To have Magento working on GoDaddy Linux platform, you can follow a few steps from the installation instructions on forums from Internet:
1. Install Magento eCommerce application by downloading the latest Full Release Magento package (magento-1.3.0.zip), uploading the zip, and unarchiving it using the GoDaddy:FileManager:Unarchive function. Should unpack into a magento/ directory.
Note: There are also some special instructions on the forum for people who do not want to install to a magento/ directory but to the root.
2. Ensure that the directories app/etc , var , and media are writable by the web server. To do so, navigate to the directory with your FTP client and change to 777.
3. Make sure that you have the full mysql database name, and the correct address for where your mysql database is stored.
Still, people complains that the big problem is speed, it is painfully slow. Any optimizations help would be appreciated.
PS:
A common error, which usually comes up if you’re hosted by GoDaddy, is the no input file specified error.
There are a couple of things you can do to fix this, but we’ll start with the one that usually works. In your magento/ directory, there should be a file called php.ini. Rename this to php5.ini. If that doesn’t work, add the following to the end of your newly renamed php5.ini file:
cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1
And if you’re still getting the error, add the following to the top of your .htaccess file:
Options -MultiViews
there’s a few more things that can be done, just check out the official posting about this issue here.
PPS
If you are needing a quick jump start with developing with Magento, I strongly recommend reading through the material provided by the Magento site.
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