This is the first method of uploading OpenCart files to a web host. Many modern web hosting solutions include a control panel called cPanel, and we can use the cPanel File Manager utility to directly upload a ZIP file to web host and decompress the files there easily.
In this example, we will install OpenCart on the store directory.
Note
You can generally reach cPanel on http://yourwebsite.com/cpanel with the username and password which the hosting provider emailed to you upon registration.
- Let's open File Manager utility at cPanel.
- It will choose the Web Root as default. We will continue with the Go button.
- Let's click on the Upload link.
- Let's choose OpenCart ZIP file using the Browse button on the next screen. After the upload completes, we return back to the main cPanel File Manager screen.
- We will right-click on the file and select Extract.
- It will open a pop-up window. Just press the Extract File(s) button to decompress the ZIP file into the root web folder.
- We will need to browse into this folder first. We see a folder called upload under it. We will need to rename it as store at first.
Right-click on it and choose Rename from the menu.
- Rename the directory as store, as in the following screenshot:
- We will need to move the renamed store directory to the root. Let's right-click on the store directory and choose Move from the menu.
- Change the destination directory as /public_html/ and click on Move File(s) button.
OpenCart files are now on the web host in a subdirectory. Our online store will be reachable at http://yourwebsite.com/store after completion of all the remaining installation steps.
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