Posted by admin on December 12, 2008 under Problems & Solutions |
Merry xmas, guys!
Problem & Solution:
I am at the installer page but it is telling me that i am missing a specific php extension.
Example message: PHP Extension “mcrypt” must be loaded
The above message tells us that your PHP do not have “mcrypt” compiled with it. You have to get your web host to re-compile PHP with “mcrypt”.
Another example:
PHP Extension “PDO_mySQL” must be loaded
This tells us that we are missing “PDO_mysql” extension for PHP on the server. Once again, you have to get your web host to re-compile PHP to include this extension.
PHP extensions that are required to run Magento:
There a few PHP extensions that are needed in order to run magento properly. Read more of this article »
Posted by admin on December 3, 2008 under Problems & Solutions |

I have notice that more and more people are setting up magento-powered stores but keep running into road blocks. For those who manage to install magento successfully, i believe you may run into one of these problems mentioned in this post.
Here are two common problems i have seen and this simple solution will probably fix 90% of these problems.
Problem #1:
I’ve managed to install Magento. I’ve created a test catagory and a test product but they don’t appear on the home page. What am i doing wrong?
Problem #2:
When i click on one of my product link, it return a 404 page not error.
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Posted by admin on November 12, 2008 under Problems & Solutions |
Question:
I have upload all magento files and all the files’ permission are set correctly. However, i still run into “500 Internal Server Error” problem.
Solution:
If you are on cpanel server, check the “error_log” file for clue on what is causing the internal error. Most of Read more of this article »