hello friends i have about magento....i have a php hosting .i am not a programmer.. i know wordpress and phpbb installation, i feel them very easy.. is magento is also like that..does it also have plugins???seo plugins modes etc.. if anything different from wordpress or phpbb installation please suggest me. regards
Magento is very easy to install, with their installation wizard. There are many paid and free extensions available on magento site using magento connect, one click install extension http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect
First I would upload this and to make sure the server is up to speed. http://www.magentocommerce.com/know...-know-if-my-server-is-compatible-with-magento It is fairly straight forward to install it. Pretty much like any other LAMP based app. Nigel
Installing Magento on Wamp is not the greatest idea to be honest but this may help get you moving in the right direction. http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/general/installing_on_windows_with_xampp_and_wamp hope that helps, Nigel
Its a Lamp based app and not exactly designed to run on windows. I found this real fast that should outline some changes that need to occur. http://shamimcse05.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/how-to-install-magento-on-windows-with-xampp/ Nigel
magento works on ZEND PHP framework php is best used in combination with linux/apache/mysql it is very difficult to get into but basically magento uses htaccess file for mod rewrites that only apache can provide and it uses custom php.ini which basically runs best on lamp stack.
there is also litespeed, which is lighter and faster. i've read that litespeed works with all apache commands as well
Yes magento has plugins and seo plugins modes. In magento extensions are used mostly in place of plugins. In fact, magento is very fast and light. It is search engine friendly, easy to customize, easy to understand, easy to use. In magento installation is not very difficult you have to follow some simple steps http://www.magentojunction.com/blog/how-to-install-magento-on-xampp-localhost/