.

1. Template installation, using 'themeinstallator' module

1. Template preparation.

Before you proceed, please make sure you already downloaded the template and extracted the files from the template package. You can check detailed tutorials on how to extract the files from the template package using WinZip and StuffitExpander.

When the files are extracted, you can proceed to uploading the template.

2. Installation.

Open PrestaShop admin panel, go to the Modules->Modules menu. On this page, please open the Administration section. Here you will see the list of available modules. Find one called 'Import/export a theme v1.4' and click Configure.

Click theBrowse button and navigate to the "themeinstallator" folder inside of the template package to locate the archive with the template:

On the next page you will see information about the template you are installing. Click Next.

After these steps, you’ll see a notification saying that your template has been successfully installed and a menu with the module settings. Click Next.

The last step allows you to see the information about modifications performed by the module during installation. Click Finish.

2. Installing template without sample data

If you don't want to spend your time installing the template, don't hesitate to order installation service using our live-chat.

1. Uploading files and theme activation

Before you proceed, please make sure you already downloaded the template and extracted the files from the template package. You can check detailed tutorials on how to extract the files from the template package using WinZip and StuffitExpander.

When the files are extracted, you can proceed to uploading the template.

You can check a detailed video tutorial on how to upload files to server using FTP manager and how to upload files to a server using cPanel (WebHost Manager, WHM).

1. Open the template package.
2. Then go to the /theme/ folder.
3. Upload /img/, /modules/ and /themes/ folders to the PrestaShop root directory.
4. When you are done, open the PrestaShop admin panel.
5. Select Preferences > Themes from the top menu.
6. Select your template in the Themes section and click a Save button.

Your new theme should be active now. Now you need to configure the modules.

2. Installing and configuring modules

Each template is provided with some specific module settings. To make the modules appear as on the template preview, you will need to configure them. All modules can be configured in the PrestaShop admin panel.

1. In your PrestaShop admin panel from the top menu select Modules > Modules.

On the Modules page you can see the list of available PrestaShop modules. You may need to install some of them.

To install a module, locate it in the list and click the 'Install' button:

If installation has been done correctly you'll see the following message:

Using the module links you can activate modules (Enable|Disable links), reset settings to default (Reset link), delete module (Delete link) or configure them (Configure link).

2. After activating all necessary modules you need to assign them to correct positions.

In PrestaShop admin panel from the top menu select Modules > Positions. To place module in the required position just drag it to the position section of the modules list.

3. Template installation with sample data

If you don't want to spend your time installing the template, don't hesitate to order installation service using our live-chat.

After installing the Sample data, you'll get your PrestaShop store to look like the template preview page. It will contain all sample products, store settings, modules settings etc.

1. Uploading template files

To upload template to your server,

1. Open the template package
2. Then go to the /theme/ folder
3. Upload /img/, /modules/ and /themes/ folders to PrestaShop root directory

You can check the detailed video tutorial on how to upload files to server using FTP manager and how to upload files to a server using cPanel (WebHost Manager, WHM).

2. Installing Sample data

Sample data is provided as an .SQL file. It is located in the root of the template package and is called dump.sql

Dump.sql file can be installed using the phpMyAdmin tool or a database management tool in your hosting control panel. This detailed tutorial on how to install SQL files can help you.

When you are done with installing the dump.sql file, you will need to activate the template.

From the PrestaShop admin panel, go to Preferences > Themes, choose your template in the Themes sections and click Save.

3. Adding languages to online store.

After the multi-language template has been installed, you will need to add all languages provided with iit (English, French, Spanish, German, Russian) to the online store platform. It can be done this way:

Go to 'Localization > Translations' in the admin panel, find 'Translation exchange', and add languages by choosing them from the drop-down menu and clicking the 'Add or update a language' button.

If you do not want to add some languages, you can delete or turn them off in 'Localization > Languages' menu.

4. Installing template over existing store

If you don't want to spend your time installing the template, don't hesitate to order installation service using our live-chat.

1. Uploading template files and theme activation

1. Open the template package.
2. Then go to the /theme/ folder.
3. Upload /modules/ and /themes/ folders to PrestaShop root directory.
4. Open the /img/ folder from the template package and upload logo.jpg, favicon.ico files to the /img/ folder of your PrestaShop installation
5. From the PrestaShop admin panel go to Preferences > Themes, choose your template in the Themes sections and click Save.

You can check the detailed video tutorial on how to upload files to server using FTP manager and how to upload files to a server using cPanel (WebHost Manager, WHM).

2. Modules installation

Open PrestaShop admin panel and configure modules as described in the Installing template without sample data ->Installing and configuring modules section of this manual.

3. Configuring images

1. How to change store name

In order to change your store title, open the PrestaShop admin panel and go to Preferences > Store Contacts, section Contact details.

In the Shop name field, type your store name and click the Save button to save your changes.

2. How to edit header and footer links

Please check a detailed tutorial on how to edit header links.

3. How to edit slider

To edit the slider images, find the minic slider module on the Modules page of your PrestaShop store. It is located in the Advertising and Marketing modules section. Click the Configure button to edit the module.

On the module settings page you can change the slider options (such as width, height, speed, etc.) and edit slides (slide images, URLs, descriptions, etc.).