Explanation of Order API (Custom CGI) feature
Product: ShopSite SC Version: All What is the Order API / Custom CGI feature, and what can it be used for?Solution ID: S03755 The Order API feature in ShopSite Pro allows themerchant to create their own custom CGI script that will run at the very end of the order process and has access to all in ...
Font in the More Information Pages is not displaying as it is intended to look (problems with color and size).
Product: ShopSite SC + TX Version: 4.2x Platform: ALL Font in the More Information Pages has different colors, sizes than intended.Solution ID: S03841 There are several ways to modify the font on the More Information Pages. Three of the more commonly used areas to troubleshoot: 1) More Info Page ...
Generic Payment Option words appearing in Shopping Cart after being changed in Store Text
Product: ShopSite SC Version: 4.2 The generic payment options 1 &2 appear in the shopping cart of a store even though in the checkout section of Store text something other than Generic Payment Option 1 or 2 was specified.Solution ID: S03588 In order to correct this you will need to go into the w ...
How can I increase the years displayed in the credit card drop-down expiration list?
Product: ShopSite SC Version: ALL Platform: ALL How is the list of credit card expiration dates available on the ShopSite checkout screen configured?Solution ID: S03715 Solution ID: S03715 In v4.3 and later, the years are automatically calculated by adding to the current year (up to 14 years). I ...
How do I enter text into the Meta Keywords and Meta Description text boxes for search engines to locate?
Product: ShopSite SC and ShopSite TX Versions: All Platforms: AllSolution ID: S03742 Text should be separated by commas in the Meta Keywords text box. The Meta Description is entered exactly the way you'd like it read by a potential visitor to your site. There are many useful resources on the we ...
How do I replace my home page (index.html) after creating one with the Wizard function?
Product: ShopSite SC and ShopSite TX Version: v4.x A home page was created when I set up my store using the Wizard function. I would like to replace this page with a new page.Solution ID: S03732 Delete the original page from Pages | Advanced Editing. Rename the replacement page as "index.html" u ...
How do I uninstall my ShopSite store?
How do I remove my installation of ShopSite or uninstall it? Solution ID: S03917 The best way to handle this would be to do an rm *.* in each one of the shopsite directories on Unix servers. These directories would be the ss, sc, and data, and also the main shopsite directory that resides above ...
How do you edit the default font used throughout the store?
Product: SC + TX Version: 4.x, 5.x Platform: ALL I would like to change the font that's used in all of my ShopSite pages. How can I do this?Solution ID: S03780 The best way to make the change available to all of the store pages in ShopSite Manager or Pro is to add the font coding to the header a ...
how to make Country pull-down default to 'United States' or other country of choice
Product: SC Version: ALL OS: ALL I am using the Country pull-dowm menu in my ShopSite shopping cart, configured in Commerce Setup -> State & Country, but I can't figure out how to get 'United States' (or the country that most of my shoppers are located in) to be the default country listed. Can I ...
I can't adjust the image attributes (borders, size) for some / all of my images (thumbnails).
Product: ShopSite SC and ShopSite TX Version: All Platforms: All I can't adjust the image attributes (borders, size) for some / all of my images (thumbnails).Solution ID: S03759 When you specify an image for a product, there are two ways to do it. You can either choose from the pull-down menu, o ...
Images with spaces in name appear broken in Netscape (show in IE)
ShopSite: SC + TX Version: 4.x Platform: ALL Images that have spaces in their name (ie: "my store logo" rather than "mystorelogo") appear as broken links in Nestcape.Solution ID: S03886 Rename images without the space and readd through the back office. In Pro 4.3: Replace the images in the back ...
Images within Shopsite are having Unix permissions set to 640 during an upgrade to version 4.3, resulting in broken images. (suEXEC)
Product: SC + TX Version: v4.3 Platforms: Unix Images within Shopsite are being set to 640 during an upgrade to version 4.3. Solution ID: S03840 In Unix systems, the default permissions for all of the graphic files on an upgrade are set for 640. This can be a problem if suEXEC is in use. The ins ...
Incomplete or blank email receipts (shopper and/or merchant)
Product: ALL Version: ALL OS: ALL I and my shoppers are receiving the email receipts when orders are placed, but my and/or their receipt email is coming incomplete or with no text at all. Why is this happening?Solution ID: S05438 ShopSite uses a 3rd-party program called 'sendmail' (or sendmail-c ...
incorrect link / path results in broken images
ShopSite: SC + TX Version: 4.2x Platform: ALL The images in the store are not displaying correctly. The image path differs from the store media path.Solution ID: S03857 This may result if images are uploaded and then the auth file is switched, changing the store url. The fix is to select all ima ...
Inserting (and editing size of the) search field in custom pages and templates ; Error: "unable to open keyword.gdb"
Product: ShopSite SC Version: 4.x Platform: ALL Is there a way to include and edit the search field in HTML pages I've created? Why am I getting an error message "unable to open keyword.gdb?"Solution ID: S03801 Add the search field to a ShopSite page and then publish. In the source of that page ...
Internal Server Error when trying to Reset Image Attributes
Product: ALL Version: 5.x and prior OS: ALL Why do I get an 'Internal Server Error' or a 'Server 500 Error' when I select images from the List of Images and hit the Reset Image Attributes button? Solution ID: S05452 This has been known to happen on some servers when image names (not including th ...
Is it possible to remove an order from the sales and traffic report summaries?
Product: ShopSite SC Version: ALL OS: ALL Vendors sometimes get fake, duplicate, or test orders which they don't want to be reflected in the reporting summaries, can these be removed?Solution ID: S03778 It isn't possible to remove one order directly from the Reports statistics in ShopSite. It is ...
Is it possible to remove the Discover Card logo in my Shopping Cart?
Product: SC Version: 4.x, 5.0 Platform: ALL Solution ID: S03770 In versions 4.2.x, it is not possible to remove the Discover Card logo from the cart screens if Discover Card is chosen as a payment option. To add or remove this in v4.3 or later, go to Commerce Setup > Payment (payconfig.cgi). The ...
Is ShopSite available for Linux on SPARC-based systems?
Product: ShopSite SC Versions: v4.x Platforms: N/A There currently is no support for ShopSite on a SPARC-based linux system. The FTP site "linux" directory only contains x86 (Intel compatible) code. Would it be possible to get a copy compiled for the Sparc64 architecture? Solution ID: S03767 No, ...
Is the Associates feature available in ShopSite TX?
Product: TX Version: 4.x, 5.0 Platform: Solaris, Linux, Irix Is the Associates feature in ShopSite SC Pro available in ShopSite TX?Solution ID: S03809 The Associates feature is available in ShopSite TX version 5.0. It is not available in earlier versions of ShopSite TX.