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* This document isn't a storefront management guide.
It only explains how to run integrated e-stores from your
control panel. For instructions on how to operate your on-line
shop visit the corresponding company site.
osCommerce
Your plan allows you to create an online store with two
online shop builders and managers:
Website: www.oscommerce.com
- Version 2.2 (see below on how to update your version)
osCommerce is an open source e-commerce solution
and is released under the GNU
General Public License (GPL).
Features
- Add/Edit/Remove categories, products, manufacturers,
customers, and reviews
- Categories-to-categories structure
- Statistics for products and customers
- Dynamic product attributes
- Tax zones, classes, and rates
- Configuration parameters in database for remote editing
- Not tied together with the catalog module (admin module
can be installed on another server)
- Payment and shipping modules
- Backup tool
- Customer accounts
- Customer address books (other shipping destinations)
- Order history
- Temporary (not logged on) and permanent (logged on)
shopping carts
- Search catalog for products or manufacturers
- Product reviews by customers
- E-mail notifications
- Foreseen checkout procedure
- Secure transactions with SSL
- Number of products in each category are shown
- Bestseller lists
- Display what other customers have brought (relating
to the current product displayed
Setting Up osCommerce
To set up osCommerce online shop, do the following:
- Click osCommerce on the control panel home page.
- On the page that shows enable osCommerce for
the online store domain.
- Agree with charges, if any.
- Create a database and a user. osCommerce uses MySQL
databases to store your commercial data, such as products,
catalogues, etc.
WARNING: Assigning a previously created MySQL
database for use by osCommerce will clear contents of
all its tables.
The databases used by osCommerce will show among your
MySQL databases marked "(Locked By osCommerce)".
You can manage osCommerce databases with any MySQL
GUI client or the built-in phpMyAdmin control panel.
* For more information on MySQL please refer to MySQL
Support chapter of this manual.
- Set permissions to the "admin" directory using
the htProtect within
WebShell utility. This is done to restrict public
access to osCommerce configuration.
Now let's take a look at the osCommerce controls:
- ON/OFF - enable/disable the resource. Switching
off your osCommerce will permanently remove all your osCommerce
settings, databases, etc. So the next time you enable
it, you'll have to configure it from scratch and you will
be charged the osCommerce setup fee.
- EDIT - click the icon in case you somehow corrupted
the templates and want to get them fixed. Also, use it
if you have just set your e-shop to use SSL certificate.
This option resets the config file using the current hosting
settings and restores the osCommerce files from the bundle.
- E-SHOP - click the icon to go directly to your
on-line store.
- ADMIN - click the icon to go to your osCommerce
administrative panel.
Updating osCommerce to version 2.2-MS1
osCommerce 2.2 Milestone 1 contains lots of bugfixes, so
if you run the prior version, we highly recommend you to
update your online store building software to version 2.2-MS1:
- Back up all your custom osCommerce settings.
- In your control panel, go to the osCommerce settings
page.
- Choose the domain you are running your online store
on and click the Edit icon. That will update osCommerce
scripts.
- Click the Upgrade icon. This will update osCommerce
database:
Important: Please make sure that your current
osCommerce version is older than 2.2-MS1 before performing
the upgrade.
When updating osCommerce IGNORE the following message:
Warning: Installation directory exists at: /hsphere/local/home/your_account_name/domain_name/catalog/install.
Please remove this directory for security reasons.
Complete the update and only then remove this directory.
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