Summary

We learned a lot in this chapter about PrestaShop.

Specifically, we covered the following:

• Obtaining PrestaShop: Where to download it from and how to prepare the files, including how to transfer them via FTP to your website.

• MySQL databases: How PrestaShop uses the database, how to create a MySQL database, and how the different terms are used to refer to the database location.

• PrestaShop installer: How to complete each step of the installer and filling out the slightly trickier pages like the database configuration page, and how to get round an intermittent bug in the installer.

• The shop front: How to refer to different parts of the shop front.

• The admin control panel: A brief look at where the different functions and tasks can be performed.

We're now ready to fit out your shop with a visually pleasing, unique, and sales-efficient design. This is the topic of the next chapter. So let's get stuck in then!