NopCommerce

Installing NopCommerce

Please follow these steps to install NopCommerce on your site hosted on a Windows server

Login to the control panel at wcp.hostek.com
Click on ASP.NET settings
Make sure version 4/4.5 is selected
Make sure the option FULL TRUST is checked
Save
Click on MSSQL
Create a database and user for nopcommerce to use here and save. Take not of the database name, user, and server it is placed on.
Visit http://www.nopcommerce.com/downloads.aspx and download the Web (No source) file
Extract the archive
Copy the contents of the extracted nopCommerce folder to the site's web root (wwwroot)
View the site using a browser
This will bring up the installation page
In the Admin user email field, enter a new email that will be used to enter the admin area of your site.
In the Admin user password field, enter your new password and confirm it.
Check the Create sample data checkbox to include sample data in the database
Select the Use an existing SQL Server (or SQL Express) database checkbox
In the Database name field, enter your database name
In the SQL Server name or IP address enter the server name you took not of above (example: sql5.hostek.com)
In SQL account, enter the username you used for the database and the password
Click install to start the installation process
When setup is completed, your new site's homepage will be displayed

Following these steps will install NopCommerce on your site. You can also take note of NopCommerce's installation article located here for further reference: http://docs.nopcommerce.com/display/nc/Installing+nopCommerce