After you’ve installed CubeCart™, the next step is to setup your new web store to support your needs.
To login to manage your new store, enter your store administrator URL into your web browser (e.g., http://www.yourdomainname.com/cubecart/admin). Then enter your CubeCart user name (“admin”, unless you changed it during installation) and your password.
2. Protect your configuration file.
When you first login to CubeCart you will see a warning message telling you that your main configuration file is writable and that your store is at risk. To secure this file, complete the following steps:
1) Login to the hosting Control Panel and click on the File Manger icon.
2) Browse to your store’s configuration file, “global.inc.php”, by clicking on the directory names listed below:
· Click on your main site directory (e.g., mydomainname.com),
· then, click on your web store directory, “cubecart”, unless you renamed it during installation,
· then, click on the folder “includes”.
3) You should now see your configuration file listed on the screen. To set the permissions on “global.inc.php” to “Read Only”, click on the icon next to file name and then check the "Read Only" box on the right hand property display.
4) Finally, click on the Change button to save the change.
Your configuration file is now secured.
Tip:
The warning message will
still appear when you login, but the file is now secure and the
permissions have been set to read only. The message is still presented because
your store is being hosted on a Windows web server and CubeCart is checking for
a Unix file permission of 0644 to be set.
No, you do not. CubeCart is free. However, copy right notice at the bottom of the store you will need to register your copy on their site www.cubecart.com. The fee is currently $69.95.
To configure the general information for your store, login to the CubeCart Administration tool and select the Store Config → General Settings link. A screen similar to the one below will be displayed.
Browser Title
Enter the text you want to appear in the browser title bar when shoppers visit your store.
Meta Description
Enter the description you want search engines to use for your site.
Meta Keywords
Enter the keywords separated by a comma to define the keyword meta-tag you want used by search engines.
Store/Company Name,
Enter your store or company name.
Store Address
Enter your store’s address. This information is displayed when your customer uses check/money orders during the checkout process.
Country
Enter the country of residence for your store.
County/State/Zone
Enter the state or zone of residence for the store. This is necessary, as it is used in tax and shipping cost calculations.
After you have completed your updates, click the Update Settings button at the bottom of the screen to save your changes.
The e-mail settings permit you define how mail will be processed by you store.
Email Name
The mail sender name (e.g., Sales Department) you want displayed when customers receive mail messages from your store.
Email Address
Enter the e-mail address (e.g., sales@mystore.com) to be used for sending/receiving store messages.
Mail Sending Method, SMTP Host, SMTP Port, User Authentication, SMTP User Name, SMTP Password
Set Mail Sending Method to "SMTP".
Set User Authentication to "No".
Leave the other values blank..
After you have entered your updates, click on the Update Settings button at the bottom of the screen to save the changes.
For instructions on how to create POP/SMTP mailboxes (e.g., sales@mydomainname.com) for your site hosted with us, please see instructions.
The GD Settings section of the General Settings screen allows you to configure the size and quality of the images and thumbnails generated by CubeCart. GD is software code that allows CubeCart to dynamically create your store images.
GD Version
This setting allows you to modify the version of the GD software used for your store. You should leave this at the default, “2”, which is the more current version of GD.
Allow GIF Support
This setting lets you add support for GIF images. If you intend to upload your product or category images in GIF format then you should set this value to “Yes”.
Thumbnail Size
You can set the maximum size in pixels of the thumbnails generated by CubeCart for your products and categories by setting this value. The value you enter sets the maximum size for the width and height of the generated thumbnails. The default is 75 pixels.
Max Image Size
You can set the maximum size in pixels of the images generated by CubeCart for your products and categories by setting this value. The value you enter sets the maximum size for the width and height of the generated images. The default is 390 pixels (using image sizes larger than 390 pixels may affect the formatting of your store).
GD Image Quality
You can set the quality of the images CubeCart generates for your store using this value. Lower values generate smaller size images for faster downloads, but have somewhat poorer image quality. For best results, this value should be set between 60 and 80. The default is 80.
After you have entered your updates, click on the Update Settings button at the bottom of the screen to save the changes.
Tip: For best results, your initial product images should have a similar size so the thumbnails and pictures CubeCart generates all have common dimensions when displayed in your store.
At times, you may want to turn off access to your store, e.g., if it is under development or you are remodeling. The Offline Settings section of the General Settings screen allows you to turn on and off your store and to configure the message displayed when the store is offline.
Turn store off
This dropdown allows you to set the store on/offline. The default is “No”; do not turn the store off.
Allow administrators to view store off line
This setting lets you determine if the store can be viewed by administrators when the store is offline. The default is “Yes”.
Off line message
This setting lets you enter a message to be displayed to shoppers when your store is offline. You can create the message using a WYSIWYG editor.
After you have entered your updates to this section, click the Update Settings button at the bottom of the screen to save the changes.
Tip: If you do not see an entry area for the offline message, click on the small black triangle at the bottom left of the WYSIWYG editor to expand the area. (see image above)
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