Installation via Composer

Note

If you want to install the demo of Isotope, follow the instructions.

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This article is machine translated.

Isotope eCommerce can also be installed via Composer(questions in the forum & information in the wiki). To do so, click on Erweiterungsverwaltung in the backend.

On a fresh Contao installation it looks like this:

Extension management overview Extension management overview

Click on Erweiterung installieren in the top right corner.

Then enter composer as the name of the extension, make sure the spelling is correct and that Isotope eCommerce is compatible with your Contao version.

Select extension management Composer Select extension management Composer

After clicking Weiter you can choose the version you want to use. You should use the latest stable version. Look for the keyword stable when selecting the version. This will install the version 0.8.12 stable:

Extension management Select Composer version Extension management Select Composer version

Follow the next steps. After successful installation, the navigation item Paketverwaltung should replace the Erweiterungsverwaltung and the Erweiterungskatalog.

The new Package Management navigation item The new Package Management navigation item

Then click on Paketverwaltung and you will be asked to install Composer.

Install Composer Library completely Install Composer Library completely

In the next window, Preconditions will show you if your server meets the system requirements. At Migration setup you can choose between Remove packages (for an installation without extensions) or Upgrade packages to Composer and For production use.

System requirements for Composer System requirements for Composer

Click below on do migration.

Composer was successfully installed Composer was successfully installed

Now you come to the actual installation of Isotope eCommerce.

At “Package name or search term” type isotope/isotope-core and confirm with a click on Suchen.

Package management Select isotopes Package management Select isotopes

Mark the package for installation by clicking on the name.

Mark package for installation Mark package for installation

Select the version <docrobot_current_version>.* and do not change the setting Bugfix Releases <docrobot_current_version>.* and click Paket zur Installation vormerken.

Install package isotope/isotope-core Install package isotope/isotope-core

ClickPaket aktualisieren and wait.

Update package Update package

If the installation of Isotope eCommerce was successful, you should now see the new navigation items:

Isotope was successfully installed Isotope was successfully installed

In the last step, update the database. To do this, go to http://www.domain.tld/contao/install.php, enter the Passwort you chose during the installation and click on Datenbank aktualisieren and then return to the backend.

Update database Update database

Now you can start configuring your webshop.