SP Foro | MagenTech Documentation Area

There are two ways to install SP Foro Theme

• Quickstart Installation: By using this package, you will set the theme exactly as our Demo with sample data.
• Manual Installation : Include of Theme layout Installation Packages. Please unzip one of the theme layout package that you like and open it , you will see:
  • module folder
  • override folder
  • sp_foro_template_p16_v1.0.0.zip file
    

6.1 Quickstart Installation

We provide SP Foro package for each theme which aims to ease the installation for users. It will help you save much time of installing and configuring if you plan to start your site from the beginning. Please following steps below:

• Step 1: Download a quickstart package
• Step 2: Extract the downloaded package “sp_foro_quickstart_p16_v1.0.0.zip” in your localhost (or your hosting). In Quickstart folder you will see the extracted folder that include all sample data
• Step 3: Start installation by opening browser and navigate to your URL (where the Quickstart uploaded) to load default Prestashop installer. Please follow each step of the Installer so that the installation process can be set.

• Installation Assistant (Choose your language)

Please select the installation language

Please note: the installation language option will not affect your store language. By default PrestaShop is offered in English. You can install additional localization packages to change the store language.

When you are done, click the ‘Next’ button.

• Installation Assistant (License agreements)

Please check the license agreement.

When you are done, click the ‘Next’ button.

• System Compatibility

Check the PHP settings and directory permissions. In case of any errors, please contact your hosting provider for further assistance.

If everything is correct, click the ‘Next’ button.

• Store Information

Now add required information for your store: Shop name, Main activity, Country, Shop timezone and add the account info: first name, last name, email and password. The information is very important so please make sure you store it somewhere. Click “Next” to next step.

When you are done, click the ‘Next’ button.

• System Configuration

Here is the database configuration panel, we need to create database first.

Access your database panel and create database for your site. Add database name and then hit “Create” button.

Database is created successfully, copy the database name, paste database name in the “Database name” field and then you can test to see if database configuration is correct or not. Database configuration is connected, click “Next” to move to next step.

• Finish installation: This process could take you some time

And finally, go to the frontend or backend as you want:

For security reasons you need to delete the /install/ directory on your hosting server.

NOTE: If you want to set the URL for Home layout 2 ( or Home Layout 3) in the Quickstart Installation, please follow the steps below:

1. In your Administrator, please go to >> ADVANCED PARAMETERS >> Multistore

2. In the Multistore Tree, click “Welcome to SP Foro Layout2″.

3. After click the link “click here to set URL for this shop” to set URL for SP Foro Fashion Layout2.

4. Select your “Shop”; set “Virtual URL” and press “Save”

5. Finally, click the URL to view the changes

Note: Set the URL for the SP Foro Layout3 do the same.

6.2 Manual Installation

Note: Before installing theme, you must disable cache. In your back office, please go to ADVANCED PARAMETERS >> Performance >> find “Cache” parameter >> Set “No” to disable cache >> press “Save”.

Step 1: Firstly, you must EXTRACT the “sp_foro_layout1_theme_p16_v1.0.0.zip” package and open the extracted folder. Here you will see:

• module folder: contain of the smartblog.zip file and smartblogcategories.zip file and themeinstallator.zip file.
  
• override folder: contain of “FrontController.php” file in the folder url: \override\classes\controller\ .
• and the sp_foro_template_p16_v1.0.0.zip file.

Step 2: Install “smartblog.zip” and “smartblogcategories.zip” Module.

1. Login to your Prestashop admin panel and navigate to MODULES -> Modules. At the top of the page click the Add a new module button.

2. Choose the “smartblog.zip” file and click “Upload this module” button

3. There is a message-box “The module was successfully downloaded.”

4. Please find to the uploaded module and Install it.

5. A pop-up window will display. Please click “Proceed with the installation” button.

6. Finally, Module(s) installed successfully.

Note: The “smartblogcategories.zip” module installation steps do the same.

Step 3: Install “themeinstallator” Module.

1. Login to your Prestashop admin panel and navigate to MODULES -> Modules. At the top of the page click the Add a new module button.

2. Select your module.zip file “themeinstallator.zip” and click “Upload this module” button

3. The uploading process will be started. You will see the message that the module has been successfully downloaded.

4. The new module will be located in the modules list. Search the name of module and Click on the Install button to install the module.

5. Finally, you will see a notice message: “Module(s) installed successfully”.

Step 4: Install the “sp_foro_template_p16_v1.0.0.zip” file.

1. In the your Prestashop admin panel and navigate to MODULES -> Modules. Find to the module that you have installed and clicked on Configure button to configure the module.

2. Navigate to “Import from your computer” >> choose the zip theme file as named “sp_foro_layout1_theme_p16_v1.0.0.zip” >> Next.

3. You will see a message, please click on “Next” button.

4. Select the module that you want to install/disable >> press “Next” to continue the installation process.

5. List of the installed/disabled modules will be showed out and click on “Finish” button to finish the theme installation.

Note: You will see a warning “Copy/Paste errors if you want to manually set the image type”. Please the following steps:

1: In your Administrator, please navigate to PREFERENCES >> Images

2: Find to REGENERATE THUMBNAILS tab >> Click on “Regenerate Thumbnails” button

3: Finally, you will see a notice message: “The thumbnails were successfully regenerated.”

Step 5: - Override folder: copy the “FrontController.php” file into the installation folder with the url: override\classes\controller.

Note: SP Foro layout2 & layout3 theme installation make the same with layout1.