TYPO3/Install Arcavias/Install and configure

This article is about Arcavias TYPO3 Extension 1.0. For documentation of older versions please check the Archive.

Prerequisites

 * Have you checked the Prerequisites page?
 * Are these extensions installed in Admin Tools::Extension Manager?
 * scheduler
 * static_info_tables

Install the Arcavias extension



 * 1) Log into the TYPO3 back end
 * 2) Click on Admin Tools::Extension Manager in the left navigation
 * 3) Click the icon with the little plus sign left from the Arcavias list entry (looks like a lego brick)
 * 4) If a pop-up opens (only TYPO3 4.x) choose Make updates and "Close window" after installation is done

You can ignore the suggestion to install datamints_feuser and sr_feuser_register if your customers don't have to register before they can buy anything.

Caution: Install the RealURL extension before the Arcavias extension to get nice looking URLs. Otherwise, RealURL doesn't rewrite the parameters even if you install RealURL afterwards!



Configure the Arcavias extension


To change the extension configuration, simply click on the name (Arcavias) of the extension. In TYPO3 4.5 to 4.7 the configuration options are available in the tab "Configuration".

There are several options available which you can either leave checked so they are enabled or uncheck to disable them:


 * Add demo data : If enabled (this is the default), a category, some products and delivery and payment options are added to the database during setting up the database. This provides all data to test most of the features of Arcavias and gives you a quick demo where you can start exploring how to create different categories, products and delivery/payment services.
 * User auto-configuration for RealURL : If RealURL for pretty, SEO friendly URLs is installed, this option (enabled by default) automatically adds the Arcavias default rules to the RealURL configuration so you get nice product URLs for example. You can also define your own RealURL rules if you like to but then you have to disable this option.
 * Use APC cache : APC is a cache for the PHP files and Arcavias uses it to additionally store its configuration and the translations. If you haven't installed the APC PHP module, this option (enabled by default) is ignored and your page render times will be much slower.
 * APC prefix : APC uses shared memory to store the cache data and on a web server with multiple Arcavias shops, they would interfere with each other. To prevent this, you can configure your own string that is used to prefix all stored configuration options and translated strings. The default value is "t3:".

To store any configuration changes, click on the "disk" symbol above the "Configure Extension arcavias" headline. If you are using TYPO3 4.5 to 4.7 you have to click on the "Update" button below the list of options.



Setup the database


The Arcavias tables have to be created in the database before you can proceed. In the Arcavias entry in the extension manager list, there's a small icon on the right which shows a green, circular arrow. Click on this icon to start the setup of the database. This will take some time, from several seconds if your database is empty to several minutes if you already have a lot of products and orders in your shop.

If the database doesn't contain the required tables, they are created. The tables of an existing installation are updated and their data migrated to match the installed code base. Normally, this should be smooth upgrade process without any problems. Did you've made a backup?



The location of the update link has changed in almost every TYPO3 version. For TYPO3 4.x versions you have to click on the name of the Arcavias entry in the extension manager list to get into the details. Then you may have a look at the screenshots below to find the link or drop-down option:



Archive

 * Arcavias TYPO3 Extension 0.9 and before
 * Arcavias TYPO3 Extension 0.5

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