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Setting
up your Shopping Cart
What
is Ala Shopping Cart?
Ala
Shopping Cart is software that enables you to sell products
and services online. It is very easy to use and comes free
with our Commerce and above
plans.
How
can I install the Ala Shopping Cart?
1. Go
to your Control Panel
(www.yourdomain.com/menu)
2. Click
on the
Shopping Cart icon
3. Click
on the
Install AlaCart button.
The
system will display the following message:
"Install AlaCart
Operation submitted to the server for
processing
The operation will be completed within the
next 10 minutes"
4. Activate
your Shopping Cart; Go to the following Web page:
your_domain.com/s-cart/start.phtml
5.
Set
up your Username and Password by typing the information
emailed to you by
netbasiks.com
when you opened your account
6. Click on the button
"Update Password"
7. Enter your Domain Name
and Shopping Cart Path in the fields provided
8. Click on the button Update
Path. You should get the following message:
To setup the Shopping Cart, go to:
http://your_domain/s-cart/admin/index.phtml
To run the Shopping Cart, go to:
http://your_domain/s-cart/index.phtml
Done!
To
establish a link to your shopping cart from your Web site, use
the
following address:
http://your_domain/s-cart/index.phtml
To
Customize your Shopping cart, use the following address:
http://your_domain/s-cart/admin/index.phtml
My
'Categories' drop down box in the 'Add Product' page comes up
empty.
When you add a
category, you must define whether is contains subcategories or
products. The default is products.
If you change it to subcategories, then it will *not* appear
in the pull-down list in the add product screen.
Unfortunately, it cannot be changed after it has been created,
so you will have to delete any that were incorrectly created,
then recreate them correctly.
Will
my added fields for a product listing appear when a category
is selected, or only when you specifically click on that
product?
The first
listing of products only shows the pre-defined fields. When
you click on the product name, it will show your added fields
then.
How
do I edit the pre-defined category fields? i.e. delete
"Weight"?
You cannot
delete the weight field. You can only leave it blank, or enter
a
value for it.
How
do I edit the pre-defined main headings? i.e. "Browse
Catalog"?
Those too
cannot be edited.
I try
to add something to my basket, but when I check basket
contents, it is not there.
The Shopping
Cart uses cookies to track a user's ordering actions. Make
sure cookies are not disabled on your browser.
The
logo in the upper-left corner of the checkout page is not
showing. I get a broken-link gif.
The problem is
that the URL entered for the logo was entered as an absolute
path, not a relative path. Since the checkout page is secure,
it tries to call the insecure path, and this causes the error.
To correct, go to the "Look and Feel" page of the
Administration Suite. Change the "Logo URL (path and name
of logo on the server):" to a relative path. For example,
If it is currently:
http://domainname.com/images/alogo.gif
Change it to:
../images/alogo.gif
This will grab the logo in reference to the current directory
(s-cart) and correct the problem. The "../" at the
beginning refers to the /your_domain-www directory on
the server.
There
is no 'Add to Basket' button on my Shopping Cart program.
Make sure that
the Cart is being called on port 7070. If it is called on the
default port (80), sometimes the 'Add to Basket' button will
not appear.
Here is the format of the URL to call the program:
http://your_domain.com:7070/s-cart/index.phtml
To change this, perform the following steps:
(1) Go to: http://your_domain.com:7070/s-cart/admin/index.phtml
(you will have to enter your username and password to enter
this page)
(2) Change the URL to http://your_domain.com:7070/s-cart/admin/setup.phtml
(3) Under "Change Paths", enter your username and
password, and after "Your Domain Name", add :7070 to
the end of your domain name.
(4) Click "Update Path".
How
do I change my password?
(1) Go to: http://your_domain.com:7070/s-cart/admin/index.phtml
(you will have to enter your username and password to enter
this page)
(2) Change the URL to http://your_domain.com:7070/s-cart/admin/setup.phtml
(3) Under "Change Password", enter your current
username and password, and your new password twice.
(4) Click "Update Password".
My
domain name is not registered yet. Can I still setup my
shopping cart?
Yes, this is no
problem. Just tell support when they install the cart
for you, and they will make the cart use the IP number.
After the name is registered, you can change the cart to use
the domain name:
(1) Go to: http://your_ipnumber:7070/s-cart/admin/index.phtml
(you will have to enter your username and password to enter
this page)
(2) Change the URL to http://your_ipnumber:7070/s-cart/admin/setup.phtml
(3) Under "Change Paths", enter your username and
password, and after "Your Domain Name", change the
IP number to your_domain.com:7070.
(4) Click "Update Path".
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