Adding your Header, Footer, and Frontpage

Step One:
Create your header HTML and save it in a file called store_header.inc. Upload this file and place it in the directory /store/Html/headers.

Step Two:
Create your footer HTML and save it in a file called store_footer.inc. Upload this file and place it in the directory /store/Html/footers.

Step Three:
Create your Frontpage HTML and save it in a file called frontpage.html. Upload this file and place it in the directory /store/Html.

Creating Links for your store

Example One: Search Box

<!--Begin search table-->
<CENTER>
<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION=commerce.cgi>
<TABLE BORDER=1 CELLPADDING=3 CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH="500">
<TR>

<TD WIDTH=200 BORDER=1>
<CENTER>
<IMG SRC=Html/Images/search_store.gif>
</CENTER>
</TD>

<TD WIDTH=300 ALIGN=RIGHT BGCOLOR=WHEAT>
<CENTER>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="keywords" SIZE="20" MAXLENGTH="60">&nbsp;&nbsp;
<INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="search_request_button"
VALUE=" Submit ">
</CENTER>
</TD>

</TR>
</TABLE>
</FORM>
</CENTER>
<!--End Search Table-->

Example Two: Category Link You may link to category pages within your store. These pages are created on the fly (dynamically) and display all products within a particular category.

<a href=commerce.cgi?product=NAME>Link to Category NAME</a>

where NAME is the name of the category to be displayed.

Example Three: Links to Static HTML pages You may create and link to static HTML pages within your store. These pages would be uploaded to the /Html/Products directory, and linked as follows:

<a href=commerce.cgi?page=mypage.html>Link to My Page</a>

Adding, Editing, and Deleting products

Managing your store's inventory is a snap with the Store Manager. Use these links to:
Add Products
Edit Products
Delete Products

Option files

Option files allow you to associate your products with certain options. For example, if you sell t-shirts, you will need to allow the customer to select the size. Option files are simple HTML, but they do follow a specific format. YOU MUST FOLLOW THIS FORMAT! Here is an example:

<P>
<B>Gift Options<B>
<br>
<SELECT NAME = "option|1|%%PRODUCT_ID%%">
<OPTION VALUE = "None|">Select Here
<OPTION VALUE = "Gift Card|1.00">Gift Card (+ $1.00)
<OPTION VALUE = "Gift Wrap|2.50">Gift Wrap (+ $2.50)
<OPTION VALUE = "Gift Box|3.50">Gift Box (+ $3.50)
</SELECT>
</FORM>

Option files are placed in the /store/Html/Options directory

Adding images to your store

Images are added to the /store/Html/Images directory. Because all pages within the store are displayed through the script, all images links are relative to the commerce.cgi script itself. For example:

<IMG SRC=Html/Images/front_footer.gif BORDER=0>

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