n this tutorial we'll show you how to install PrestaShop 1.7 and above on your web hosting plan account. Free Script Installation is available on the Todhost cPanel control panel - Once you have an active web hosting plan, you can have our PrestaShop specialists take care of installing PrestaShop for you at no additional cost. All Todhost clients can request a free installation by submitting a ticket.

PrestaShop 1.7 pretty much installed in the same way as older PrestaShop versions.

You need to do the following basic things:

create a database for the application

download an installation package for the latest PrestaShop

upload the installation package on your hosting account

install the application

delete the install folder from the root PrestaShop directory on your hosting account

make sure that the admin folder in the root PrestaShop directory on your hosting account is renamed

In this tutorial we've used as a basic example PrestaShop 1.7.

Now we'll go over these steps in more details.
Create a database

Although it's possible to install different applications or several instances of the same application in one database it's recommended that you keep each application in a separate database. You can add new databases and manage your existing ones from the Databases section of the control panel. To add a new database click on the Add Database button that's in the black area on the right. On the following page type the name of the database and create a database user by specifying a username and password in the respective fields. Then click on the Add Database button that's under the options.

For some more details check out the tutorial on how to manage databases with the Todhost control panel, and more specifically the section on how to add databases.

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