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Install Prestashop on a local host WAMP server
Check you have a working WAMP installation
WAMP stands for Windows, Apache, mySQL, PHP. It refers to the key components used to run a lot of dynamic websits on a Windows Server. It often used for developing web applications on your local machine before putting it live on your server. You can get prebuilt installation routines that make installing a WAMP a real breeze. The one I am using for this article can be found here www.wampserver.com.
Creating a PrestaShop Payment Module
Introduction
Having been looking for a Open Source shopping cart solution I stumbled on prestashop. It is a good solution which seemed to be what I was looking for. Like a lot of modern carts and CMSes it uses system of plug-in modules to add extra functionality that doesn't come as standard. The only slight problem with this module system, is how do you create a plug-in module!? It isn't exactly obvious.