Affiliate Income Booster Techniques
The biggest source of my online income continues to be from participating in and promoting Affiliate programs. They provide a steady flow of checks to the mail box. Some of these checks are for just a few dollars, and some of them are for several...
Customer Service - The Key to Increased Customer Lifetime Value
Last month we discussed building credibility and trust at your website, so that visitors feel comfortable buying from you. That is half of the battle. The more important part is increasing the lifetime value of each customer, that is, getting your...
How to Booost Your Affiliate Commissions by almost 30%
Affiliate marketing is one tough business. Everyone online today is looking to make or save money in any way they can. In the good old days when internet marketing was in its infancy, most of the people who clicked on your affiliate links used to...
How To Boost Affiliate Sales With Your Own Training Site
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How To Really Profit from Domain Names
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osCommerce Installation
Here are the essential steps for a standard osCommerce installation in 5 minutes on your localhost.
1. Unzip the file oscommerce-2.2ms2.zip. 2. Copy the 'catalog' folder and put it in your web server directory path.
For example in Unix with Apache: /var/www/htdocs/catalog
For example in Windows with IIS: C:Inetpubwwwrootcatalog
3. Keep your MySQL database username and password handy 4. Point your browser to: http://localhost/catalog/install/ and follow the on-screen instructions 5. Remember to change the directory and file permissions as recommended during the installation process.
That's it. Congratulations on your installation of osCommerce.
Additional osCommerce installation Notes
* If you change your mind later about any configuration setting, edit the catalog/includes/configure.php file. Some relevant
* If you can't change file permissions in Windows XP make sure "Use simple file sharing (Recommended)" is checked off.
Problem symptom: Can't change file permission. Right-clicking a file and choosing properties does not show the security tab where read, write and modify permissions can be controlled.
Problem solution: Go to Windows Explorer. Click Tools->Folder Options. Select the View tab, and scroll down to find "Use simple file sharing (Recommended)" option. Make sure it is checked off.
About the Author
Sanjib Ahmad has been in the IT industry for 6 years and works as the CIO for http://www.ambiah.com