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- 2.1 HTML Setup
- 2.1.1 Simple Setup
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- 2.1.2.1 Creating header and footer files
- 2.1.2.2 Custom Setup MCart Admin
Setting Up ShopOnce 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". 
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. 
Figure 1-4 Administration After logging into the MCart Admin area, you are ready to begin setting up your shopping cart. Figure 2-1 is the main administration interface for MCart. 
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 SetupOnce 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.  Bottom of Form
Figure 2-2 2.1.1 Simple SetupIf 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. 
Figure 2-3 2.1.2 Custom SetupFor 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 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. 
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 filesFollow the areas below to create the required header and footer files.HTML page editor Start 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…) 
Figure 2-5 Save the page Save the page to an HTML file. This can be called anything, but we’ll 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. 
Figure 2-6 
Figure 2-7 Find 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 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. 
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 AdminEnter 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.
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. 
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. Directory: docs docs -> Application for acem docs -> Observational Assessment of Teaching Practices Teaching Assessment Initiative Proposal Submitted to The Teachers for a New Era project docs -> Traditional British values docs -> From Warfighters to Crimefighters: The Origins of Domestic Police Militarization docs -> Borzoi Club of America Register of Merit Program I. What is a Register Of Merit docs -> Protecting the rights of the child in the context of migration docs -> United Nations E/C. 12/Esp/5 docs -> 9th May 1950 the schuman declaration docs -> Getting To Outcomes® in Services for Homeless Veterans 10 Steps for Achieving Accountability Download 311.36 Kb. Share with your friends:
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