Local Installation on Windows
What do you need
In order to install osCMax on to a local machine (ie. the one you are using now!) you will need some additional software. Luckily there is lot of free software to do this.
Or more succinctly WAMP.
There are numerous software packages out there but for this example I will be using WAMP Server.
For links to download this and other packages such as XAMPP and EasyPHP please go to our server_software page.
If you have Skype installed on your machine you may experience issues with your store due to the port settings. In order to avoid this please open Skype go to Tools, Advanced, Connection and uncheck the 'Use port 80' box, save, restart Skype.
Step by Step Guide
Install the additional software
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Install this on your PC
Goto your Start button and run WAMP Server 2
You should see in the tray on the bottom right hand corner of your screen these icons one after the other.
and this one
Unzipping the files for installation
Extract the osCMax Zip file into the www directory in the wamp directory - this is normally here (C:\wamp\www) but it wil depend on your install.
For osCMax 2.0.15 onwards, see the warning on the main
installation page
Open your browser of choice - (I would recommend using Firefox)
Make sure that XAMP is running (You should see the icon in the system tray)
Type
localhost/catalog/install/index.php into the
URL bar
You should now see this screen
Create a database in WAMP Server
Left Click on the WAMP icon in the system tray in the bottom right hand corner of your screen
Click on myPhpAdmin
A new browser window will open
Under the heading
MySQL localhost enter a name for your database
Click Create
Installing osCMax
Screen 1 :: Step 1 ::Enter the following information and then click Continue
You should see the yellow box (bottom left) change to say “The database structure is now being imported. Please be patient during this procedure.”
Screen 2
You should now see the yellow box change to say “Database imported successfully”

Screen 3 :: Step 2 :: The information should be pre-populated for you.
Click
Continue
Screen 4 :: Step 3 :: Enter the information you want for the admin section
Store Name :: Your store name
Store Owner First Name :: Your first name
Store Owner Last Name :: Your last name
Store Owner's Email Address :: Your store email address
Administrator Username :: Your login username
Administrator Password :: Your login password (do not lose this!)

Screen 5 :: Step 4 :: FINISHED!
Click on
Catalog or
Administration Tool