Step by Step Setup OpenCart Using Microsoft WebMatrix

Microsoft WebMatrix 3 is a Microsoft tool to create, publish, and maintain your website with ease.

It is a free and lightweight tool using that you can create .NET website, PHP or open source frameworks like OpenCart, Moodle, nopCommerce or even WordPress website easily.

 

You have to install Microsoft Web Platform Installer first. You can download it from here: Microsoft Web Platform Installer

 

Next step you have to install WebMatrix.

Once you complete the setup just open WebMatrix, Click on New, then App Gallery.

 

 

Select OpenCart from the Web Gallery.

 

OpenCart is a free open source ecommerce framework, using that you can create a ecommerce store website and manage products from backend.

 

 

Give a project name and click 'Next'.

 

It will directly download the Opencart Prerequisites. read and click on 'I Accept'.

 

 

It will download and install OpenCart setup.

 

 

 

 
Once completed the setup it will show database name, User Name and database password.

Please note it down for further use.

 

 

Once you click 'Ok' it will run the opencart setup wizard according to the following screen. Click on 'CONTINUE' on License Agreement page.

 

 

Next it will check php version files and directories. Here I have installed XAMPP on my Windows machine, so it shows Status 'Ok'.

 

 

 

 Next step you have to enter your Server, Database and admin (Opencart) details in the configuration section according to the following screenshot,

 

 

 Once the installation complete you can browse your store as well as admin section of the store.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can manage your code from the WebMatrix as in the following screenshot,

  

Please delete the install folder from the main project and run the application.