Hi Guests,
Don't install a new copy of prestashop in your system, Just place your downloded folder in "htdocs" if xampp or "www" if wamp server. and follow the following process:
Its just 3 step process to setup the prestashop to local server.
SETUP the database on local mysql server and view the "ps_configuration" table Change the value of two keys here PS_SHOP_DOMAIN and PS_SHOP_DOMAIN_SSL. their id are 180 and 181 respectively. For example if you want to run them on localhost just put "localhost" in both.
[*]Edit the settings.inc.php file under config folder.
Put the root foldername in the key "__PS_BASE_URI__". if you have "projectName" folder in your htdocs folder just put "/projectName/". So your URL will be like http://localhost/projectName
Change the DB settings in the same file for following keys:
3. Then goto your admin panel then click "Tools">"Generator" and then click on "Generate .htaccess" and also click on "Generate robots.txt" It will overwrite the ".htaccess.txt" and "robots.txt".
Now you can run your project.
Note: Please make sure your "mem_cache.dll" is enable on apache server.
_DB_NAME_
_DB_SERVER_
_DB_USER_
_DB_PASSWD_