X-Cart Shopping Cart Software Reference Manual Revision Date: 2005-01-04 Copyright © 2001-2004 Ruslan R. Fazliev. All rights reserved. X-Cart Shopping Cart Software Reference Manual Table of Contents INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................................................... 6 A WORD OF WELCOME .................................................................................................................................................... 6 GETTING HELP ................................................................................................................................................................. 7 KEY FEATURES OF X-CART E-COMMERCE SOFTWARE .................................................................................................... 8 X-CART 4.X FEATURES................................................................................................................................................... 19 LICENSING...................................................................................................................................................................... 21 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION................................................................................................................... 22 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................................................................................ 22 INSTALLING X-CART...................................................................................................................................................... 23 CONFIGURATION FILES ................................................................................................................................................... 36 config.php configuration file..................................................................................................................................................... 36 /skin1/skin1.conf configuration file .......................................................................................................................................... 39 top.inc.php configuration file.................................................................................................................................................... 39 UNDERSTANDING X-CART SHOP.............................................................................................................................. 42 X-CART GOLD AND PRO ................................................................................................................................................ 42 X-CART ACCOUNT TYPES.............................................................................................................................................. 42 ORDERING PRODUCTS WITH X-CART (CUSTOMER) ............................................................................................ 44 SHOPPING CART ............................................................................................................................................................. 44 CHECKOUT ..................................................................................................................................................................... 46 MANAGING PRODUCTS AND ORDERS (PROVIDER) ............................................................................................. 50 PROVIDER QUICK START................................................................................................................................................ 50 PRODUCTS...................................................................................................................................................................... 52 Managing Product Manufacturers ............................................................................................................................ 52 Adding New Products................................................................................................................................................ 55 Searching for Products.............................................................................................................................................. 60 Updating Products' Quantity and Price .................................................................................................................... 64 Previewing Product Details....................................................................................................................................... 65 Advanced Product Management................................................................................................................................ 67 Advanced Product Management ............................................................................................................................................... 67 Modifying Product Details........................................................................................................................................................ 69 Adding and Removing International Descriptions.................................................................................................................... 74 Adding and Removing Product Options ................................................................................................................................... 75 Managing Product Variants ...................................................................................................................................................... 85 Revision Date: 2005-01-04 2 X-Cart Shopping Cart Software Reference Manual Classifying the Product............................................................................................................................................................. 90 Setting up a Subscription .......................................................................................................................................................... 93 Setting Wholesale Prices........................................................................................................................................................... 97 Adding and Removing Upselling Links.................................................................................................................................... 99 Adding and Removing Detailed Images ................................................................................................................................. 101 Editing Customer Reviews...................................................................................................................................................... 102 Defining the Product Manufacturer ........................................................................................................................................ 103 Deleting Products.................................................................................................................................................... 104 Cloning Products..................................................................................................................................................... 105 Generating HTML Links.......................................................................................................................................... 107 Importing Products.................................................................................................................................................. 109 Importing Detailed Images...................................................................................................................................... 126 Updating Inventory.................................................................................................................................................. 129 Exporting Products.................................................................................................................................................. 130 Adding Extra Fields to the Product Table............................................................................................................... 132 Selling EGoods (ESD products) .............................................................................................................................. 135 INVENTORY .................................................................................................................................................................. 136 Summary Page (Provider)....................................................................................................................................... 136 Defining Destination Zones..................................................................................................................................... 137 Defining Shipping Charges ..................................................................................................................................... 143 Defining Shipping Markups..................................................................................................................................... 146 Defining Discount Rates.......................................................................................................................................... 148 Defining Discount Coupons....................................................................................................................................