I've been trying out 1.6 on a local machine to see if it would be suitable for use on a project and everything looks good, but I have some questions and would appreciate any answers/help you can give.
(My current webhost only supports .NET 3.5, so the latest version of nopCommerce is not available to me until they upgrade - or with a change of host if the benefits are great enough)
1) I see options that can be enabled in the web config file to enable shared SSL but this aspect of hosting is new to me. Please could someone explain which parts of the application should be uploaded where when my host only allows shared SSL folders, and what should be set in the config file so that most of the site runs over http and the login and checkout functions alone would run over https?
2) Is it possible to enter all of my product details into the local version of the site and then upload everything to the host (as opposed to doing all of the initial work on the live site)?
3) Is the same thing possible with the configuration options? I've spent a lot of time tweaking things to make sure that nop is suitable for what I need and would prefer to be able to import this to a live site than have to go through all the settings again ;)
I apologise if these questions are answered elsewhere, I have tried to search but the posts I've found haven't really answered properly what I need to know.
nopCommerce looks like a really good piece of software and should I be able to get a site up and running with it I'll definately be making a contribution - very good work, thanks to the programming team :)
Thanks in advance for any answers you can provide - Regards.
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- 7.10.2009
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Hi,
1) I see options that can be enabled in the web config file to enable shared SSL but this aspect of hosting is new to me. Please could someone explain which parts of the application should be uploaded where when my host only allows shared SSL folders, and what should be set in the config file so that most of the site runs over http and the login and checkout functions alone would run over https?
set the ssl to true ( just before you upload to live hosting ) and all the pages which need ssl will use it automatically - you don't need to do anything special
you can do all the work you want on a local machine - including creating the database, completly redesigning nop to your own style and adding all your products
You then transfer the files to your host and copy your database to your hosted database
There is lots of help to be had on the forums - just ask if you get stuck !
in the mean time, have a look at this website ( you may already be familiar with it ) - there are many asp tutorials
http://www.asp.net/web-forms
1) I see options that can be enabled in the web config file to enable shared SSL but this aspect of hosting is new to me. Please could someone explain which parts of the application should be uploaded where when my host only allows shared SSL folders, and what should be set in the config file so that most of the site runs over http and the login and checkout functions alone would run over https?
set the ssl to true ( just before you upload to live hosting ) and all the pages which need ssl will use it automatically - you don't need to do anything special
you can do all the work you want on a local machine - including creating the database, completly redesigning nop to your own style and adding all your products
You then transfer the files to your host and copy your database to your hosted database
There is lots of help to be had on the forums - just ask if you get stuck !
in the mean time, have a look at this website ( you may already be familiar with it ) - there are many asp tutorials
http://www.asp.net/web-forms
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- 16.07.2010
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Thanks very much for your reply :)
The web host appears to use shared SSL which I think means that certain pages will need to go into the relevant shared SSL folder and the "main" part of the site stays in the "normal" folder? Assuming that to be the case - which parts should be put where and are there any other options to set beyond the couple in the web config file?
cheers :)
The web host appears to use shared SSL which I think means that certain pages will need to go into the relevant shared SSL folder and the "main" part of the site stays in the "normal" folder? Assuming that to be the case - which parts should be put where and are there any other options to set beyond the couple in the web config file?
cheers :)