== Upgrading from a previous version of osCMax ==

  * [[Upgrades]] - See this page to upgrade an existing site

== Installing osCMax v2.0.4, 2.0.15 and v2.1 ==

Installation is no different than installing stock osCommerce MS2. It is a simple matter up uploading, unzipping, or un-taring the osCommerce archive on your server, moving the files where you want them, and running the installation script.

The installation script is a fairly easy process, but there is a lot of user input that is needed. You will need to know the following information:

    * Server root path
    * Document root
    * MySql Database name, username and password

Now that you have the above information handy, you can install osCMax using whatever below method you like:

Linux/Unix

    * [[Installing via FTP]]
    * [[Installing via SSH]]

Windows/Apache

    * [[Local installation]]
    * Remote installation

Windows/IIS

    * Local installation
    * Remote installation

<note important>

osCMax v2.0.15 is supplied with the catalog level **.htaccess** and two **configure.php** files suffixed by **.new**

This has been done to prevent the overwriting of any pre-existing files. On some server environments, it may be necessary to rename these files __**prior**__ to running the install script, as indicated below: 

\\

catalog/**.htaccess.new**->catalog/**.htaccess**

catalog/includes/**configure.php.new**->catalog/includes/**configure.php**

catalog/admin/includes/**configure.php.new**->catalog/admin/includes/**configure.php**

 \\

  * Remember to set the permission on these two config.php files to **777**
  * Run/complete the installation
  * Change permissions to **444**. 
</note>