I have a project right now that will be using Magento, but I cannot build it in production, I have to build it on my Windows XP Pro laptop before deploying. I am having the hardest time trying to do this with the latest stable build. Has anyone out there had success doing this, and if so is there a trick to doing it? Any info on this would help!
ehckk, that is going to be a nightmare really. I would suggest running Ubuntu in Vmware and actually set up server for this. Its pretty simple if you understand a lamp environment and how to set up no-ip.org so you can let folks see it if need be. hope that helps, Nigel
Thats a great idea, unfortunately we dont have a machine that runs Ubunto here. We have been looking all over the web, but there is no fix for deploying a local build of Magento.
1. Download trial version of http://www.vmware.com/products/workstation/ 2. Download Ubuntu .iso and stick it on your desktop 3. Install Ubuntu in virtual machine 4. Install and config lamp stuff Now, much like if your running linux natively you can browse to your stuff via localhost or you can setup no-ip.org so clients can see it right off your laptop I did this on Monday in about 30 minutes less however long it took to dl Ubuntu. hope that helps, Nigel Edit: Virtual Box from Sun Micro is free but I had a few issues with 3d acceleration breaking linux. You can use it but I would steer clear of trying to get 3d acceleration working on VB.
No worries, Its actually quite flippen fun. I hate windows but get stuck with it due to photoshop cs4 and the not so frequent gaming session lol... Nigel
Over this last weekend I figured out how to install Magento locally onto my computer running Windows XP. Here is a step by step guide on how to install Magento with no errors! http://www.jvfconsulting.com/blog/117/How_To_Install_Magento_Locally_On_Windows_XP.html
Magento into a Windows Xp notebook? are you serious??? please, be aware of these "solutions" there are tons of cheap hosting will permit you to install Magento in a real enviroment: if you can't afford thisd....you DO NOT NEED Magento
Yes Magento runs flawlessly in a windows environment if you follow the instructions I posted in the article. Why are you trying to knock me when the proof is in the pudding. http://bit.ly/bzJFCd
We searched google and magento forums for days with no avail. Thats why I published this one that actually works. lol http://bit.ly/bzJFCd
Ever thought of using JUMPBOX? Google it. You get access to many scripts using VMWARE images with backup etc. I know its not free but it has saved us loads of time with Magento development and comes with lots of other cms dev machines too. Rich
Good looking out Rich! I'm on their website now reading up on it. I'm glad their are other solutions out there for developers like us. Good info!
No problem, i find that its makes the whole scenario very portable and just works. Although we have full pay version of vmware for testing, im sure you can get away with using the excellent free virtualbox,the free vmware player or VMware server free. You can download a free joomla jumpbox to try it out. Its pretty pain free to use. Rich
I find that it's best to publish using a *nix box (or mac os x) if you want to test using your own machine. Windows is really asking for trouble and a headache.
you need some kind of local hosting environment. try LAMP installation, works especially well on Ubuntu. I'm sure you can have LAMP on windows as well, but it will prob take more work.
Try using XAMPP... I have a linux server running on an 8 gig usb drive.... Works great.. http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html