What is AbanteCart?
AbanteCart is an open-source shopping cart application that you can use to set up an online shop & start selling your products online.
It is designed to be simple to use and make the process of setting up your eCommerce shop fast.
AbanteCart is search engine optimized, 100% responsive for computers, mobile, and tablet devices, and free to use.
But more importantly, it has no licensing fee, no subscriptions, no transaction fees.
The best, easiest and fastest way is to use the AbanteCart one-click installation.
Our goal with this guide is to show you:
- the easiest way to install AbanteCart even with minimal technical knowledge
- and how to create an online shop with AbanteCart as a developer for your customers
1. Web Hosting Core Requirements
To complete the process of creating an online store, you will need:
- a domain name (If you do not have one, visit the domain registration page to search and purchase a new domain name for your shop)
- a web hosting account (If you do not have one, you can visit our Web Hosting Packages page, select a hosting plan and create an account. If you are not sure what web hosting package is good for you, send an email to business@webhostingmagic.com)
- your cPanel username and password (If you are not sure what these are, visit What is my cPanel username? to learn more)
- an HTTPS-ready website (we provide SSL/TLS certificate to every domain we host at no extra cost. But you can opt to use an EV SSL for your online shop and can get that at the SSL Certificates page.)
- an hour of time.
2. AbanteCart Installation Requirements
- Apache Web Server (recommended)
- PHP 8.0 or above with OPcache enabled (required). You may run into issues with v7.4 if OPcache is enabled on the server.
- MySQL 8 database which works with PHP 7.4+ (required)
- GD Graphics Library (required)
- fileinfo extension (required)
- ziparchive extension (optional)
- PHAR extension (optional)
- curl support
We have taken care of these for you on our web hosting platform.
Automatic 1-Click AbanteCart Installation (recommended)
As AbanteCart web hosting service, we do offer this option right on our cPanel.
cPanel is a Linux-based web hosting control panel and automation tool that simplify the process of hosting a website.
With this option, you can install AbanteCart with a few clicks.
Step 1. Search your inbox that was sent to you after your web hosting account was created. In it will be the URL of your cPanel server, your cPanel username, and password.
Step 2. Once you have logged into cPanel, scroll down to the Software section of your cPanel.
Step 3. Click on the Softaculous icon. When the page loads, you will see all available applications that you can install on your website.
Since we are specifically looking for AbanteCart, use the search box to search for it. Or just scroll to the E-commerce section and look for AbanteCart.
Step 5. Before clicking the Install button, there are things you need to consider:
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Check DNS and SSL
Ensure that the sub-domain is reachable online and that our system has installed a valid SSL certificate on it before proceeding.
Our system requires the DNS configuration to be valid (must match the records found at cPanel >>> Domains >>> Zone Editor) before it can install an SSL certificate on it.
You can check visually check your DNS setting with:
Or simply use the "dig" command.
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Determine AbanterCart Installation Locations
If you are using the website (webcomm.dev) as the store, then you need to remove the auto-generated "abante" sub-folder.
If you go ahead and install it using the auto-generated option, your store will be located at webcomm.dev/abante.
If you are installing AbanteCart to a sub-domain such as shop.webcomm.dev, ensure that you have created the sub-domain (cPanel >>> Domains >>> Subdomains) before initializing the installation.
If you are installing on a sub-directory or folder, then either accept the one auto-generated or rename the folder to whatever you want the store to be called.
Also, determine whether you want to use the www as part of your store URL or not.
Step 6. Fill in all required fields and then click on the "Install" button.
That's all about it.
Softaculous will create the MySQL database, MySQL user, get and copy the AbanteCart files to your websites, install it and give you the admin panel URL, username, and password.
