1. Quick Start Guide
2. Knowledge Base
3. Installation
4. Using the Admin Area
5. Payment Collection
6. Shipping Calculation
7. Tax Calculation
8. Categories & Subcategories
9. Products & Inventory
10. Products Options
11. Vendors & Drop- Shipping
12. Placing Orders
13. Processing Orders
14. Configuration Variables
15. Text/Article Management
16. Newsletters
17. Discounts & Coupons
18. Gift Certificates & Store Credit
19. Affiliate System
20. Search Engine Optimization
21. B2B/Members-Only Site
22. Customizing Your Store
23. Analytics & Reporting
24. Importing/Exporting
25. Using the WYSIWYG
26. Quickedit Toolbar
27. Installing Live Chat
28. Security
29. Updates & Upgrades
30. Hosting & Email
Enable / Disable Features

Click "Enable / Disable Features" on the home page of your admin area. This page will allow you to enable or disable various features of your store. Specifying a "Y" enables the features, and specifying an "N" (or leaving it blank) disables the feature.


Config_EnableAccessoriesBelowShoppingCart Enables a display of product accessories on the bottom of ShoppingCart.asp. This feature displays accessories of the products currently in the customer's shopping cart.
Config_EnableAccessoriesQuickAdd Enables a checkbox next to the display of a product's accessories display on the page "ProductDetails.asp". This allows accessories to be checked, and added to the cart along with the main product with a single-click. If an accessory has options of its own, this feature will not work well, as it was designed for product accessories that do NOT have options.
Config_EnableAllowBackOrders Allows product's to be ordered even through the product's "stock status" value is less than 1.
Config_EnableCartLogging Enables more verbose loggin of your cart. We do not recommend using this variable unless instructed to do so for troubleshooting purposes.
Config_EnableCategorySystem Enables the ability to use categories and subcategories to organize your products.
Config_EnableCategoryTree_DetailsPage On the "ProductDetails.asp", enables the breadcrumb at the very top of the "ProductDetails.asp" page that displays the category name that this product is listed under.
Config_EnableCoupons Enables customers to use coupons for your store.
Config_EnableCustomerReviews Enables customers to read and write reviews on your products.
Config_EnableDifferentShipToAddress Enables the option for customers to have a shipping address that is different from their billing address.
Config_EnableDiscounting Enables the ability to use quantity discounts and coupons. If you want quantity discounting, but do not want coupons you can disable the variable "Config_EnableCoupons".
Config_EnableDiscounts_With_SpecialPricing Allows quantity discounts and coupons to be used by anyone. If you disable this variable, it will prevent customers to whom you've given special pricing levels or store-wide percentage discounts from getting any quantity or coupon discounts.
Config_EnableDisplayAvailability Enables the display of the field in the Products table called "Availability". This field is a text field describing the estimated ship dates such as "Usually ships in 1-2 weeks" for example. The value of the "Availability" field would show up on the "ProductDetails.asp" page.
Config_EnableDisplayCartTax Enables the display of sales tax on the customer's shopping cart.
Config_EnableDisplayDiscountBtn Enables the display of the discount button on the "ProductDetails.asp" page. When the customer clicks this button, a popup window appears displaying all quantity discounts available for the product.
Config_EnableDisplayDiscountedPricingLevels Enables the 5 levels of special pricing you may have for products.
Config_EnableDisplayEstimatedShipping Enables the display of estimated shipping costs on the "ShoppingCart.asp" page. If the customer is not logged in with an account, "zip code" textbox appears allowing the customer to enter their zip code and calculate shipping rates for their cart. (Only works for U.S. zip codes). If a customer enters an invalid postal code it will display an error notifying the customer to proceed through the checkout process for international shipping rates. Basically we need to collect the customer's complete shipping address before being able to provide them with a quote.
Config_EnableDisplayKits_ProductDetailsPage Enables the display of kits on the product details page.
Config_EnableDisplayOptionProducts When using the field "IsProductCode" in the Options table, you have the option of displaying the product codes separately in the shopping cart, visually grouped with the main product, to do this enable this variable. If you disable this variable it will display options normally which is just the text such as "Color:Blue", "Size:Large" for example within the same line item in the cart. So if you enable this variable it will use different line items in the cart. PLEASE NOTE: Regardless of this setting, the invoice and all visual displays of this order through the admin area and invoices will show all products on separate line items.
Config_EnablePricing_On_POs Enables the display of the vendor price on purchase orders.
Config_EnableDisplayProductCode Enables the display of a product's "Product Code" on the "ProductDetails.asp" page.
Config_EnableDisplaySetupFee Enables the display of the "Setup Fee" for recurring fee products.
Config_EnableDisplayStockStatus Enables the display of the current "Stock Status" as "In Stock" or "Out of Stock" for products. If the stock status of a product is greater than 0 then it will show "In Stock". If the stock status is less than 1, it would show "In Stock".
Config_EnableDisplayVendor_PartNo_On_PackingSlip Enables the display of the vendor product code on the purchase order.
Config_EnableDownloadableFiles Enables the ability to add products that represent downloadable software files.
Config_EnableEmailAFriend Enables the customer to send an e-mail to a friend advertising a specific product. This feature is displayed as a button graphic directly below the product photo on "ProductDetails.asp".
Config_EnableFaxNumber Enables the fax number field on the Billing Address and Shipping Address pages. It would allow for the customer to type in their Fax Number, however it would not require that they fill this field in.
Config_EnableGiftCertificates Enables the ability to sell gift certificates. Please refer to another section of this manual for more details about gift certificates and store credit.
Config_EnableGiftWrap Enables the ability to sell gift wrap with your orders. This feature would enable a checkbox on the "ShoppingCart.asp" page directly below the grand total in the cart. Next to the textbox it would say "Show gift options during checkout". If checked, when they proceed through checkout it would take them to an additional page which allows them to add gift wrap to certain items in the cart. They can also type a gift message, which your shipping department could include with each wrapping. You can specify the cost of gift wrapping each of your products using the field "GiftWrapCost" in the Products table. Some products of course cannot be gift wrapped, therefore if you leave the gift wrap field of these products blank it will not let them get gift wrap with those items. You cannot offer free gift wrapping, instead you must offer gift wrapping for 1 cent at least.
Config_EnableHideProduct Enables the ability to temporarily hide a product, instead of having to permanently delete it. If a product is hidden it will notbe shown in search results or in any category results, however you can link directly to the product if necessary
Config_EnableLivePersonChat Enables the "Live Person" customer service chat display on your website. You must signup for an account with LivePerson.com to use this feature.
Config_EnableLiveStockStatus Enables the display of your actual current "stock status" for the customer to view. Instead of the stock status displaying the text "In Stock" or "Out of Stock", it would display the actual quantity number in stock, such as "12 in stock", or "79 in stock" or "0 in stock" for example.
Config_EnableMaximumOrderQty Enables the ability to set a maximum allowed purchase quantity per product, per order. In other words this enables a field in the Products table called "Maximum Order Quantity"
Config_EnableMemberOnlyBrowsing Hides all pricing on your website, and does not allow anyone to add to cart until they register and login. In place of pricing it would say "Price: (Members Only)" and if they click "Members Only" or if they click an "Add to Cart" button it would redirect them to the "Register.asp" page where they must signup for an account first.
Config_EnableMemberOnlyWebsite Enables your website to REQUIRE visitors to register before being able to browse your products and begin shopping. When a customer visits your site they are always redirected to the "Register.asp" page until they signup for an account or login. One section of your website that they will be able to visit are any articles in your site. They cannot visit any category pages, but they CAN visit articles. (For example "/articles.asp?id=7")
Config_EnableMemberOnlyWebsite_TaxID This enabled the field "TaxID" on the "Register.asp" page if you have the variable "Config_EnableMembersOnlyWebsite" enabled. The "TaxID" field will be shown AND REQUIRED. For example if you're running a members only website selling only to wholesalers, you'd need their TaxID.
Config_EnableMetaTags Enables the ability to set "METATAGS" (Title, Description & Keywords) for your products.
Config_EnableMinimumOrderQty Enables the ability to set a minimum allowed purchase quantity per product, per order. In other words, this enables the field "MinQty" in the Products table.
Config_EnableOptions_DisplayPopup Enables the display of chosen product options in the checkout process accessible via a popup window, instead of displaying all chosen options directly on the page. If you have very few options, you'll want to disable this variable. If your products have tons of options, you'll want to enable this variable so that the shopping cart page does not get cluttered with option choices.
Config_EnableOptions_InventoryControl Enables the inventory control grids for child products.
Config_EnableOrder_Comments Enables the customer to enter notes into an order.
Config_EnableOrderEditing If enabled, allows customers to login to their "My Account" section and edit the quantity of items they ordered, as well as change their shipping address, billing address, payment information, or shipping method. It will let them edit their order only until you LOCK the order in the admin area, which is the first step to processing an order in the admin area. Once an order is locked it is no longer editable by the customer, however an administrator can always edit an order anytime. If you disable this variable, basically the system will just LOCK all orders as soon as they're placed. Please note that if someone chooses to pay via PayPal, their order is automatically locked regardless of this variable. This is due to the fact that the customer must visit PayPal to make their payment, and to avoid any discrepancy in the amount they must pay via PayPal, all PayPal orders are locked immediately.
Config_EnableOrderFinished_Note Enables the ability to display a note to the customer, based on the purchase of a specific product, on the "Order Finished" page. Basically this just enables the field "OrderFinished Note" in the Products table, where you can specify some notes that will appear on screen after the order has been placed.
Config_EnablePhotosPopup Enables the display of your "Larger Image" photos to popup in a new window instead of taking the customer to another page. This only applies to products with 1 large photo, not a product with multiple larger photos.
Config_EnablePriceEdit Enables the ability to sell products which the customer may edit the price of. Basically this enables the field "XXXXXXXXX" in the Products table. If you allow price editing for a product, the customer has the ability to change the price of the item in their cart. This is useful for things such as accepting donations. This variable is also required to be enabled if you allow customers to purchase gift certificates.
Config_EnableProductAccessories Enables the ability to assign products to be accessories of other products. Accessories will be displayed on the "ProductDetails.asp" page. This basically enables the field "ProductAccessories" in the Products table.
Config_EnableProductFeaturesList Enables the ability to add a list of features for your products, which will be displayed on the "ProductDetails.asp" page.
Config_EnableProductFeaturesList_DualColumns Enables the display of all product features in dual columns, as opposed to just one column.
Config_EnableProductKeywords Enables the ability to define additional keywords for your products, to help customer's find the correct products when using the "Search Box" on your website.
Config_EnableProductListPrice Enables the ability define a "List Price" for your products.
Config_EnableProductManufacturers Enables the ability to define a "Manufacturer" for your products. Manufacturers will only be displayed on the website if you upload a logo for for the manufacturer.
Config_EnableProductNameShort Enables the ability to specify a shorter version of each product's name, for use on areas of your website that have limited space such as on the home page "Top Sellers" section. The "ProductNameShort" is also used in the URL of SEOFriendly pages.
Config_EnableProductQuantityBox Enables the ability to display the quantity box on the product page.
Config_EnableProductSalePrice Enables the ability to define a "Sale Price" for your products.
Config_EnableProductWeight Enables the ability to define a product's weight, for use with live shipping rate calculations.
Config_EnableProtect_Images Disables the customers' ability to right click on images.
Config_EnableRecentHistory Enables the display of a customer's "recently viewed products" on the "ProductDetails.asp" page.
Config_EnableRelatedProducts Enables the display of "Related Products" on the "ProductDetails.asp" page. Related Products are any products in the same sub-category. There is no way to define related products. If you're looking to define related products, you can use the "ProductAccessories" field of the Products table. The display of "Related Products" and "Product Accessories" on the "ProductDetails.asp" page is pretty much exactly the same. You can change the title of each of these as well, to call them anything such as to say "Other products you might like..." for example.
Config_EnableRunningCartTotal Enables the display of the running cart total on all pages of the website, with a link to view the full details of the cart. This running cart total is a simple text sentence usually at the top of the site that shows up only if there is something in your cart. Says something like "There are XX number of items in your cart. View Cart."
Config_EnableSaleID Enables the ability to feature products on certain promotional sections of your website by specifying the appropriate "SaleID" of the promotional location on your website. Basically this enables the field "SaleID" in the Products table. Please see documentation specific to that field for what SaleIDs you may type into that field. This field is what lets you specify which products appear on the 4 different "featured" sections of your home page.
Config_EnableSelectedOptionIDs Enables the ability to specify which Options will be selected by default when a customer views a specific product.
Config_EnableSendEmailOrderShipped Enables the sending of an e-mail to the customer when you've shipped the order. Basically this send the customer their "Your order has shipped" email when you click "Complete order / Send Emails" link on the process order page of the admin area.
Config_EnableSendEmailRecurring Enables the sending of an e-mail to the customer when you bill them for a recurring fee. Basically this sends them an email stating that you billed their credit card for the recurring fee of $XX.XX.
Config_EnableSEOFrieldy Enables static HTML pages for all of your categories, products and articles in your website. BEFORE ENABLING THIS VARIABLE, please read the complete instructions on how to enable this feature by going from the home page of your admin area to the "Become SEO Friendly" link.
Config_EnableShippingRates_Residential This is used only when getting LIVE shipping rates from shipping companies. They require knowing if the package is going to a business or residential address, as the rate may differ slightly. Therefore if enabled all shipping rates will be provided for residential addresses. If most of your customers are residential, enable this. If most of your customers are businesses, disable this.
Config_EnableShoppingCartProductLink Enables the "Product Name" text for each item in the customer's shopping cart to link back to that product's Product Details page.
Config_EnableShortDescription Enables the ability to specify a shorter version of the product's description, for use on areas of your website that have limited space, such as on all search results. The Product Description Short appears on all search results, unless of course you disable the description when customizing an individual category's visual display.
Config_EnableShowYouSaveAmount Enables the "You Save $31.49", for example, beside a product's price, if the product has a specified "Sale Price" or "List Price". The "You Save XXX" is calculated by getting the difference between the highest price, such as the "List Price" and the lowest price whether it be the "ProductPrice" or the "SalePrice".
Config_EnableSimilarCategoriesList Enables the display of a list of similar categories on the Product Details page. Basically this produces list of breadcrumbs based on if the product is listed in multiple categories. So it would list all those categories toward the bottom of the "ProductDetails.asp" page, above "My Recent History".
Config_EnableSomeProductsNoTax Enables the ability to specify some of your products to be tax exempt by editing the "Taxable Product" field in your "Products" table.
Config_EnableStockStatus Enables the ability to specify a product's stock status.
Config_EnableTemporaryProducts Enables the ability to optionally specify a "DisplayBeginDate" and "DisplayEndDate" for your products, for which they will be available.
Config_EnableUpdatePriceBtn Enables the ability the "Update Price" button on the product details page for your products which have options. This way the customer may configure all options and quickly view the updated price with the new configuration.
Config_EnableVendorPrice Enables the ability to specify a "Vendor Price" for your products, only for use with administrative features such as generating Purchase Orders.
Config_EnableWarehouses Enables the "Multiple Warehouse" feature, which allows you to account for increased shipping costs when you must ship an order from multiple warehouses.
Config_EnableWarehouses Enables the wish list feature of the shopping cart.
Config_EnableYouAreHereGraphic Enables the display of a graphical representation of the entire checkout process indicating to the customer how far they have progressed.

 

Website Colors

Click "Website Colors" on the home page of your admin area.

The entire color scheme of your website may be edited here. Please note that some website color changes will required images of your website template to be modified to match your new colors.

Config_Colors_Background1  
Config_Colors_Background1_Text  
Config_Colors_Background2  
Config_Colors_Background2_Text  
Config_Colors_Background3  
Config_Colors_Background3_Text  
Config_Colors_BackgroundLight  
Config_Colors_BackgroundLight_Dark  
Config_Colors_BackgroundNuetral  
Config_Colors_BackgroundNuetral_Dark  
Config_Colors_Highlight  
Config_Colors_Lines  
Config_Colors_Lines_Light  
Config_Colors_Links  
Config_Colors_Links_MouseOver  
Config_Colors_Menu1  
Config_Colors_Menu1_MouseOver  
Config_Colors_MenuText  
Config_Colors_MenuText_MouseOver  
Config_Colors_MenuTitle  
Config_Colors_MenuTitleText  
Config_Colors_ProductName  
Config_Colors_ProductName_MouseOver  
Config_Colors_ProductPrice  

 

Home Page Options

Click "Home Page Options" on the home page of your admin area. This page will allow you to edit the display and arrangement of items on your home page.

Config_HomePage_EnableSection_FeaturedProducts Enables the "Featured Products" section of your home page.
Config_HomePage_EnableSection_NewProducts Enables the "New Products" section of your home page.
Config_HomePage_EnableSection_SuperDeal Enables the "Super Deal" section of your home page.
Config_HomePage_EnableSection_TopSellers Enables the "Top Sellers" section of your home page.
Config_HomePage_EnableTextTitle Enables the title of your website, where your company name and logo are usually place, to be displayed as text, instead of using a company logo.
Config_HomePage_WelcomeText Enables the welcome text on the home page of the store.
Config_HomePage_Menu1_Title Specifies the text to be used as the title of navigation menu 1.
Config_HomePage_Menu2_Title Specifies the text to be used as the title of navigation menu 2.
Config_HomePage_Menu3_Title Specifies the text to be used as the title of navigation menu 3.
Config_HomePage_NewProductsTitle Specifies the text to be used as the title of the "New Products" section.
Config_HomePage_SuperDealTitle Specifies the text to be used as the title of the "Super Deal" section.
Config_HomePage_TopSellersTitle Specifies the text to be used as the title of the "Top Sellers" section.

 

Website Display Layout Preferences

Click "Website Display Layout Preferences " on the home page of your admin area.

Config_SearchResultsColumns Specifies the number of columns to display on the "Search Results" page.
Config_SearchResultsRows Specifies the number of rows to display on the "Search Results" page.
Config_PhotoGalleryColumns Specifies the number of columns to display on the "Photo Gallery" category type page.
Config_PhotoGalleryRows Specifies the number of rows to display on the "Photo Gallery" category type page.

 

Company Information / Links

Click "Company Information / Links" on the home page of your admin area.

Config_AddToCartForLowerPrice_Title Changes the heading for the Add To Cart For Lower Price link.
Config_AdminFolderName The directory of your administration area. (i.e. admin)
Config_CheckoutFee_Minimum This allows you to set the minimum "Checkout Fee". For example, if the checkout fee percent calculation is less than this amount (for example $50.00), then this fee will be used instead.
Config_CheckoutFee_Percent Adds a "Checkout Fee" to the customer's shopping cart. This variable holds the percentage, for example 0.01 would charge a 1% additional fee to the shopping cart.
Config_CompanyAddress Your company's street address, state & postal code.
Config_CompanyNameLegal Your company's legal business name.
Config_CompanyNameShort Your company's DBA name (or common friendly name).
Config_ContinueShoppingPage The page to send the customer to whenever they click the "Continue Shopping" button.
Config_DescriptionName A configurable title for the section of text displayed on the "Product Details" page normally referred to as the "Description".
Config_EmailBetterPrice_Title Changes the heading for the Email A Better Price link.
Config_EnableTaxOnShipping Enables the ability to charge tax on the shipping cost.
Config_ExtInfoName A configurable title for the section of text displayed on the "Product Details" page normally referred to as the "Extended Information".
Config_ExtraShippingCost Allows you to charge an additional dollar amount for shipping
Config_ExtraShippingCost_Percent Allows you to charge an additional percentage of the shipping amount.
Config_ExtraShippingWeight An additional weight value to add to all orders for the purpose of influencing the LIVE shipping rate calculations.
Config_FeaturesName A configurable title for the section of text displayed on the "Product Details" page normally referred to as the "Features".
Config_FreeShippingQualifyPrice Specifying a "Free Shipping Qualify Price" triggers the free shipping method choice to appear to the customer as an available shipping choice if their order subtotal is greater than this value.
Config_HomePageURL Your website's home page URL. You must include the trailing forward slash after the URL. For example, "http://www.yourdomain.com/".
Config_ImagesFolder Your website's images folder directory, starting from your store's directory. For example, "templates/1/images".
Config_KitItems_Title Allows you to change the heading for free accessories.
Config_LivePersonID Your "Live Person ID", if you're using the Live Person customer service chat feature.
Config_LivePersonServer Your "Live Person server", if you're using the Live Person customer service chat feature.
Config_MinimumTotalOrderCost The maximum allowed order cost to be allowed to proceed through checkout.
Config_MinimumTotalOrderCost The minimum allowed order cost to be allowed to proceed through checkout.
Config_NewGraphicDays The number of days, beginning with the product's "DisplayBeginDate", to display the "NEW" graphic for a product.
Config_OriginCity The city in which your company resides (for LIVE shipping rate calculation)
Config_OriginCountry The Country in which your company resides (for LIVE shipping rate calculation)
Config_OriginPostalCode The Postal Code in which your company resides (for LIVE shipping rate calculation)
Config_OriginState The State in which your company resides (for LIVE shipping rate calculation)
Config_ProductAccessories_Title Allows you to change the heading for the product accessories section.
Config_ProductPhotosFolder Your website's product photos folder directory, starting from your store's directory. For example, "photos".
Config_RelatedProducts_Title Allows you to change the heading for the related products section.
Config_RMA_DaysGivenToReturn Allows you to change the number of days allowed for returns.
Config_Shipping_CPOST_Default_Height Allows you to specify the default height for a Canada Post package.
Config_Shipping_CPOST_Default_Length Allows you to specify the default length for a Canada Post package.
Config_Shipping_CPOST_Default_Width Allows you to specify the default width for a Canada Post package.
Config_Shipping_CPOST_RetailerID Allows you to specify the retailer ID for Canada Post.
Config_Shipping_CPOST_Server Allows you to specify the server for Canada Post live rates.
Config_Shipping_UPS_AccessKey Your UPS Access Key (if using LIVE shipping rate calculation)
Config_Shipping_UPS_Classification_Code
Config_Shipping_UPS_Password Your UPS Password (if using LIVE shipping rate calculation)
Config_Shipping_UPS_PickupType
Config_Shipping_UPS_Username Your UPS Username (if using LIVE shipping rate calculation)
Config_Shipping_USPS_Password Your USPS Password (if using LIVE shipping rate calculation)
Config_Shipping_USPS_Username Your USPS Username (if using LIVE shipping rate calculation)
Config_TechSpecsName A configurable title for the section of text displayed on the "Product Details" page normally referred to as the "Technical Specs".
Config_TimeZone Allows you to specify the time zone for your store.
Config_WebsiteTitle The title of your website. This may be your company name, or maybe your domain name.
Config_WeightUnit The weight unit used on your website. (i.e. "Pounds")
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