1. create a new mysql database (you need the host, database name, user, password) 2. load all files and folder from this folder: self_commerce_2_0 on the webserver html/ or pup/ you can also load into a subfolder. 3. now make this files and folder writeble (chmod 777): includes/configure.php includes/configure.org.php admin/includes/configure.php admin/includes/configure.org.php admin/backups/ admin/images/graphs/ admin/includes/modules/tiny_mce/plugins/media/filemanager/ templates_c/ cache/ export/ media/ images/ media/content/ images/categories/ images/banner/ images/manufacturers/ images/product_images/info_images/ images/product_images/original_images/ images/product_images/popup_images/ images/product_images/thumbnail_images/ tiny_upload/pics/ tiny_upload/files/ 4. call now domain: http://www.youredomain.com/self_installer/ when all permissions ok follow the install instruction 5. after installation: delete the folder: self_installer/ and change the permission of this files to (chmod 444): includes/configure.php includes/configure.org.php admin/includes/configure.php admin/includes/configure.org.php congratulation you're own shopping mall is ready to go Maik Schmidt (kunigunde) http://www.self-commerce.de