Creating
an Online Store
Your control panel comes with two on-line store builders, Miva
Merchant and osCommerce.
* 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.
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 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.
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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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