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- MyStore 3.x SETUP COMPLETION
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- Having setup and tested at least a trial database, you're now ready to
- complete the variable entries for your store and make decisions about
- shipping, payment, quantity discounts, etc.
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- FIRST:
- Open the "storefront.htm" file for editing. Around line 34 is a list
- of variables. Replace the sample entries with values unique to your
- store. If you need to clarify what's needed, check for a detail
- description under background information or go to the glossary.
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- SECOND:
- Around line 90, there are four option arrays to configure:
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- shipby[] This is an array of options that show up on the
- "Order Form" as a drop down select menu for your
- customer to decide how they want their order shipped.
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- payby[] This is an array of options that show up on the
- "Order Form" as a drop down select menu for your
- customer to decide how they want to pay for their order.
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- payinstruct[] This is an array of payment instructions that show up
- on the purchase order ('Check Out") in response to the
- method of payment your customer selected.
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- qfact[] This is a hidden array of quantity discounts that get
- applied to an item based on how many of each item
- your customer selects.
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- All of these arrays get configured similarly. See "optionarrays.txt"
- for background information on setting up these options.
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- THIRD:
- The "meta" tags and the titles of the following documents are
- important for listing your store with the Internet search engines:
- index.htm, nav.htm, promoin.htm, storefront.htm, and welcome.htm.
- These are the top level, and therefore most likely indexed documents.
- See "links.txt" for details about using these tags to your advantage.
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- FOURTH:
- Many of the documents within this software have a "navigation aid".
- Viewing that document outside of the entire frameset that defines your
- store would not make sense. This could result in numerous useless
- links to your store, but it can be turned your advantage if handled
- properly. Hence, the "navigation aid" is a URL to automatically load
- in the event that one of these documents is linked. To this end, you
- might want to consider entering a title and meta tags to all of these
- documents. See "links.txt" for more details about this.
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- FIFTH:
- You should now feel free to play around with the look of your store.
- We saved this for last because it is fun and because the look is often
- dictated by how you've defined the store. The decoration variables
- you will be concerned with begin around line 58 of the "storefront.htm"
- file. See "decoration.txt" to learn what these variables can do and
- how they will affect the look.
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- SIXTH:
- There are other documents you will want to create or change as your
- store developes; however, all of the entries to "storefront.htm"
- should be complete. Upload the entire store to your intra or Internet
- host computer and give it a try.
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- See "uploading.txt" for instructions on what should be uploaded.
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- See "refinements.txt" for instructions on adding input messages,
- promo messages, and making refinements to some of the other documents.
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- Good luck with your store and thanks for using MyStore software.
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