This guide will explain in short how to install any Magento extension bought from Plugin Company. Follow the guide carefully to prevent errors in your production environment.
This guide is meant for downloaded Magento extensions, not for Magento Connect. While this guide will probably work with most downloaded 3th party extensions, we can’t guarantee this as this guide is written specifically for Magento extensions downloaded from the Plugin Company website.
Step by step guide for the installation of a Magento extension:
1. Log in to admin panel
2. Disable the compiler
3. Enable the Magento cache
4. Download & extract installation package
5. Upload files to your server
6. Refresh the Magento cache
7. Log out and log back in
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1. MAGENTO EXTENSION INSTALLATION GUIDE
7 Steps Tutorial How to install any Magento extension bought from Plugin Company
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2. ABOUT THIS GUIDE
This guide will explain in short how
to install any Magento extension
bought from Plugin Company
Follow the guide carefully to
prevent errors in your production
environment
This guide is meant for downloaded
Magento extensions, not for Magento
Connect.
While this guide will probably work
with most downloaded 3th party
extensions, we can’t guarantee this
as this guide is written specifically for
Magento extensions downloaded
from the Plugin Company website.
MAGENTO EXTENSION PROVIDERHow to install any Magento extension bought from Plugin Company? https://plugin.company
3. MAGENTO EXTENSION PROVIDERHow to install any Magento extension bought from Plugin Company? https://plugin.company
INSTALLING
MAGENTO EXTENSION IN 7 STEPS
Step by step guide for the installation of a Magento extension
4. Log in to the Magento Admin Panel, which can
normally be found at www.yourwebshop.com/admin.
STEP 1
LOG IN TO ADMIN PANEL
Log in to admin panel
STEP 2
Disable the compiler
STEP 3
Enable the Magento cache
STEP 4
Download & extract
installation package
STEP 5
Upload files to your server
STEP 6
Refresh the Magento cache
STEP 7
Log out and log back in
Optional Step
Re-enable compilation
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5. STEP 2
DISABLE THE COMPILER
Log in to admin panel
Disable the compiler
STEP 3
Enable the Magento cache
STEP 4
Download & extract
installation package
STEP 5
Upload files to your server
STEP 6
Refresh the Magento cache
STEP 7
Log out and log back in
Optional Step
Re-enable compilation
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STEP 1
Navigate to: System Tools Compilation
in the top Admin Panel menu.
If compilation is enabled, click the 'Disable' button.
6. STEP 2
ENABLE THE MAGENTO CACHE
Log in to admin panel
Disable the compiler
STEP 3
Enable the Magento cache
STEP 4
Download & extract
installation package
STEP 5
Upload files to your server
STEP 6
Refresh the Magento cache
STEP 7
Log out and log back in
Optional Step
Re-enable compilation
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STEP 1
Navigate to: System Cache Management in the top Admin Panel menu
Select all items from the Cache Storage Management overview,
Choose 'Enable' from the Actions menu and
Click 'Submit' to enable all cache items
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7. STEP 2
ENABLE THE MAGENTO CACHE
Log in to admin panel
Disable the compiler
STEP 3
Enable the Magento cache
STEP 4
Download & extract
installation package
STEP 5
Upload files to your server
STEP 6
Refresh the Magento cache
STEP 7
Log out and log back in
Optional Step
Re-enable compilation
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STEP 1
The result should look as follows:
8. STEP 2
DOWNLOAD & EXTRACT INSTALLATION PACKAGE
Log in to admin panel
Disable the compiler
STEP 3
Enable the Magento cache
STEP 4
Download & extract
installation package
STEP 5
Upload files to your server
STEP 6
Refresh the Magento cache
STEP 7
Log out and log back in
Optional Step
Re-enable compilation
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STEP 1
Download the Magento extension installation
package from your Plugin Company account to your
local computer.
Extract the package locally to any folder.
You should now have a Step 1 and a Step 2 folder in
the directory you extracted the downloaded
archive to.
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9. STEP 2
UPLOAD FILES TO YOUR SERVER
Log in to admin panel
Disable the compiler
STEP 3
Enable the Magento cache
STEP 4
Download & extract
installation package
STEP 5
Upload files to your server
STEP 6
Refresh the Magento cache
STEP 7
Log out and log back in
Optional Step
Re-enable compilation
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STEP 1
Copy the contents of the extracted Step 1 folder to
the root directory of your Magento installation
(public_html). It's important to do this first!
Wait until the upload of the Step 1 folder is done.
Once completed, upload the contents of the Step 2
folder to the root directory of your Magento
installation.
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10. STEP 2
REFRESH THE MAGENTO CACHE
Log in to admin panel
Disable the compiler
STEP 3
Enable the Magento cache
STEP 4
Download & extract
installation package
STEP 5
Upload files to your server
STEP 6
Refresh the Magento cache
STEP 7
Log out and log back in
Optional Step
Re-enable compilation
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STEP 1
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Navigate to: System Cache Management
in the top Admin Panel menu
Click the 'Flush Magento Cache' button to clear the
cache.
11. STEP 2
LOG OUT & LOG BACK IN
Log in to admin panel
Disable the compiler
STEP 3
Enable the Magento cache
STEP 4
Download & extract
installation package
STEP 5
Upload files to your server
STEP 6
Refresh the Magento cache
STEP 7
Log out and log back in
Optional Step
Re-enable compilation
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STEP 1
Log out from the Magento Admin Panel.1
2 Then log back in to complete the installation.
12. STEP 2
RE-ENABLE COMPILATION
Log in to admin panel
Disable the compiler
STEP 3
Enable the Magento cache
STEP 4
Download & extract
installation package
STEP 5
Upload files to your server
STEP 6
Refresh the Magento cache
STEP 7
Log out and log back in
Optional Step
Re-enable compilation
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STEP 1
1 Navigate to: System Tools Compilation
in the top Admin Panel menu
Click the 'Run Compilation Process' button
You have successfully installed your Magento
extension
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