Technical Support Article
SalesCart Customer Technical Support -- Tech Article #005
Installing a Demo or Released Version of SalesCart
Applies to: SalesCart 2.0/PRO 1.0/SQL 1.0
Last updated:
Sunday November 13, 2005.
SUMMARY
This is the first part of a two part series of
technical articles covering Installing SalesCart for both the demo as well as
the released versions. The first technical article covers an uneventful
installation. Uneventful in the sense that no problems are encountered
during installation. The prerequisite for this is a "corrected"
version of the PWS is installed and operational. FrontPage is correctly
installed. FrontPage server extensions are corrected installed and your
Windows operating system is functioning properly. We find in about 50% of
cases, these things are not correct.
Since SalesCart is built on the
foundation of Microsoft products, any problems in these lower levels will manifest
themselves in SalesCart. As a result, the architects of SalesCart do
numerous error checking routines during the installation of the product to find
and detect these problems before SalesCart is installed. Therefore, if you
encounter any problems you should refer to Tech Article #006 - Possible
Installation Problems Encountered while Installing SalesCart.
We suggest you print both of this Technical Articles out and read this article
first before installing the demo or installing SalesCart for the first time. We
suggest you read Tech Article #006 if you run
into any problems while installing SalesCart.
Important: This procedure assumes
assumes you have a fundamental knowledge of Microsoft FrontPage and the ability
to navigate the Internet.
RELATED DOCUMENTS AND LINKS:
PROCEDURE
Overview of procedure:
SalesCart is distributed
electronically. The software can be purchased, or a 15-day trial version can be
downloaded free. For more information on obtaining SalesCart, go to the
SalesCart home page (www.salescart.com
(see "http://www.salescart.com/ - http://www.salescart.com/")).
If you have purchased the
software, download instructions will come to you as an
E-mail. Follow the instructions in the email and copy the downloaded file
into a temporary directory on your hard drive.
You
may also receive disks or a CD if you have purchased a hardcopy of the product.
Contact ComCity at www.salescart.com to purchase a hardcopy of the
software.
Note: If
you are upgrading to the purchased version from the trial version you must
un-install the trial version software before installing the purchased version
of SalesCart.
1
In Windows 98/200, select Start>>Settings>>Control
Panel>>Add/Remove Programs.
2
Select ComCity SalesCart
and click Add/Remove>>OK.
3
4
Restart the computer.
To install the purchased version of SalesCart:
1
In Windows Explorer, create a directory named install.
2
Copy the SalesCart executable file to the install
directory and be sure there are no other files in it.
Note: If
you are installing from disks, Insert the first disk, and Select
Start>>Run from the Windows Desktop.
Enter A:\setup, then click Ok. Insert
each disk as prompted.
1
Double-click on the SalesCart executable file. A
self-extraction dialog box should open.
2
Click OK.
3
A dialog box similar to the following appears
4
5
Click Unzip
to unzip the installation files into the install directory.
6
Click OK
7
The installation program will automatically start.
8
Click Next.
9
Read the License Agreement and if you agree, click Yes.
10
Read the release notes (the ReadMe.txt file).
11
Click Next.
12
13
Type in your Name, Company and the SalesCart
Serial Number. The serial number is required if you are installing the full
purchased version. In the trial version, you may use the default serial number.
Note: You
MUST type your name exactly as the name you provided at the time of your
order. The SalesCart installation
is "keyed" to the exact
name of the license holder.
1
Click Next>>OK.
2
SalesCart finds the path to FrontPage and installs the
software to the designated location.
3
Select Typical>>Next.
Note: The
server option is not required nor should it be installed unless you intend to
edit the SalesCart pages directly on the server. This is not
recommended! Normally, this is
only required if you are installing SalesCart in an Intranet environment.
1
Select the Program Folder you want to install to, or use the default
SalesCart and click Next.
2
When the "Registry Set" dialog box appears, click OK.
3
When the "SalesCart HomePage Created Successfully"
dialog box appears, click OK.
4
Restart your computer.
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