After you’ve completed the installation of CubeCart™, the next step is to configure your new web store to support your needs. This process is straight forward using the CubeCart™ Administration tool and should typically require less than 20 - 30 minutes.
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 administrator user name (“admin”, unless you changed it during installation) and your password.
No, you do not.
If you have not registered your copy of CubeCart, you’ll see a message when you login to CubeCart telling you that you are running an unlicensed version of the software. CubeCart is free as long as you do not remove or modify the company's copy right notice. So you can run an unlicensed version if you wish. However, if you want to remove the vendor’s copy right notice 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 e-mail address name (e.g., Sales Department) you want displayed when customers receive mail messages from your store.
Email Address
The store’s general e-mail address (e.g., sales@mystore.com) used for sending/receiving messages. This will be the destination for any e-mails sent through the website, such as through notification e-mails sent by the website as notification of order status.
Mail Sending Method, SMTP Host, SMTP Port, User Authentication, SMTP User Name, SMTP Password
These values have been preset for our servers and should not be modified.
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”. The default is “No”, do not provide GIF support.
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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