I couldn't find one in the search but I was wondering if there was a step-by-step guide to installing Price Tapestry including creating databases as I'm a newbie when it comes to PHP and SQL.
Alternatively, if you use the Wordpress plugin does that automatically create the databases and such? as I'll probably be using Wordpress anyway.
Thanks for your help.
If I'm only intending to run the Price Tapestry plugin do I still need to install the full script or just the plugin part?
Hi jaker;
You still need the full script as the plugin is only an alternative "front end" to Price Tapestry as alternative to using the built-in front end. One way to think of it is as an alternative theme / template. Here's how to proceed if you want your entire site to be WordPress powered and only use Price Tapestry for the back-end:
1) If not already done so, first install WordPress at www.yoursite.com
2) Install Price Tapestry at www.yoursite.com/pt/ (documentation)
$config_baseHREF = "/pt/";3) Upload your first feed to /pt/feeds/ and then go to /pt/admin/ to Register and Import it and then browse to www.yoursite.com/pt/ to check that everything is working (documentation)
4) Lastly, install the PriceTapestry.org to your WordPress installation at www.yoursite.com (documentation)
As an additional step; you may finally want to exclude /pt/ from all non-human visitors to your site by adding
User-Agent: *
Disallow: /pt/...in your top level robots.txt file.
I appreciate your feedback and as more and more users will be considering the script for use with the plugin i'll create a step-by-step "WordPress only" installation guide this week with links to each step of the separate installations processes and notes as above. I also plan to create some instructional videos as well but in the mean time If you'd like any help on your server getting up and running feel free to drop me an email and I'll be more than happy to login via FTP and get everything set-up for you.
Cheers,
David.
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PriceTapestry.com
Hello jaker,
Welcome to the forum!
With regards to standalone Price Tapestry; installation steps begin here. Whilst you don't need to know any PHP coding; what you will need to be able to do is edit the config.php file with your MySQL database details - these will either have been provided to your with your hosting welcome pack; or more likely you will have been provided with a MySQL username and password and then from your hosting control panel you will be able to create a database for Price Tapestry.
Bear in mind that if you're planning to run the plugin exclusively then don't forget to install both Price Tapestry and WordPress in the same MySQL database. I would suggest having a read through the plugin intro here followed by the plugin installation guide here - have a read through them all first; as this will give you an idea as to where to install the scripts; for example WordPress in the top level of your website; and Price Tapestry inside a /pt/ sub directory.
Let me know if you're still not sure of anything of course; and if you'd like any help on your server drop me an email with any details and I'll check everything out for you;
Cheers,
David.
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PriceTapestry.com