{"id":2385,"date":"2012-06-11T18:08:11","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T22:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/06\/11\/install-geolocation-database\/"},"modified":"2022-03-11T10:56:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T15:56:01","slug":"install-geolocation-database-prestashop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/prestashop\/install-geolocation-database-prestashop\/","title":{"rendered":"How to install the Geolocation database in PrestaShop 1.5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PrestaShop 1.5 has the ability to restrict specific countries from accessing your shop. There are a few steps to take before you can turn this ability on.<br>The first is to get the Geolocation database installed into your program. To get the geolocation database installed into your Prestashop 1.5 account, just perform<br>the following steps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To install the geolocation database into your PrestaShop 1.5:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/prestashop\/login-to-dashboard\/\">Log into your PrestaShop 1.5 dashboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li>From the top menu bar, hover over the <strong>Preferences <\/strong>tab and select the <strong>Geolocation <\/strong>option.<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/edu_prestashop1.5_Preferences_geolocation_preferences-tab-geolocation.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"582\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/edu_prestashop1.5_Preferences_geolocation_preferences-tab-geolocation.png\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"preferences-tab-geolocation\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/edu_prestashop1.5_Preferences_geolocation_preferences-tab-geolocation.png 582w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/edu_prestashop1.5_Preferences_geolocation_preferences-tab-geolocation-300x184.png 300w\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>At the top of the page you will see the following notation: <strong>In order to use Geolocation, please download this file and extract it (using Winrar or Gzip) into the \/tools\/geoip\/ directory<\/strong> Click the words \u2018<strong>this link<\/strong>\u2018 in order to download the file. (remember where you place this file on your computer) The file name is <strong>GeoCityLite.dat.gz<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/edu_prestashop1.5_Preferences_geolocation_preferences-tab-geolocation.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"preferences-tab-geolocation\" class=\"std_ss size-full wp-image-7703\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/edu_prestashop1.5_Preferences_geolocation_preferences-tab-geolocation.png\" width=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/edu_prestashop1.5_Preferences_geolocation_preferences-tab-geolocation.png 582w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/edu_prestashop1.5_Preferences_geolocation_preferences-tab-geolocation-300x184.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><\/strong>Upload your file into your account under the path \/tools\/geoip.<\/li>\n<li>Right click your file and select uncompress. This will bring the file out in the form you need it. It will be named <strong>GeoCityLite.dat<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><\/strong>Your Geolocation database is now installed into your account for PrestaShop 1.5!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PrestaShop 1.5 has the ability to restrict specific countries from accessing your shop. There are a few steps to take before you can turn this ability on.The first is to get the Geolocation database installed into your program. To get the geolocation database installed into your Prestashop 1.5 account, just performthe following steps. 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