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1. xI blue green red 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 13 95 description goes here picture jpg ForSale Import Data from a Miva Data Source Miva data may also be imported if you have purchased and activated the module key This function will convert your inventory database from the Mcart Xbase format to a delimited text file which should be suitable for importing into a spreadsheet or database program The file will consist of one item per line with the fields for each item separated by the delimiter you select Figure 2 39 shows the interface to import Miva data If you do not see the Miva import section under the Import Export interface make sure you have purchased the Miva Module key and activated the key Page 43 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 E MCart Administration Export Import Menu Microsoft Internet Explorer Jae a File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Q sak amp EN a Le s Search 5 2 Favorites W I meda ES 2B dea jw gt kel Maoren Links Import Export Menu Import Inventory Data from a Flat File This function will import inventory data from a delimited text data file The file format must consist of one item per line with each field separated by the delimiter chosen below The first line of the file must consist of the item s field names in the following lines To better understand this use the export function below to create an example Text Data File Give the full path and filename of the file that contains
2. Inventory Control Options you will be able to enable or disable all items in the category selected You can also make each item taxable or non taxable or leave them with the same value Finally you can remove the sale price on all items To update the changes to the category fill in the specified options and click the Modify Category button 2 4 2 Change listing order To change the order of items in your shop select the Change Listing Order link shown in Figure 2 31 Use this option to automatically sort your inventory by Category and Item Name You can also order the items in your inventory manually they don t have to be listed in the order they were entered So if you have items Page 38 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 that you want customers to see first you can re number them here and click the update sequence button Refer to Figure 2 33 Other Inventory Menus Category Functions Change Listing Order Import Export Menu Select Items to View Category ALL CATEGORIES Items fi 2 Update View Current Order Of Your Inventory Use this option to automatically sort your inventory by Category and Item Name Update Sequence Enter the new sequence in the list below and click on Update Sequence to change the order Go back to the Main Menu when you have finished Category SE esas SpecialSales J Wholesale ShipNotice The greatest lo Everything Software IT1 No No No In the World fi james james IT2 No No
3. Page 50 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 Tracking Information for Order 69439868 Tracking Number EA Date Shipped 2 MM 14 2002 e Shipping Handler FEDEX hi Shipping Method UPS Next Day Air Early A M Submit Figure 2 44 1 Mcart allows you to enter your specific tracking information for each individual order 2 8 PGP Key To setup a PGP Key select the PGP key button from the main admin interface Enter PGP key for test mcart com Use this form to submit a PGP public key that will be used to encrypt your credit card orders before mailing them to your order address If you are not familiar with PGP you ll want to start by visiting the Pretty Good Privacy homepage to get the software you will need to generate your encryption keys and to decode your messages 1 If you have not already done so generate a PGP public and secret key pair for the address test mcart com Your public key must belong to this email address or the order program will not know which key to use when sending your orders If this is not the address that you want to use go back to your Mcart Admin program and change the Order Email address before returning to this form 2 Extract your public key to an ASCII file On a unix system the command to use would be o PGP 2 x pgp kxa test mcart com Page 51 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 o PGP 5 x pgpk x test mcart com 3 Cut and paste the ASCII armored key data into this box Be sure to inclu
4. manage the header and footer of the shop IF YOU CHOOSE CUSTOM SETUP YOU ONLY NEED TO FILL OUT THE SECTION SHOWN IN Figure 2 4 Page 12 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 E MCart Administration HTML Option Setup Microsoft Internet Explorer WEE File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ay f Ki Q Back Gd sl 2 ya Search se Favorites Y Media ES 2 SS EI Loa E Links Fill in this section only if you selected Custom Setup See this page if you need help creating header and footer files HTML Header File Enter the complete file path not URL for the file that you wish to use as an HTML header This file should contain at least an HTML HEAD section and the opening BODY tag plus whatever other elements you want to appear at the top of all of your shop pages Awww htdocs inc mcartheader tt HTML Footer File Enter the complete file path not URL for the file that you wish to use as an HTML footer This file should contain at least the closing BODY tag plus whatever other elements you want to appear at the bottom of all of your shop pages Avwwi htdocs inc mcartfooter t S Internet Figure 2 4 With Custom Setup you may use your own HTML to give your shopping cart your own personal touch This is where MCart can have the same look and feel of your own website 2 1 2 1 Creating header and footer files Follow the areas below to create the required header and footer files HTML page editor Sta
5. 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 To purge the cart database select the Purge Cart Database button on the main admin interface as seen in Figure 2 1 This helps you save disk space by deleting all shopping carts that have expired The expiration time is set in the shop configuration section discussed in the Cookie Timeout section above We suggest you purge expired shopping carts every month or so Figure 2 43 shows information displayed after shopping carts are purged Your cart database has been purged Active carts in database 3 Expired carts that have been removed 4 Number of Empty Cart 2 Disk space recovered bytes 15 Figure 2 43 2 7 Review Orders To review orders select the Review Orders button from the main admin interface This will show you all orders Some of the orders may not be authorized yet but all are shown Once you have used the purge cart database option see purge cart database for an example you will see only declined and approved orders Mcart will not distinguish between approved and declined orders Review Your Orders Click on one of the ID s listed below to view edit delete and if the Pro Module Upgrade is activated the tracking information for that order Tracking Info Setup ema orderea via 69439868 Thu Mar 14 17 18 26 2002 you yahoo net Offline checkout 69441579 Thu Mar 14 17 59 47 2002 me yahoo com Offline checkout Go back to Main Menu Figure 2 44 2 7 1 Tracking Info Setup
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7. The information you need to enter to configure your products is shown in Figure 2 41 If you didn t check a field to use that you setup in the Configuration Section it will not be displayed below For instance if you didn t check weight you will not see the weight option The ETA Message will only be Page 45 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 displayed if you selected Show Backorders or Limit to Stock from the Configuration Setup Inventory Control Options Quantity How many of this item are available in your inventory 1 ETA Message Message to display when this item has run out in your inventory El Limit Per Order Set this value to a number other than zero and each customer will be limited to that many of this item per order that they make regardless of the available inventory If you set this value to zero customers can order as many of this item as they want within the limits of your inventory if set above Part Number SKU Name Category Everythi e New Category Weight in Ibs Page 46 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 Note on pull down options All pull down option fields can contain prices or price adjustment information which allow you to change your prices based upon user selected options Add an equal sign followed by the new price after an option to set the price to that value Add a plus or minus followed by a number and the price will be adjusted by that amoun
8. What is SMT The SMT is an Internet based Server Management Tool or Control Panel It will allow you as a reseller or end userto manage your own personal web server from setting up virtual hosts on the server and billing them to maintaining e mail accounts and aliases and even installing new applications for your benefit or your virtual hosts In order to utilze the SMT simply choose your service category from the left side navigation Returning Users What is new We gave SMT 4 0 a face lift All of the functionality of that version are in this one Only the face of the application has changed To begin simply use the left side navigation for your needs If you need assistance the Help menu is located in the top right navigation For your convenience help items like this one are also located within the unique pages of the SMT 4 1 application Email Marketing Point Click Profit 9 95 Order today Business Enterprise Managed dedicated hosting for less more Dedicated Support Suite Take advantage of 24 7 technical assistance more Anti Spam Service Increase productivity by cutting the cost of SPAM more Que ay gt Links Internet Installation Figure 1 1 To install MCart or to upgrade to the current version select the Install Shopping Cart inside of the Web Services menu on the left in the SMT cpanel e NOTE If you are upgradin
9. choose to replace data all existing items will be erased and the items in the import file will be created as new items Import Inventory Figure 2 34 Import Inventory Data from a Flat File You can import inventory data from a delimited text data file this is a file that was created containing all inventory The import file must be an ASCII text file The fields can be delimited by a pipe tab or any other character with the exception of commas that you select as long as they are not included in any part of the data Refer to Figure 2 34 to see the import file section of the Import Export interface Most spreadsheet programs like Microsoft Excel can export spreadsheets into a comma tab delimited format You should be able to export data from most databases as well e g Microsoft Access Figures 2 35 through 2 38 show the fields needed to import inventory In the import file the first line of the file needs to contain the name of the columns Each product must be on its own line of the import file To see an example of an import file use the Export Function to create a properly formatted input file This will provide a format to start from if you are importing data from an existing shopping cart The following are descriptions of import fields followed by sample data Page 40 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 This import file format should be used only with the MCart import utility A el hate Type Max Required Desc
10. control options shown in Figure 2 21 Default ETA Message When Mcart runs out of an item it will attempt to display a message to your customers telling them when they can expect you to be back in stock This message can be defined individually for each item and you can also set a default message here that will be printed for any item that does not have an individual message attached to it If you leave this blank any item without an individual ETA message will have no ETA message printed at all This message will only be used if you ve selected Show Backorders or Limit to Stock in the list above Page 28 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 You will receive your items soon Your default ETA message El Figure 2 23 Figure 2 24 shows the Default ETA Message displayed to the customer when they view their cart prior to checkout If no Default ETA message is specified there will be no message Your shopping cart contains There are only O of Test Item currently available You will receive o f e A g Cost Total Quantity Part No Item Color Size Option1 Option2 Custom Weight Each Cost Test 2 123123123 Item S 5 0 1 00 2 00 1 123123123 Test S 5 0 1 00 1 00 Page 29 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 Item Sub Total 3 00 Shipping and Handling 0 00 Total 3 00 We will ship your order by for 0 00 or you may select from these extra cost options e z add 1 50 for UPS 5 day Ground Delivery e E add
11. customer s cart will be deleted It is best to leave this field at the default of 14 days Once all information has been filled out you can either preview or update your HTML Setup Options 2 2 Order Info Setup Order information is used to provide contact information to your customers placing offline orders This is used by a customer that does not want to make a purchase using the internet interface of your shopping cart but rather via USPS telephone fax or email See Figure 2 14 Page 20 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 The information below is used to tell your customers where to send their orders My order dept Order Dept Name Postal Address Required to accept Check and Money Order payments Phone Number Program will allow Credit Card Orders by Phone if you provide this number Fax Number Program will allow Credit Card Orders by Fax if you provide this number Email Address Required to accept Online Check and Credit Card payments Ecommerce User ID 421 MaidenLane Fayetteville NC 28303 910321120 orders ait com NOTE If using paypal this must match the email address you use with paypal Figure 2 14 2 2 1 Order Dept Name This is the name of the order department Sales Orders Internet Sales Internet Orders etc 2 2 2 Phone Number If you wish to accept phone orders from customers who do not want to put their credit card information on the secure order form
12. customer will be able to track their orders through tracking interface if they were using UPS or Fedex shipping method By selecting No your shop s tracking interface will be disabled Figure 2 30 2 4 Inventory Setup The Inventory Setup option allows you to modify individual items modify categories change the order items are listed in and import export inventory Figure 2 31 shows the main inventory setup interface More fields may be shown in the Inventory matrix if additional modules or fields have been activated Page 36 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 E MCart Administration Inventory Setup Microsoft Internet Explorer WWW File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Q E s x a A JO search 5 2 Favorites QU meca E B d n El kel aopen Links Inventory Setup Other pela Menus Select Items to View Category ALL CATEGORIES items 1 25 sl Update View Search inventory for keywords Seach Your Inventory Items DE zez E Shipnotice 100 T Shirts Navy T Shirt IT30 199 T Shirts Ringer T Shirt IT31 T Shirts Front Line T Shirt IT32 0 Internet Figure 2 31 2 4 1 Category Functions To make changes to a category select the Category Functions link shown at the top of Figure 2 31 You can use the interfaces shown in Figure 2 32 to make changes to all items in a given category and to rename or delete a category Select a Category to Modify Everything r Select a Catego
13. rate based on total order weight Percentage Shipping is charged using a flat rate plus a percentage of total order cost enter 5 for 5 not 05 By Items Each item has a shipping charge attached to it The shipping charge is a total of all item s shipping charges for the order plus the flat rate The base charge for all shipping models The per item rate for the Per Item shipping model The per pound rate for the By Weight shipping model or The percentage rate for the Percentage shipping model If an order s calculated shipping charge is less than this value the shipping charge for the order will be set to the minimum value If an order s calculated shipping is greater than this value the shipping charge for the order will be set to the maximum value Set this value to zero if you do not want a maximum shipping charge Figure 2 27 2 3 11 Additional Shipping options Page 33 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 You can add predefined additional shipping options to your shop For instance you can add a flat rate as an option but also include additional predetermined rates for Federal Express UPS Priority Mail etc To add additional shipping Options you must select yes beside the Additional Shipping Options radio buttons shown in Figure 2 28 If you do not select yes the additional shipping options you enter will not be saved You need to specify the cost name and description of each additional shipping option See Fi
14. want to charge 2 00 more for an extra large enter S M L XL 2 00 in the size field This will charge an additional 2 00 for an XL See Figure 2 19 Part 123123123 Test T Shirt Price 1 00 Sale Price 1 00 2 items in stock Se Select a Size S bel S Enter quantit EE to cart L Figure 2 19 Page 25 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 e Custom field may be used for the items that offer Monograms or custom lettering this field will be an input box e Color can be used for items that you offer in different colors If any of these fields are not checked they will not be shown in the inventory item interface See Add Item section 2 3 4 Optional Field Labels Optional Field labels can be used to add unique item descriptions or options as shown in Figure 2 20 To add optional field labels check the Option and Option2 in the Allowed Fields section shown in Figure 2 17 If you leave these items blank they will not be displayed in the inventory item configuration interface Optional Field Labels If you choose to use the Optioni or Option2 fields in the list above you can assign labels for these options here These labels will be used for all items in your inventory and they will also show up in your order forms so we suggest that you use a short name S Option1 Label for Option1 Option2 Label for Option2 See Figure 2 20 2 3 5 Inventory control Inventory control allows the shop administrat
15. you will need to enter a phone number the customer can call 2 2 3 Fax Number Page 21 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 If you wish to accept fax orders from customers who do not want to put their credit card information on the secure order form you need to enter a fax number to accept orders 2 2 4 Email Address An email address is required to accept credit card payments New order information is sent to this address and it is the reply address given to the customer on their receipt Remember that MCart will send all attempted declined and approved orders to this address You will want to make sure that the orders you receive at this email address are approved before you ship out the product or service If you use a PGP key this email address will also be the email address that the PGP key is created for The PGP Key configuration is discussed later If you re using Paypal for checkout your email address must be the same as you use for Paypal login 2 2 5 Ecommerce User ID The Ecommerce User ID field is used when MCPS or Linkpoint Gateway is enabled Enter your gateway login ID name in this field Figure 2 15 This login is supplied by your MCPS gateway provider or Authorize net if you are using their gateway services This feature is only available if you have selected an option other than PGP in the Shop Version Control portion of the Configuration Setup Ecommerce User ID Enter your Login ID Figure 2 15 Accepte
16. your data If you prefer you can select a file on your local machine and MCart will upload it for you Remember that large data files can take a long time to upload Please be patient Browse Choose your delimiter Choose a character string to use as a delimeter between the fields in your data This delimiter should not appear in the data for any of your items If you to use the Tab character as a delimiter put the word tab here Merge with or replace existing inventory data Merge O Replace If you choose to Merge your data any existing items will be updated with the information found in your file New items will be created as needed If you choose to replace data all existing items will be erased and the items in the import file will be created as new items Import Inventory El Done Internet Figure 2 39 Export Inventory Data to a Flat File To Export Inventory fill in the bottom section of the Import Export interface shown in Figure 2 40 This function will convert your inventory database that you already had from a previous shopping cart or you have recently created from the MCart Xbase database to a delimited text file which is suitable for importing into a spreadsheet or database The file will consist of one item per line with the fields for each item separated by the delimiter you select The shopkeeper specifies which fields are exported by checking the fields to export as shown in Figure 2 4
17. your shop To enable the search Page 24 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 engine you must have categories enabled shown in Figure 2 17 If you have enabled categories select no in the Disable Search Engine option This will enable customers to search for products in your shop Figure 2 18 shows a search engine of a shop Searches are not case sensitive Welcome to our shop Use this form to search for an item or select a category from the list below Search inventory for keywords Po Search Figure 2 18 2 3 3 Select allowed fields These fields are used to configure your products You will not be able to assign each item a specific field This will configure your entire inventory Image can give your customers a better view of the product Description will give product details to your customer Weight can be used to determine shipping Refer to Basic Shipping Model Optioni may be used for items that come in different This will always be a dropdown menu Option 2 is just like the option 1 field SKU number may be the barcode used to identify an item in your company s stock room Part number may be a number used to describe an item in your company s stock room Sale Price will show up in place of the regular price if set Size may be used for items that you offer in different sizes XL L M S XS Sizes can also be used to price products higher that have a certain characteristic For example if you sell t shirts and you
18. 0 Page 44 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 E MCart Administration Export Import Menu Microsoft Internet Explorer Jae File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ay Ki Q sxx Q EN a Lei ES Search 5 2 Favorites A Media J 2 de d s w La Ma Export Inventory Data to a Flat File This function will convert your inventory database to a delimited text file which is suitable to import into a spreadsheet or database program The file will consist of one item per line with the fields for each item separated by the delimeter you select below Choose your delimiter Choose a character string to use as a delimeter between the fields in your data This delimiter should not appear in any product data The delimeter must be only one character Select fields to export Sequence V Price M Quantity kl Shipping M Size Y SalePrice ETA NoTax Color Y Description Limit M Image Name Ship Notice Enter the export file path and filename exported tt Export Inventory Go back to Main Menu MCart v 4 0 Accept credit cards in just minutes Ki Links MD Internet Figure 2 40 2 4 4 Setting up your inventory item by item To begin setting up new items in your inventory use the Inventory Setup Interface You can access this interface by clicking the Inventory Setup button on main Mcart interface 2 4 4 1 Add Item You can add items to your inventory from scratch by selecting the Add Item button shown in Figure 2 31
19. 1 secs 79 21 Kbps transfer succeeded 226 Transfer complete LogWind Help Figure 2 8 NOTE If you have Windows MCart please call and ask for help because you will not have FTP access to your webstore 2 1 2 2 Custom Setup MCart Admin Enter the locations of the header and footer files into the custom setup section and select Preview Page Setup at the bottom of the page to see how your layout turned out A bit of warning some HTML editors FrontPage for example will use relative links to items in your page like style sheets or images You will need to change these to absolute links to make sure the headers footers work correctly when within MCart Go back to your MCart Admin section and enter the complete UNIX file path to both files An easy way to ensure you have the correct path is to FTP to your server change to the correct MCart directory and copy the path directory path your file is located in If you use WS_FTP the path is in the top of the program Copy each path and paste them into the HTML Header and Footer fields with the corresponding file names as seen in Figure 2 9 Page 16 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 MCart Administration HTML Option Setup Microsoft Internet Explorer Jeg File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ay Ki Q ea S x a Le JO search Sie Favorites S media E B d s a Ly MM open Links Fill in this section only if you selected Custom Setup See this page if you ne
20. 10 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 MCart Administration HTML Option Setup Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit view Favorites Tools Help Q sxx amp x ei Le JO search 5 2 Favorites A Media g 2 dea There are two ways to define the appearance of shop pages e Simple Setup Select this option and then fill in the items listed below and MCart will generate the HTML that it needs to setup your pages e Custom Setup With this option you must provide the location of your own pre defined HTML files that MCart will use for the header and footer sections of all of its pages Select your Setup Type Custom Setup lv Figure 2 2 2 1 1 Simple Setup If you select Simple Setup and enter the required information MCart will generate the HTML for your shop MCart will generate the HTML dynamically therefore the user or shop administrator does not need to know HTML IF YOU CHOOSE SIMPLE SETUP YOU MUST FILL OUT ALL INFORMATION SHOWN IN Figure 2 3 Page 11 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 Ka gg MCart Administration HTML Option Setup Microsoft Internet Explorer Jia x File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ay Q sxx Q EN a Le ya Search She Favortes S Media bk A gt a Color and Background Options Page background color Choose from the list below or select Other and enter a hexadecimal color Other Other Color FFFFFF Text color Choose from the l
21. 2 50 for UPS 4 day Ground Delivery Click on this button to go back to select more items from this shop Continue Shopping You may also use your browser s Back button or select one of the links at the top of this page You can make changes to the quantities listed above and click the Update Quantities Update Quantities button to update your shopping cart To delete an item just set the quantity to zero and click on Update Quantities Click on the Place Order button to place your order Please make Place Order sure you have made your shipping selections from the list above before proceeding to checkout Empty Cart Click on Empty Cart to remove all items from your cart f Figure 2 24 2 3 8 Default Currency You can specify the currency you would like to use for your shop see Figure 2 25 The default currency is used throughout your shop to display monetary values By default this value is Default Currency MCart will allow you to change the currency prefix that is printed with all prices Please note that it is up to you to make sure you can correctly process orders in the selected currency HTML special characters are allowed here although they will not show up correctly in the emailed order forms Prefix S Page 30 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 Figure 2 25 Page 31 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 2 3 9 Sales Tax You can charge sales tax for your state using the Sales Tax section shown in Figure 2 26
22. No category product Figure 2 33 2 4 3 Import Export Menu When you setup a new shop you don t have to re enter your data You can import data from a different shop by selecting import export link shown in Figure 2 31 The Miva import module can be activated to import data from a Miva database Import Inventory Data from a Flat File This function will import inventory data from a delimited text data file The file format must consist of one item per line with each field separated by the delimiter chosen below The first line of the file must consist of the item s field names in the following lines To better understand this use the export function below to create an example Text Data File Give the full path and filename of the file that contains your data If you prefer you can select a file on your local machine and MCart will upload it for you Remember that oe data files can take a long time to upload Please be patient Choose your delimiter Page 39 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 Choose a character string to use as a delimeter between the fields in your data This delimiter should not appear in the data for any of your items If you to use the Tab character as a delimiter put the word tab here G Merge with or replace existing inventory data E Merge Replace If you choose to Merge your data any existing items will be updated with the information found in your file New items will be created as needed If you
23. Page 1 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 MCart 4 0 User s Guide Advanced Internet Technologies Inc June 1 2004 Search All Your Favorite Engines from a Single Source with tyBi Du Download Now Revision History This is version 1 1 of the MCart 4 0 User s Guide All updates to this document will be noted below Version 1 1 e Released after several graphical changes have been made to the User s Guide e Released after the Human Verification system was implemented in the checkout program Version 1 0 Initial release in February of 2000 RT 0 Preface This document is the user manual for the free shopping cart called MCart 4 0 and the paid for version MCart Pro 4 0 offered by AIT Webitere Target Audience AIT Customers using MCart 4 0 and MCart Pro 4 0 Page 2 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 Table of Contents 1 Introductton non rn nr Error Bookmark not defined 1 1 Accessing your cpanel SMT A 4 1 2 Installation E 4 Mcart Installation Program va D Error Bookmark not defined 1 3 Setting Up SHOP BEE 7 Installation Program va 0 Error Bookmark not defined Mcart Files Installed Error Bookmark not defined 2 AGMINISTFATION a 7 201 HTML SGEUP atari des lena 9 21 WOEN 10 21 2 CUSTOM Setup iii a EEE atea 11 2 1 2 1 Creating header and footer files aaeeea eee teeter ees 12 2 1 2 2 Custom Setup MCart Admin 15 2 1 3 Additional Option eg dee as Veeder 17 2 1 3 1 Maximum Ite
24. Washington State residents are charged 8 tax Shipping and handling can also be tax if specified below the Sales Tax section Sales Tax Your shop can be configured to automatically add sales tax to orders placed from a given state Please select the state to charge Sales Tax and the enter current tax rate below You may select no tax by leaving the state blank or by setting the tax rate to zero You may also specify individual items in your inventory that are not subject to sales tax Je Rate 2 o use 2 letter abbreviation Charge Tax on Shipping and Handling G Yes No Figure 2 26 2 3 10 Basic Shipping Model Shipping can be configured in the Configuration Setup portion of MCart There are different methods to charge shipping as well as additional shipping options that can be predefined by the shopkeeper see Figure 2 27 The following are different shipping methods the shopkeeper can setup e Flat Rate shipping is the same for every order no matter how large or small e Per item shipping is charged by a flat rate plus an additional rate based on the number of items ordered e By Weight shipping is charged by a flat rate plus an additional rate based on the total weight of the order e Percentage shipping is charged by a flat rate plus a percentage of the total cost of the order e By Items This method allows the shopkeeper to assign a shipping charge to each item in inventory and the order is charged the
25. anges in the input boxes pdate List e above and click here Figure 2 42 2 4 4 3 Edit Item This option allows you to change an item in your inventory Select an item from the list that you created click the edit item option shown in Figure 2 31 and you will be able to make any changes you need You will see the same interface as when adding an item to inventory except the item data will be displayed 2 4 4 4 Copy Item To make a new item based on an existing one select the item from your inventory and click the copy item button shown in Figure 2 31 This will duplicate the item you copied and you can modify any of the contents of the newly copied item 2 4 4 5 Remove Item To remove an item from your inventory select the item from the list you created and click the remove item option shown in Figure 2 31 You will be prompted to delete all data associated with the item You must select to remove all data from the item This will remove this item from your inventory completely 2 5 Change Admin Password To change the shopping cart admin password select the Change Admin button of the admin interface Refer to Figure 2 1 Once you submit this change it will take effect immediately After submitting a new password you will be prompted to enter your new password before proceeding Once you enter your new password in your browser s login box you will be able to continue to administer your shop 2 6 Purge Cart Database Page 49 of
26. are related If you have one you must include both even though one may contain no data U AllowPSale L or No Allow periodical sale 1 for True O for False V PDiscountPercent Number No Discount percent Figure 2 36 The following 5 fields are related If you have one you must include the remaining 4 even if they contain no data W AllowWSale loro No Allow wholesale 1 for True O for False X WMinQty Number No The minimum quantity to wholesale Y WDiscMethod loro No Which wholesale discount method to use 1 for WDiscountAmount O for WDiscountPercent Z WDiscountAmount Number No The discount amount for the wholesale AA WDiscountPercent Number No The discount percentage for the wholesale Figure 2 37 Page 42 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 The following 3 fields are related If you have one you must include the remaining 2 even if they contain no data e Column name Type Max Required Description BB EnableShipNotice 1 or O No Allow shipping notice 1 for True O for False CC LowItemLimit Number No The item limit reached to be considered as low inventory DD NoticeEmail String 50 No The email to be sent when inventory is low Figure 2 38 Below is a sample that could be imported ID Sequence Quantity ETA Limit Name Price Shipping NoTax PartNo SKU Weight Size Color Option1 Option2 Custom SalePrice Description Image Category IT01 1 20 1 productName 1 00 15 00 partnum12 654321 s m
27. ckorders or Limit to Stock in the list above G E Show stock quantities in order forms Yes No Figure 2 21 2 3 6 Display Stock Information Select Yes under Display Stock Information as seen in Figure 2 21 if you want MCart to print the number of items in stock on the order forms This will only be displayed if you ve selected Show Backorders or Limit to Stock from the Inventory Control Options set in the Configuration Section of the MCart Admin interface Figure 2 22 shows an item that has 5 items in stock and is using the Limit to Stock Inventory Control method Page 27 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 test Part 123123123 Test Item Price 1 00 Sale Price 1 00 S z Select a Size Enter quantity Add to cart Figure 2 22 2 3 7 Default ETA Message When your shop runs out of an item it will display a message to your customers telling them when they can expect the item to be in stock This message can be specified individually for each item or you can set a default message with the inventory control options that will be printed for any item that does not have an individual message specified The Default ETA Message is specified in the Configuration Settings of your shop as shown in figure 2 23 If you leave this blank any item without an individual ETA message will have no ETA message printed at all This message will only be used if you ve selected Show Backorders or Limit to Stock from the inventory
28. d Payment Types These are the payment types that this program currently accepts Checks and money orders are assumed to be handled by postal mail Online checks credit card and COD orders are collected through a secure server and emailed to you via PGP or they can be phoned or faxed in if you provided those numbers with your contact info Check COD z Discover Novus Money Order z Visa z American Express L Diners Online Check E MasterCard E JCB y Switch 2 2 6 Referrer Question You can use the referrer question to ask your customers who referred them to you Provide the full text of your request For instance How did you hear about us Figure 2 16 shows the Referrer Question section of the Order Info section Page 22 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 Referrer Question You can use this option to have MCart ask the customer to give you some information about who referred them to your shop Please provide the full text of your request Some possible examples might be How did you hear about us or Please enter the email address of the person who referred you to us or leave this item blank and no referrer info will be collected How did you hear about us E mail for Informational Messages If you provide an e mail address here MCart will send email whenever an offline order form is viewed by a customer You will also receive mail at this address whenever an item runs out of stock in your shop if you are using one of the MCart i
29. de the BEGIN and END PUBLIC KEY BLOCK lines By Set Key 4 Click on this button to submit your key Figure 2 45 The PGP key interface shown in Figure 2 45 displays the email address entered in the html options setup page see the email section under 2 2 4 as the email where all orders will be received If you are not familiar with PGP you ll want to start by visiting the Pretty Good Privacy at http www pgp org You can download the software needed to generate your encryption keys and to decode your messages PGP can be obtained as freeware for non commercial use or can be purchased for commercial use The commercial versions are inexpensive for small businesses For licensing information please review the Network Associates website at http networkassocicates com 2 8 1 Generate public and secret key If you have not already done so generate a PGP Public and Secret key pair for the email address orders will be sent to Your public key must belong to this email address or the order program will not know which key to use when sending your orders If you want orders sent to a different email go back to your Order Info Setup and change the Order Email address before returning to this form 2 8 2 Extract your public key Extract your public key to an ASCII file A readable file On a UNIX system the command is the following e PGP 2 x pgp kxm youremail youraddress com e PGP 5 x pgp x youremail youraddress com If
30. e a question about your shopping cart please contact your Technical Support Representative at your hosting provider Resources e Mcart com http www mcart com Thanks to e Paul J Crispi at PrimoCaps com e Sean McCoy and Allen Horman at Netrphia com e Steve Barbee at btigroup com e Marshall Mermell at c911 com
31. e categories listed in the header select No 2 1 3 3 Target for Secure Pages If you run MCart inside a single frame of a framed document you will discover the browser does not show the security information correctly when the customer is transferred to the secure server to place his order To fix this problem you can set the TARGET attribute for the secure server links If you insert _TOP in this field the secure server page will automatically open in a new window which will display the security needed for your customer Figure 2 13 shows how the new browser opens for the checkout area Page 19 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 Th Meare Completo Your Order Microsoft Internet Euplecer Flo E vew Peares Tools help e tok f J ad es nts nne Del corner pa rl 7 Ire setih han 20 Please Complete Your Order Qy Name We Se The Puzle Caddy 5 Sect anere Card Number Expiration Date DEI Ja Di Your E mail Address reqared to preces your order aay NENG GERE PEOR R isg Address Figure 2 13 2 1 3 4 Alternate Checkout URL Alternate checkout may be used as a different checkout method other than PGP MCPS or Authorize net To use this option enter the URL to redirect for checkout 2 1 3 5 Cookie Timeout MCart uses a cookie to store the customer s shopping cart ID between visits to your shop Use this field to set the number of days to store cookies After the expiration date has been met the
32. e copy and paste the key into the box and then submit to unlock Mcart s enhanced features fe Click on this button to submit your key Seat Figure 4 1 notice that any module keys previously installed will be displayed at the top of the page Page 55 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 Upon correctly submitting a new module key the corresponding module will be activated and available for configuration 5 Discounts Discounts allow the shopkeeper to offer special sales for certain periods of time This module also allows wholesale sales This option is activated via a Module Key This feature is available for configuration by clicking the Configuration Setup option in the main interface of the admin panel If you do not see the Sales Control section of your configuration interface make sure you have purchased the Discount module and activated it successfully Figure 5 1 shows the sales control section of the configuration setup interface Sales Control There are two sales control methods Special period sales control and Wholesale control Special Period Sales Control will allow the shop administrator config the special period sale between start date and end date Wholesale control will allow the shop administrator to wholesale products respect to wholesale item limit Special Period Sales Control E MC No Wholesale Control E wes No Shop Version Control PGP Version Linkpoint Gateway Version E MCPS Gateway Vers
33. e installer is smart and puts the MCart in the directory structure that makes sense for you e User Name This is the username that will be used as the administrator for the Administrative section of MCart The default is shopkeeper You can change the username as long as it is at least 6 characters This username can only be changed by reinstalling your shopping cart Reinstalling your shopping cart will not delete data in your shopping cart the newer version simply overwrites the older version and copies all the data in the process e Password The password must be at least 6 characters If the shop administrator forgets their password you can re install MCart to reset the password Page 7 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 Setting Up Shop Once all information is entered into the installation interface click the Setup Shop button If you see the message shown in Figure 1 3 you have successfully installed MCart and it is time to setup the administration of your new shopping cart You may do this by clicking on MCart Login Server Management Tool Microsoft Internet Explorer BAX ay File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Q se Q sl a A pO search Je Favorites S media amp Get Ce jw Ly s H a 3 Mig Oper Server Management Tool Bandwidth Server Info gt Web Services gt Add e Mcart Installation Result Main Menu B i Customer Care Center The Mcart has been setup you will now be able to
34. eckout program that you want MCart to use This should be on a secure server somewhere This checkout will only be used for Online Check or COD orders in this version All credit card orders will be still be handled by the Ecommerce routine Cookie Timeout 1 minimum 1 day MCart uses a cookie to store the customer s shopping cart ID on their browser between visits to your shop Use this field to set the number of days after a visit that the cookies will last before the customer will have to start a new cart Preview Page Setup Update Page Setup Internet Figure 2 11 2 1 3 1 Maximum Items per Page When a customer views a page containing a list of items MCart automatically splits the list into separate pages if there are a large number of items Set this parameter Page 18 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 to the number of items you want listed on each page 10 or 25 are good numbers to consider If you use thumbnails in your shop we recommend that you limit the items per page to 10 for faster loading time If you choose not to use the thumbnails 25 items per page are recommended 2 1 3 2 Display Category Menu In Headers If you divide your shop into categories see Configuration Setup MCart will place a menu of links to each category page at the top of all shop pages as shown in Figure 2 12 My Shopping Cart Main Entrance View Shopping Cart Place Order Help Figure 2 12 If you do not want th
35. ed help creating header and footer files HTML Header File Enter the complete file path not URL for the file that you wish to use as an HTML header This file should contain at least an HTML HEAD section and the opening BODY tag plus whatever other elements you want to appear at the top of all of your shop pages Awiww htdocs inc mcarheader tt HTML Footer File Enter the complete file path not URL for the file that you wish to use as an HTML footer This file should contain at least the closing BODY tag plus whatever other elements you want to appear at the bottom of all of your shop pages Wewwhtdocsfinc mcart o Gier bi 40 Internet Figure 2 9 Click on Preview Page Setup to see your new page Figure 2 10 is an example of a shopping cart created using MCart s HTML Setup T adbtechftV Microsol Irieraet Explarer Figure 2 10 If your page does not come up correctly check your header and footer paths by first going back to the admin section of MCart and ensure both paths are correct Page 17 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 2 1 3 Additional Options Additional options can be used in both simple and custom setup options Figure 2 11 shows the options available E MCart Administration HTML Option Setup Microsoft Internet Explorer Jeg ay File Edit View Favorites Tools Help E E Q ea Q EN a Le yo Search Je Favorites O media amp B d s al Ly Wien Links Additiona
36. enter the beginning and ending dates and the discount percentage you would like to use in the bottom input boxes and click the create button To modify an existing discount group update the fields you would like to modify and select the change button To apply sales control to an item you must go to each item in your inventory and change the default values to the desired values Figure 5 4 is an example of how to setup an item s discounts Special Sales Control Select YES to enable special period sales control Select NO to disable special period sales control G E Yes Select the Discount Percentage 15 00 From 1 22 2002 to 3 22 2002 e Page 58 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 WholeSale Control Select YES to enable wholesale control Select NO to disable wholesale control You can specify the minimal product quantity to be considered wholesale as well as the discount percentage or amount G yes No 0 Minimal product quantity 0 00 E Wholesale discount percentage G 0 00 Wholesale discount amount Figure 5 4 To apply a wholesale discount select yes for wholesale control and enter the minimal product quantity and the discount you would like to apply To use the special sales discount select yes for Special Sales Control and select the discount you would like to use You must update the item for the changes to take effect 6 Additional Help If you have reviewed the User s Guide and you still hav
37. g to the Mcart 4 0 from an earlier version ALL character strings that are in place of an expected numerical value in your inventory ex 2000 each in the Sales Price field etc or numbers in these fields that contain commas ex 2 000 in the Price field etc will automatically be installed in the appropriate Mcart 4 0 field only as the numerical value shown ex 2000 0 The installation interface is shown in Figure 1 2 Page 6 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 Server Management Tool Microsoft Internet Explorer Quay File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ae 3 E AA ON A i i Al A Back sl d E ui vu Search Kr Favorites Y Media E E Server Management Tool Bandwidth Server Info gt Web Services gt Add A Mcart Installation Upgrading v4 0 Main Menu This program will install the files EEE 7 necessary to run Moart v4 0 on your OIR IR CEA Mcart Version PGP version server Please fill in all the Customer Console rsi information requested and click on O HOPE Calaway Version Setup Shop The program will Web Services O Linkpoint Version create the Moart directory structure S install the program files and make Add Shop Directory mcart the necessary changes to your server Manage oa m configuration to make sure the files g Virtual Host emtdemo ait com will run Once the files are setup Mail Services S yo
38. go into the RW Customer Console administration program to setup your new shop Mcart Login Web Services Add Manage Mail Services FTP Services FI Additional Services EE E Done S Internet Figure 1 3 After clicking the MCart Administration Program link you ll be asked for a username and password Enter the same information you used to setup your shop Human Verification System A new security feature inside of MCart 4 0 is that of the Human Verification System This system will provide a security code that is a random set of numbers generated to force a human to input them If a hacker or other attacker is attempting to exploit your MCart they will not be able to get to the checkout system due to this security feature Figure 1 4 below shows a small sample of what the interface looks like Page 8 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 File Edit View Favorites Tools Help gt Och z sl a DO Search Je Favorites QU Media MM open Links Home Schedule Advertising Sponsors Roster Contact Us Main Entrance View Shopping Cart Place Order Help Security validation Please read the text and enter the value in imput box then click on OK Security Code 135370 Enter code E Mi DN D gt Figure 1 4 Administration After logging into the MCart Admin area you are ready to begin setting up your shopping cart F
39. gp kxa emailaddress o PGP 5 x pgpk x emailaddress 2 Cut and paste the ASCII armored key data into this box Be sure to include the BEGIN and END PUBLIC KEY BLOCK lines BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK Version PGP for Personal Privacy 5 0 MmQGIBDxMZtgRBADZxLAyz9csSpg3a0WmolbiZglcGC5ykvxvZV4xpy2KR IbNivVr1eTjvHul75Af JZnCtc2CLuy4d8S b7chTPHUPG 9XH A FmN9D9Pm MxoJ58XRat3Xw ilkcjaw GrZJNsMGW9H7GW2eHhs OxPhC8Peml9hzz45s XRHIJOBx HiDgy Ow FkQTdrCs D Rw Mf Xen7atH9BmSf nliSHANDEFau8 Tnbf zmVfKyO0DsnY 99g97G S 5t4E matzLxORE ENlvq8n gmLov3MskUw GO NdXBUECNqiJG37 Ovn7y DETvvjCV 3A JWK1 36ht2Iknj14IK3jhGZ0Zbbvgr7t qUFdBACsMgX A6 DFs6s Y RKA68aWLIw 3f 79Q8PO5pCLdZJ85V XiN20 jJO5GIUQW3TxgFWrjL3UziOCibceOZuto Q5x QY WA Xh7fey0ZtkZoxGnUOr vuOPrfcvdym8BcH y4SVk16tDgelL COy hQECZXy uPONHGQsjULQeTWijaC 3 Click on this button to submit your key ml Figure 2 46 3 Common Errors 3 1 PGP Order Processing A very common error message that will be seen by users of MCart is The shopkeeper has not provided a valid PGP key to encrypt your order Please contact the shopkeeper about this error This error message comes from the MCart program which states that the MCart administrator has not setup a PGP key at all or that the PGP key being used is not the same as the one in the Order Info Setup area If you select the PGP Key option for processing orders you will need to set up a PGP Key If you are getting this error or have custo
40. gure 2 28 Additional Shipping Options G yes No If you only want to charge shipping as calculated above select No and skip down to the end of this form If you want offer additional extra cost shipping options to your customers select Yes and fill in the optional information below Describe what kind of shipping customers will get if they do not select any options for example Third Class US Mail Now enter up to 8 additional options in the table below Name is a short name that will show up in the order Description is the text the customer will see when choosing the options for example you might want to charge 10 for UPS Next Day so enter 10 under cost UPS NextDay under name and UPS Next Day Delivery under description Cost Name Description A A E A Leave the Name field blank for options you are not using and they will not be offered to your II Page 34 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 customers Figure 2 28 Additional Shipping Options will be displayed upon checkout as seen in Figure 2 29 Remember to update your configuration information when you are done by clicking on the update info option at the bottom of the page Your shopping cart contains i S A Cost Total Quantity Part No Item Color Size Optioni Option2 Custom Weight Each Cost Test 2 123123123 Item S 5 0 1 00 2 00 Total 2 00 We will ship your order by for 0 00 or you may select from these extra cost o
41. igure 2 1 is the main administration interface for MCart Page 9 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 E MCart Administration Microsoft Internet Explorer WE File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ay Q sxx z z sl E Le ya Search Je Favorites media Laa 2 d s jw Lad Mig Open Links RT Administration Set layout options such as colors header and footer HTML Options Set LE information and set frame targets and cookie timeout Set address phone and fax numbers and e mail address Order Info Set EE where you will receive orders and accept payments ATT Set shop parameters item categories default currency 2 sales tax and shipping options Inventory Setup Modify Shop Inventory Movaltemsto Mcar2005 Make sure that you have Mcart2005 installed before you migrate product items Set PGP Key Add your PGP key to the secure server for online orders MCart v 4 0 Accept credit cards in just minutes WD Internet Figure 2 1 It s best to start at the top and work your way down through all of the options This prevents overlooking any Setup features required to operate your shopping cart to your preference 2 1 HTML Setup Once you select the HTML Options Setup you will see the interface shown in Figure 2 2 You will need to choose between Simple Setup and Custom Setup Each option has its own requirements which are discussed in the Simple and Custom Setup sections Page
42. ion Figure 5 1 After enabling wholesale or special period sales control you will need to update the configuration settings The confirmation screen will have an arrow that will direct you to the special discounts setup page as shown in Figure 5 2 Configuration Info has been Updated Page 56 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 You will be using categories but you have disabled the search engine feature The following fields were selected for each item in your inventory Image Description Weight Option1 Option2 SKU PartNo SalesPrice Size Custom Color MCart will keep track of your stock but it will not tell your customers when an item runs out Your currency prefix is You will collect 1 50 sales tax from shoppers from NC You will collect sales tax on Shipping and Handling charges Your shipping method is Flat Rate Your minimum shipping charge is 45 45 Your maximum shipping charge is 46 46 You will offer additional shipping options 11 11 for Quick delivery 32668 92 for testing next You have configured your shop to use PGP checkout You have selected wholesale control Figure 5 2 Click on the arrow above to setup different discounts as shown in the Figure 5 3 Page 57 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 Start Date mm dd yyyy II End Date mm dd yyyy LI Discount Percentage 15 00 Click to go back to Main Menu MCart v 4 0 Figure 5 3 To add a discount group
43. ist below or select Other and enter a hexadecimal color Other Other Color 000000 Link text color Choose from the list below or select Other and enter a hexadecimal color Other Other Color 000000 Visited link color Choose from the list below or select Other and enter a hexadecimal color Other Other Color 880088 Active link color Choose from the list below or select Other and enter a hexadecimal color Other Other Color FF0000 Background image If you want a background image on all of your pages enter the image URL below If you want a solid background color leave this field blank Page Header Information Name of your Shop This name is the title of all shop pages Company Logo image If you want a logo image to appear at the top of your pages enter the image URL below If you do not want to use a logo leave this field blank Page Footer Information The following information is printed at the bottom of each page so your customers will know where to contact you None of the fields are required so you can leave any field blank Company Name Postal Address bel MD Internet Figure 2 3 2 1 2 Custom Setup For Custom Setup you must provide the location of your own pre defined HTML files that MCart uses for the header and footer sections of all its pages If you select this option the user or shop administrator needs to generate HTML files to create and
44. ject to sales tax E Yesa No Image URL Page 47 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 Give the URL of a picture of this item or leave this blank for no picture If you prefer you can select an image on your local machine and Mcart will upload it and set the URL for you If you provide an image file here it will override the URL stored above Item Description Enter a brief description of the item HTML tags are allowed if you want to use them This program will not check your HTML so be sure you check your results before making your changes permanent El Preview Item Listing Update Item Data Reset Form Figure 2 41 You will need to specify any information you desire in the item interface shown above Any information that is left blank will not be displayed to the customers 2 4 4 2 Update list This option allows you to change the availability of items in this list Make changes in the quantity of items and click the update list option as shown in Figure 2 42 If you have set the inventory control option to No Control you will only be able to enable or disable the item If you have selected any other inventory control option you will be able to update the quantity of all items in the list Page 48 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 The greatest E Yes Everything Software IT1 No No No In the World Yes James james gt category product Me NO No no To change the quantities of the items in this list make ch
45. l Options These options apply to both setup models Maximum Items Per Page 9 Whenever a customer views a page containing a list of items MCart will automatically split that list into separate pages if there are a large number of items to display Set this parameter to the number of items you want listed on each page 10 or 25 are good numbers to consider Display Category Menu In Headers Yes O No If you choose to divide your shop into categories MCart will automatically place a menu of category links page in all page headers If you prefer not to have this menu you can disable it by selecting No here Target for Secure Pages If you run Mcart inside a single frame of a frames document you will discover that the browser does not show the security information correctly when the customer is transferred to the secure server to place an order To fix this problem you can set the TARGET attribute for the secure server links here If you set this to _TOP then the secure server page will automatically open in a new browser window If you are not using frames you can safely leave this field blank The following option is only for PGP version checkout if you are using gateway checkout you can ignore it Alternate Checkout URL Most users should leave this item blank This option is only for those shopkeepers who want to use their own checkout module in place of the standard default checkout which is provided Enter the URL of the ch
46. mers getting this error review this section 2 2 4 Email Address under Order Info Setup 3 1 Custom Setup Errors The error Could not find header and footer files comes from MCart s inability to find the HTML files that you have created under Custom Setup Review section 2 1 2 1 and ensure you have the complete and correct UNIX path for the header and footer file You can check via FTP to ensure that they are in the correct location Page 54 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 3 3 Full Ecommerce Order Processing e If this error message comes up merchant login ID incorrect or account inactive check Order Info Setup and make sure your gateway login ID name username given by MCPS when the gateway account is setup is in the ecommerce user ID box Another error message is unable to open parse client certificate file Make sure you are using the correct version of MCart because this problem is usually related to the wrong version being installed Check that you are using the correct Cart Version 4 Module Key Activation Module Keys are designed to turn on additional MCart functionality or upgrade the cart to the PRO version These keys can only be generated by purchasing them from your hosting provider Upon receiving the new module key go to the admin panel and click on the Module Key button This will display the interface shown in Figure 4 1 You shop have the following module installed Pro 4 0 Modules Pleas
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48. nd the part of the HTML file that contains Insert Shop Here Select all of the text from the top of the file to just before this line Cut and paste this to a new file and save it as header html See Figure 2 7 Select all the text just after this line to the end of the file Cut and paste this to a new file and save it as footer this will automatically save as a txt so it will look like the footer file FTP Page 15 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 FTP upload these two files header html and footer html to your server We suggest putting them inside the directory in which you have installed MCart By default this would be the www htdocs mcart directory but if you changed the installation directory in 1 2 then place it in that directory WS_FTP Pro traci aitcom net _ Of x Local System Remote Site Kr Profi les tchapnan Pers J rus Local eto nttpd htdoos traci CH body_index_fi 000104 i C i 000105 10 52 CH left_skydivem 000104 C 000105 13 38 E body htm 000104 000105 14 02 E body_index ht 000104 i 000104 10 29 ote E 000105 i 000104 10 29 000105 000104 10 29 wi left_skydivem 000104 i 000104 10 29 i WS_FTP LOG 000105 R footer html 000105 13 28 a m header html 000105 13 37 c index cgi 000104 10 29 El d EI index htm 000104 10 50 Delete ASCII C Binary 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for Is Received 848 bytes in 0
49. nventory control features mcart ait com Figure 2 16 2 2 7 E mail for Informational Messages If you provide an email address in the Email for Informational Messages section Refer to Figure 2 16 MCart will send you an email whenever a customer views an offline order You will also receive email at this address whenever you run out of an item if you are using one of the MCart inventory control features If you re using Paypal for checkout your email address must be the same as you use for Paypal login 2 2 8 Commission Tracking Programs Commission Tracking allows you to setup your shopping cart to Commission Tracking Programs that are available on the internet These services typically provide leads to you from other sites in exchange for you agreeing to pay a portion of your sale as a commission for the referral These programs typically require that you place a hidden image on your shop checkout page that will report your sales for tracking and commission payment 2 3 Configuration Setup Configuration Setup allows the shopkeeper to modify various shop configuration options such as categories item description types shipping and handling and other configuration options Figure 2 17 depicts part of the Configuration Setup options Page 23 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 Inventory Database Options Separate shop into categories E yes No If you have a small shop with only a few items set this option to No and your inven
50. or to treat MCart like a physical storefront When an item is out of stock a brick and mortar shop would tell the customer or make a back order MCart can keep simple records of the number of items in your inventory Select one of the inventory control options seen in Figure 2 21 Note MCart cannot keep separate quantities for each of the options available for a given item Please plan your item setup accordingly There are several options available to control inventory in your shop The following lists the options available and provides a description of each e No Control This option allows the shopkeeper to either enable or disable an item No quantity is used in this option Either an item is enabled and it is displayed in the cart or it is disabled so customers cannot order it e Internal Use This option allows the shopkeeper to track the number of items in inventory and receives email notices if an item is out of stock Customers don t see any notices about inventory levels and are allowed to order items that are out of stock e Show Backorders This option allows shopkeepers to maintain quantities and receive notices when items are sold out This option allows customers to order items on backorder A Default ETA message is available for this option to display a message to customers when they order items that are on backorder Page 26 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 e Limit To Stock This option allows the shopkeeper to maintain
51. ptions 8 Click on this button to go back to select more items from this shop Continue Shopping You may also use your browser s Back button or select one of the links at the top of this page You can make changes to the quantities listed above and click the Update Quantities Update Quantities button to update your shopping cart To delete an item just set the quantity to zero and click on Update Quantities Click on the Place Order button to place your order Please make Place Order sure you have made your shipping selections from the list above before proceeding to checkout i g Empty Cart Click on Empty Cart to remove all items from your cart Figure 2 29 2 3 11 Order Tracking Order tracking allows shoppers to track their orders via FedEx or UPS This option is activated via a Module Key After purchasing and installing the Order Tracking Module Key this feature is available for configuration by clicking the Configuration Setup button on the main interface of the admin panel To enable the order Page 35 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 tracking option select Yes under the Tracking Enable option shown in Figure 2 30 Update the shop s configuration settings to enable order tracking The order History Report is generated with a link to the UPS or FedEx internet tracking program for each tracking number if the order was shipped via a traceable shipping method Tracking Enable E veel No By selecting Yes your
52. quantities in inventory and receive notices when items run out This option is similar to the Show Backorders options except this option will not allow a customer to order an item that is out of stock The Default ETA Message may be used for this option as well Inventory Control Mcart can keep simple records of the number of items in your inventory Select one of the inventory control options described below Note Mcart cannot keep separate quantities for each of the options available for a given item Please plan your item setup accordingly G No Control Items are either enabled or not The shop will not control the number of items sold G Internal Use Item quantities are maintained and the shopkeeper will receive notices when items run out Customers will not be told when they order more items than are available E Show Backorders Item quantities are maintained and the shopkeeper will receive notices when items run out Customers will be allowed to backorder items that are not available in inventory G Limit to Stock Item quantities are maintained and the shopkeeper will receive notices when items run out Customers will not be allowed to order more items than are in stock Items that run out will be disabled in the order forms Display Stock Information Select this option if you want Mcart to print the number of items in stock with the order forms for each item This display is only availabile if you ve selected Show Ba
53. ription name A Sequence Number No The order in which the item will be displayed in the category B Quantity Number No The number of items currently in stock C ETA String 100 No A message to be displayed to customer when items are out of stock and inventory control method is Show backorders or Limit to Stock D OrderLimit Number No The maximum number that can be purchased per customer E Name String 100 No The display name of the product F Price Number No The customer purchase price G ShippingCost Number No The additional charges for shipping H NoTax 1oro No To add tax 1 for True O for False I PartNo String 20 No The part number associated with the product J SKU String 20 No The SKU number for the product K Weight Number No The weight of one product Size String 50 No The sizes available for the customer to choose from M Color String 50 No The colors available for the customer to choose from N Option String 50 No Additional options O Option2 String 50 No Additional options P Custom String 50 No Custom field Q SalePrice Number No The sale price for the product R Description String 1024 No Description to be displayed on the web page for the product S Image String 254 No An image file that will be displayed on the web page for the product T ID String 20 Yes Product ID Must begin with IT Figure 2 35 Page 41 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 The following 2 fields
54. rt with your favorite HTML page editor Frontpage Netscape Editor Dreamweaver etc Open a template of your website or something that you d like to use for your shopping cart Page layout Create the page layout that you want MCart to use At one place in the page put a line that says Insert Shop Here See Figure 2 5 This will be the place where the MCart program inserts its data inventory etc Page 13 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 Ki Shopping Cart MCart Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Back gt O A A GSearch fyFavortes PMedia lt 4 B S El E award winning shopping cart software Insert your shop here Figure 2 5 Save the page Save the page to an HTML file This can be called anything but well suggest you save it as mcarttemplate html Plain text editor Open your favorite plain text editor Windows Notepad vi etc Open the HTML file in the text editor as shown in Figure 2 6 Page 14 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 lt TR align left vAlign top gt lt TD colSpan 4 height 27 gt lt TD gt lt TR gt lt TBODY gt lt TABLE border 8 cellPadding 8 cellSpacing 8 width 517 gt lt TBODY gt lt TR align left vAlign top gt lt TD height 9 width 25 gt lt IMG border 8 height 1 src body_index_files clearpixel gif width 25 gt lt TD gt lt TD gt lt TD gt lt TR gt lt TR align left vAlign top gt lt TD height 15 gt lt
55. ry Function Rename Category Enter new category name Page 37 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 Rename Category Then click Delete Category Are you sure you want to permanently remove all items in your inventory that belong to this category G vest No Delete Category MAA O Mei aa Enable Disable All Items No Change Make Each Item Taxable No Change D Remove Sale Prices on Each Item No Modify Category Go Back To Main Menu Figure 2 32 There are a few things you can do with the Category Functions interface The following describes each function e Rename Category To rename a category select the category to rename from the dropdown menu near the top of the page shown in Figure 2 32 Enter the new category name in the Rename Category section and click the Rename Category button The category will be renamed and the changes will be made to all items in that category e Delete Category To delete a category select the category from the dropdown menu shown in Figure 2 32 By deleting a category you will delete all items in that category Make sure this is what you want to do After you delete a category you will not be able to retrieve any items in that category You must select yes to delete all items in that category and click the Delete Category button e Modify All Items in Category This option will allow you to modify the quantity for all items in a category or if the No Control option is set for
56. t when that option is selected Do not include the dollar sign in this number For example you can set a list of shirt types as T shirt 15 Long Sleve Shirt 17 Sweatshirt 20 and Mcart will charge 15 17 or 20 dollars depending upon which type is selected Additionally you could set the Size options to be S M L XL 2X 2 25 3X 2 25 and Mcart will add an additional 2 25 to the price when large shirts are selected Sizes List available sizes with commas between them Or leave this field blank to have no Size options for this item Colors List available colors with commas between them Or leave this field blank to have no Color options for this item Option1 Option1 List available options with commas between them Or leave this field blank to have no Option1 options for this item Option2 Option2 List available options with commas between them Or leave this field blank to have no Option2 options for this item Custom field Enter the label for a blank text field attached to this item Some examples Monogram Text to put on Shirt etc Price You can leave this field blank and the Price will not show up with the item listing which is useful if you have defined the price of the item from the pull down options You can also set this to a string like FREE if you wish Sale Price If this field is set then this price will be listed as a special sale price for the item Taxable is this item sub
57. tory will be listed on the main page If you have a larger shop set this option to Yes and your shop will be split into categories You also get a basic search tool when you select Yes Disable search engine E Yes No Select allowed fields Listed below are optional fields that can be used to configure items in your inventory Please select the fields to use in your shop z Image URL of picture for each item Description a text block to describe the items pe Weight can be used to determine shipping see below m Option1 an additional pull down field you can define z Option2 an additional pull down field you can define m SKU e bart Number E Sale Price will show up in place of the regular price if set R Size m Custom a text field you can use to collect custom info like monograms etc Color Figure 2 17 2 3 1 Separate shop into categories Categories can be used to aid customers when searching for products If you have a small shop less than 75 items it is recommended that you choose NO If your shop has more than 75 items it is recommended that you choose YES and separate your shop into categories This will help your customers have an easier shopping experience 2 3 2 Disable search engine The search engine is recommended for larger shops where the customer knows the item number or name but is not sure about the category it s in The search engine features will be displayed on the main page of
58. total of all items shipping fees that were ordered e Shipping Rate This rate is used for the Per Item By Weight and Percentage options of the Basic Shipping Model If any of these three models are selected Shipping Rate is required e Minimum Shipping Charge This Charge is used if the shopkeeper wishes to charge a minimum shipping fee on any order If the total of the shipping model selected does not amount to the minimum shipping fee this fee will be used For instance if the minimum fee is set to 4 and the total per item fee is 3 then the minimum fee applies Page 32 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 e Maximum Shipping Charge This charge is similar to the minimum shipping charge except it is the maximum fee any customer can pay for shipping If the per item rate adds up to 15 and the maximum shipping fee is 10 then the customer is charged 10 for shipping Note You may only choose one shipping method under the Basic Shipping Model for your shop Basic Shipping Model Select Shipping Model None Ki Shipping Flat Rate Minimum Shipping Charge Maximum Shipping Charge None Shipping is not charged and does not appear when viewing a cart Flat Rate Shipping is the same for every order no matter how large or small Per Item Shipping is charged based on a flat rate with an additional charge for each item in the order By Weight Shipping is charged using a flat rate plus an additional
59. u will be able to go into the A User Name shopkeeper administration program to setup Na FTP Services np d your new shop If you already have 7 assword li ion of Meart and want FPA eescseece an earlier version o wu Additional Services to upgrade to Moart v4 0 just enter Verify Password seeescesee the old Moart directory and URL the program will automatically upgrade Reset Setup Shop SE Moart Version MCart and MC art Pro support Linkpoint gateways only if you have been hosting with your current provider prior to 2000 and your Linkpoint gateway was ordered prior to 2001 w E Done internet Figure 1 2 e MCart Version By default the PGP Version option is selected This does not require that the shop is tied to a merchant account or gateway but does require that the shop use PGP encryption and decryption for orders e Shop Directory This is the directory under which the MCart files will be put into This is very closely tied to the next option of Virtual Host For example if you wish to add an MCart for a top level domain simply input the word mcart into the Shop Directory section and the shop will install in the www htdocs mcart directory If you wish to install MCart for a virtual host directory then inputting the word mcart into this field and selecting the virtual host domain name from the Virtual Host section will put the MCart into the directory www htdocs virtualhost mcart Thus th
60. wn personal needs o Order Tracking Module Allows your shoppers to track their orders through UPS or FedEx o Discount Module Allows you to offer special sales for certain periods of time This module also allows wholesale sales o Miva Module Allows you to import data from a Miva shopping cart Accessing your cpanel SMT To first install MCart you must gain access to the control panel or SMT The screen below can be seen when users open a web browser and go to http theirdomain cpanel or http their IP address cpanel The login for the SMT 4 1 is always cpanel without the quotes and the password is always the main server password If this has not been changed by the user then it is the same password that AIT provided the user after the setup of the account Once logged in the user will see the cpanel SMT Introduction screen which should look something like what is displayed below in Figure 1 1 Page 5 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 E Server Management Tool Microsoft Internet Explorer Home Main Menu Bandwidth Server Info Help Customer Care Center Customer Console Web Services Mail Services FTP Services Additional Services rliriririri gt File Edit View Favorites Tools Q ea kd EN a Le JO Search Se Favorites S Media L lt E Ge EI LJ gt E rel 3 Bandwidth gt Home Help Server Info First Time Users
61. you re using a Windows Operating System you can extract your key using the following instructions Page 52 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 Launch PGP keys This can be done by clicking the icon in your system tray or by clicking the icon on Outlook or Outlook Express Highlight the email address that the key was created for Right click and select export Save this to a location where you can easily access such as your desktop or main HDD 2 8 3 Insert Key Cut and paste the key data into the input box shown in Figure 2 45 and be sure to include the BEGIN and END PUBLIC KEY BLOCK lines refer to Figure 2 46 Then click the button to set your key This will automatically set your key to send all orders to the email address that you provided If you do not know how to extract your key use the following instructions Note that this is for Windows operating systems only Go to the file If located on your desktop just minimize all windows Select the file Do not double click just single click Hold the shift key and right mouse click at the same time You will see the open with option Click it From the menu select notepad or Wordpad The key will open in notepad or Wordpad Copy and paste the key from notepad or Wordpad into the MCart Admin area to set your PGP key Page 53 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 1 Extract your public key to an ASCII file On a unix system the command to use would be o PGP 2 x p
62. your inventory item by item ccccceeeeeee eee e eee ees 44 2 4 4 2 Update list coi a Ae d s 47 2 4 4 3 Edit Fenteng ege SAS ENNEN Wind ANEN A ENEE 48 2 4 4 4 Copy de ae 48 Page 3 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 2 4 4 5 Remove Item ui AA A eee eee due 48 2 5 Change Admin Password cece cette ina eee a ai ante 48 2 6 Purge Cart Database saci ccciceten iid A did 48 2eF REVIEW e EE 49 2 7 1 TRACKING INFO SETUbP eee eee reese eee rr rr rr rr rr 49 2 0 POP EE 50 2 8 1 Generate public and secret key 51 2 8 2 Extract your public key oococcocccococococoncconccnannnna nr rr rr 51 2 8 3 INSOrt KOY 0 aa 52 3 Common Error S oi E EE ENEE a EE dE 53 3 1 PGP Order ProCeSSiNG i invernada ANERE EELER EE EIA a ae Ee 53 IL egen gie TEE 53 3 3 Full Ecommerce Order Droceselng eee cence eee ee seen teen a eee A e a 54 4 Module Key Activation cece nn nnn En EE EEE EEE enn 54 5 DISCOUNTS dd ee ENEE ENEE NENNEN ENEE CANE e ee Ne 55 6 Additional Hel pe nior aae a DEE Ne NEEN dE 58 Page 4 of 58 User s Guide MCart 4 0 Introduction MCart is a shopping cart catalog and indexing web store all rolled into one Version 4 0 is provided free of charge to all AIT customers and there is an upgraded version MCart Pro 4 0 that is a paid for upgrade The addition shopping cart modules that can be activated are a part of MCart Pro 4 0 MCart Pro contains many different modules that will allow you to shape MCart to your o

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