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StaticStore Manual
Rev 1.1

INDEX

1. Installation
    1.1 StaticStore Installation Instructions
         1.1.1 StaticStore requirements
         1.1.2 Installation Instructions For Unix/Linux
    1.2 Installation Notes (Please Read)
         1.2.1 Extra Fields/Keys
         1.2.2 How to add extra fields/keys at setup/installation time
    1.3 Linux/Unix Installation Trouble Shooter
    1.4 Upgrade Instructions to upgrade to a newer version of StaticStore
    1.5 Moving StaticStore to another host
         1.5.1 Backup your data
         1.5.2 Do clean install of StaticStore on the new host
         1.5.3 Restore your backups
 
2. The basics in 20 minutes (Getting Started)
    We highly recommended you read this if you are new to StaticStore.
    This will teach you the basics and save you time in the long run.

3. Settings (After Installation)
     3.1 Global Settings
           3.1.1 Running a static Store
           3.1.2 Next Page Text
           3.1.3 Previous Page Text
           3.1.4 Text before number of pages
           3.1.5 Separator between next and previous page
           3.1.6 Category separator
           3.1.7 No comments text
           3.1.8 Open new windows for products in categories
           3.1.9 Number of products displayed next to categories
           3.1.10 Hide URLs when displaying product listings
           3.1.11 What date format should be used when displaying dates?
           3.1.12 Generated File Extensions
           3.1.13 Default Index File
           3.1.14 Generating from telnet/ssh
           3.1.15 Listings in Categories Sorted by
           3.1.16 Number of product listings per page
           3.1.17 Search Method
           3.1.18 What to use when a search revealed no matches
           3.1.19 Text when a search revealed no matches
           3.1.20 Open new windows for products from search results
           3.1.21 Number of listings per page
           3.1.22 New Submission Settings
           3.1.23 Maximum Number of Description Characters
           3.1.24 Number of product listings per page
           3.1.25 Number of product listings per page when searching
           3.1.26 What's New & Top Hits Settings
           3.1.27 Number of products to display on What's New page
           3.1.28 Number of products to display on Top Hits page
           3.1.29 New & Popular Indication Settings
     3.2 Text Configurations
     3.3 Extra Field/Key Settings
 
4. The Store Manager (Adding Categories & products)
     4.1 Overview
     4.2 How to add a category
     4.3 Deleting a category
     4.4 Renaming a category
     4.5 How locked directories work
     4.6 How to cross link categories
           4.6.1 How to add cross links
           4.6.2 How to delete cross links
     4.7 How to add related categories
     4.8 Adding a product to a category
     4.9 Adding more than 1 product to a category
     4.10 Importing Data/products
          4.10.1 Order & Content
                 4.10.1.1 Order & Content
                 4.10.1.2 Delimitation
                 4.10.1.3 Duplicates
     4.11 Editing, Moving, Copying or Deleting Products
            4.11.1 Editing, Moving, Copying or Deleting Products
            4.11.2 Searching for a product for Editing, Moving, Deleting Products
     4.12 Using custom HTML templates for different categories
     4.13 Previewing categories
     4.14 Targeting banners at categories
 

5. Customization (Look & Feel)
     5.1 Customization Basics
     5.2 Template Basics
     5.3 How to edit templates
     5.4 What is the variable words in the templates/HTML files?
     5.5 How to use images in templates
     5.6 Default Store Template Customization Explanation
     5.7 General Template Guidelines
     5.8 How to use template includes
     5.9 Global Variables (Variables available to all templates)
     5.10 How to use custom store templates
         5.10.1 How to create custom template sets
         5.10.2 How to assign custom templates to categories
     5.11 How to customize and create your front page
     5.12 How to customize your front page
     5.13 Customizing The Search Results Template Plug-Ins
     5.15 Customizing The Rating Templates Plug Ins
     5.16 Customizing The Review Templates Plug Ins
     5.17 Customizing The What's New Template Plug Ins
     5.18 Customizing The Top Hits Template Plug Ins
     5.19 Customizing The Product Page Problem Templates
 

6. How to run/maintain a Store
     6.1 How to run a static store
           6.1.1 Generating the HTML files from the admin control panel
           6.1.2 Generating the HTML files from Telnet or SSH
           6.1.3 Using cron to generate your HTML files on a scheduled basis
   

7. End User Functions
     7.1 Product Functions
           7.1.1 Ratings
           7.1.2 Reviews
           7.1.3 Reporting Broken/Problem Product Pages
     7.2 What's New and Top Hits
    

8. Maintenance
     8.1 How to approve or reject new product reviews/comments
     8.2 How to manage Broken/Problem product pages
     8.3 Generating HTML files
     8.4 Generating Your Front Page (Index Page)
     8.5 Recounting Products
     8.6 Removing dead HTML files. (Clean-up)
     8.7 Database Maintenance

9. Plug-ins
       9.2 The Banner Manager
           9.2.1 How to rotate banners in categories
           9.2.2 How to target banners at content
           9.2.3 Displaying banners with search results
      9.3 The Broken/Problem Link Checker (for use on affiliate links or url' s)
           9.3.1 How to check for Broken/Problem links using the control panel (browser)
           9.3.2 How to check for Broken/Problem links from telnet
           9.3.3 How to manage Broken/Problem product reports
     9.4 Data Backups
           9.4.1 How to backup data
           9.4.2 How to restore backed-up data
           9.4.3 How to Configure the Backup Utility
     9.5 Top Search Term Includes
           9.5.1 How it works
           9.5.2 Setting up a Top Search Term Include
           9.5.3 Previewing your Top10 listing
           9.5.4 Getting the JavaScript code to place on your site
           9.5.5 Keeping the lists up to date
     9.6 Popular & New Product Includes
           9.6.1 How it works
           9.6.2 Creating a Popular or New Product Include
           9.6.3 How to list the most popular & most recent products in external pages or templates
           9.6.4 Keeping the Includes up to date
     9.7 Category Includes
           9.7.1 How it works
           9.7.2 Creating a Category Include
           9.7.3 Previewing your Category Include
           9.7.4 Getting the JavaScript code to place on your site:
           9.7.5 Keeping the lists up to date

 

 

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