Web Server Setup

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The first thing that you should do is setup your web server. Each hosting company uses their own setup controls or control panel or whatever they call it. Many Windows hosting companies use the "Helm" web controls so we will be referring to the Helm for these instructions. Your web site controls may be setup differently but everything should be there.

You'll need to setup the following: (login to your web site control panel now)

1. Create a POP3 email account for the cart to use such as orders@yourdomain.com.

   • Click the "Email Accounts POP3 " button (Helm).

   • Click Add New and enter orders and a password. Then Save.

   • Login to the email account to make sure that the mailbox has been created.

   • To login you can usually go to http://mail.yourdomain.com/ and login with the full email address and password.

2. Create an FTP account to the db folder (database) on your web site.

   • Click the "FTP Accounts" button (Helm).

   • Enter a UserName and Password.

   • Make sure, if the options are there, that you can read and write to the folder.

   • FTP Folder: \db

   • Click Save.

   • Create a "Web Folder" on your computer to access the FTP folder on the web site. (Instructions Here)

   • Your db folder should sit outside of the wwwroot folder with the logs folder and only be accessible by ftp or DSN.

   • See your hosting company's help for more info. Or just go to your Files and Folders from your Web site control panel and create a db folder.

3. Setup FrontPage Extensions

   • Click the "FrontPage Extensions" button (Helm).

   • If Frontpage Extensions: Installed you're good. Your hosting company should have sent the password to you or you can change it now.

   • Otherwise Click Install FrontPage Extensions.

   • Enter a password. Click Save.

   • Write down the FrontPage User Name. (Be sure to get every underscore and dot)

   • Create a Web Folder on your computer to access your root web site. (Instructions Here)

4. Setup Web Site Settings

   • Click the "Web Site Settings" button (Helm).

   • Make sure "Directory Browsing" is turned off (unchecked).

   • If available, "Web Site Write Permissions" is on (checked).

   • Under Web Site Extensions select:

     • ASP and ASP.Net

     • Unless you need them for other applications deselect Pearl, PHP and cgi-bin.

   • Click Save

5. Upload Database and Setup the DSN (data source name)

   • Using the FTP web folder that you setup in step 2 above, upload the database.

     • Open My Computer and go to C:\Ecomm\EcommProV#\Database

     • Right Click on ecommpro.mdb and click Copy.

     • Click the "Folders" button in the Windows "My Computer" tool bar so that your Window is split into two sides.

     • From the left side window pane Scroll down to "My Network Places". Click on it to show the shortcuts in the right side window pane.

     • Double click on the short cut to your web site db folder that you created in step 2 above.

     • Right Click inside the folder and click Paste.

     • This will upload the database to the web server.

   • Now go to your Web Site Control Panel (Helm).

   • Click on the ODBC DSNs button (Helm)

   • Click Add New

   • Select Microsoft Access - Click Next

   • Enter the Data Source Name: ecommpro

   • Select the Database ecommpro.mdb from the drop down select box. (it will be selected if you have only one db)

   • Click Save.

   • If the DSN "ecommpro" is being used on your server by another web site you'll need to change it.

     • Your web controls might change it automatically and add an 01 to it. e.g. ecommpr01

     • Otherwise you can add the 01.

     • If you can not use DSN ecommpro exactly then you must edit a file in your shopping cart files.

     • To edit with NotePad open C:\Ecomm\EcommProV#\wwwroot\scart\admin\objConn_Open.inc

     • Change objConn.ConnectionString = "DSN=ecommpro" to objConn.ConnectionString = "DSN=ecommpro01"

     • Click Save - Close NotePad

Web Server Setup is now complete.

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