FAQ - How to Install Magento on PC

I want to install magento cms.I have installed AppServer.I have changed my local computer host from localhost to www.waseem.com when I install Magento cms,In configuration step,when I click Continue then Database Connection error exists. Can any one heps me?

Firstly you will need to edit a Magento file to acheive this technique, it’s pretty easy to do so anyone should be able to follow this tutorial but if your not confident editing a file get a friend who is to do it for you. To edit any files we recommend that you use PSpad which is a text editor specifically built for editing php, javascript files etc.

1) Open you Magento folder and go to the directory /js/prototype/

2) You will see a file titled validation.js, open this file in your text editor.

3) Look for the code between lines 505 to 507, it should look like the code snippet below.

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    ['validate-url', 'Please enter a valid URL. Protocol is required (http://, https:// or ftp://)', function (v) {
                return Validation.get('IsEmpty').test(v) || /^(http|https|ftp):\/\/(([A-Z0-9][A-Z0-9_-]*)(\.[A-Z0-9][A-Z0-9_-]*)+)(:(\d+))?\/?/i.test(v)
            }],

4) now you want to comment out those three lines of code by typing // in front of each of them, the code snippet below gives an exact example of what you should end up with after the edits. These edits disable only those three lines of code which check for a valid domain name upon Magento installation.

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    //['validate-url', 'Please enter a valid URL. Protocol is required (http://, https:// or ftp://)', function (v) {
                //return Validation.get('IsEmpty').test(v) || /^(http|https|ftp):\/\/(([A-Z0-9][A-Z0-9_-]*)(\.[A-Z0-9][A-Z0-9_-]*)+)(:(\d+))?\/?/i.test(v)
            //}],

5) Install Magneto on your localhost, after install has completed successfully revert the validation.js file to it’s original code by removing the instances of // you added.

You should now have a fully functional install of Magento on your WAMP, XAMPP install on your home PC or business development server.

Follow this link-

http://futureplanmedia.com/how-to-install-magento-on-localhost-without-url-validation-error/

Magento installation problems on Windows at Configuration step

Case. Magento installation process hangs up on Configuration stage and doesn’t move forward instead redirects and returns to the same step, displayig no error notifications.

Environment. Windows XP, Apache 2.x, PHP 5.2.x, MySQL 5.x, Denwer

Here is solution of the problem.

Solution.

1. Unpack Magento distribution somewhere under localhost. For example, you should be able to access Magento installation through http://localhost/magento in your browser. Now, use 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost.
2. Make the following folders writable. These folders are situated in the Magento root directory. To make them writable under Windows, right click on the folder, go to Properties menu, uncheck Read Only property under Attributes section. The directories to be writable are:

   app/etc
   var
   media

3. Now everything should work. If Magento installation script now throws the following errors:
   Database server does not support InnoDB storage engine
   Database connection error

   open MySQL configuration file my.cnf (foud in your MySQL server directory) and comment the line skip_innodb with a # sign.

The Magento installation process now should move further and proceed to next step.