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SalesCart Customer Technical Support -- Tech Article #001

Installing SalesCart in Win '95 / '98

Applies to: SalesCart, Ver 1.2 or earlier
Software Revision: Ver 1.2 or earlier
Last updated: Sunday November 13, 2005.

SUMMARY

This article is a step by step guide to installing SalesCart. For Windows '95 / '98 O.S. based machines.

Note: Prior to installing SalesCart make sure you have the latest Microsoft Personal Web Server (PWS) installed. To determine the version of PWS that you are using open the PWS interface, and select 'Help / About'.

If you are a Windows '98 user, and installed the PWS that came with Win.'98 or if it was automatically installed by your computer manufacturer then your PWS is up to date and you should skip this step and "do not" up date your PWS.

The PWS that is installed by default with Front Page '98 is not the latest version, and could cause errors. If you installed the PWS that came with Front Page '98, you need to uninstall it and install the versions as noted above. The Personal Web Server installed with FrontPage '98 is no longer a supported PWS option for SalesCart. You must have PWS version 4.0 which comes with Win. '98 or Microsft Option Pack 4.

If you are a Windows '98 user, and installed the PWS that came with Win. '98 then your PWS is up to date.

  • For Windows '95 users who want to install the latest version of PWS. Uninstall the PWS that came with FrontPage, restart your computer, then go to the Microsoft Personal Web Server web site . Choose 'Personal Web Server for Windows '95'. If you have problems contact Microsoft, unlimited Front Page technical support the number is 425-635-7088.
  • If you are a Windows '98 user, and you did not install the PWS that came with Win. '98, you can go to the Win. '98 control panel, select 'Add / Remove Programs', select 'Windows Setup' then select the PWS from the 'Internet Tools' options.

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PROCEDURE

  1. Obtaining the software. The software can be purchased or a 30 day trial version can be downloaded for free, go to the SalesCart home page for more information. If you have purchased the software it will come to you as an attachment in your e-mail. Copy the attachment into a temporary directory on your hard drive. If you downloaded the trial version, you will also need to copy the file to a temporary directory on your hard drive.

    If you are upgrading to the purchased version from the trial version you must uninstall the trial version software before installing the purchased version!

    • To uninstall the trial version; From Windows95, after pressing the Start button, select Settings and then Control Panel.  Double click on Add/Remove Programs.  Select SalesCart and then Add/Remove.  The program and the help files are automatically removed.
  2. Installing the executable file; (This assumes that you have copied the executable file you received into a temporary directory on your hard drive named 'temp'.)
    • Open Windows Explorer and go to the temporary directory you copied the executable file into. This directory should be empty, other than the SalesCart executable file.
    • Double click the file, a self extraction dialog box should open. In the 'unzip to folder' type in 'C:\temp' or you can use the default 'C:\windows\temp'. Select 'OK'.
    • The installation files will unzip into the directory you specified, select 'OK' and the install program will automatically start.
    • When prompted, select the 'Next' button.
    • Read the license agreement and if you agree, select the 'Yes' button.
    • At this point you can read the release notes. When your ready select the 'next' button.
    • Type in your name, company name and serial number. The serial number is required if you are installing the full purchased version.
    • Select 'OK' when you are prompted. SalesCart finds the path to FrontPage and installs the software at the correct location.
    • Select 'Typical' and select the 'Next' button. the server option is not required nor should it be installed.
    • Select the Program Folder you want to install to or use the default 'SalesCart'. Select 'Next'.
    • When the 'Registry set' box appears, select 'OK'.
    • When the 'SalesCart Homepage created successfully' box appears, select 'OK'.
    • SalesCart requires you to reboot your computer. You can select to do this now or later and then select 'Finish'.
    • Your done! Make sure you have restarted your computer before continuing.
  3. Recalculating hyperlinks on the root WEB. (This can be skipped if you have already recalculated hyperlinks on the root web at least once after installing the SalesCart software).
    • Open FrontPage, select 'Open an existing FrontPage WEB', and select the 'More Web's' button.
    • Under 'Select a WEB server or disk location' type in the following: 127.0.0.1 and select 'List Web's'.
    • Select 'OK', the root web for your system should open. You can verify this by looking at the top title bar of FrontPage Explorer, you should see '(http://127.0.0.1)' in the title bar. If you see (http://127.0.0.1/******) where ****** is the name of a web, you are not at the root web.
    • Select 'Recalculate Hyperlinks' from the tools menu, and select 'Yes' when prompted.

    That's it! You have successfully installed the product. See SalesCart Customer Technical Support -- Tech Article #002; Creating a SalesCart WEB.if you want to learn how to create your first test SalesCart web site.

 


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