Paths & URLs

1. If you're not at the Store Setup screen, click Store Setup in the black menu.
2. Scroll to the bottom of the Paths & URLs section and click "Edit paths & URLs".
3. Home Page: http://www.domain.com/ or http://www.domain.com/page.html if you would like the Home links to go to somewhere besides the default page (if you have a Flash intro as your default page for example). Note that if using the standalone version, and this value ends in .cfm, we will automatically pass cfid and cftoken to keep the user's session alive (if necessary).
4. Original Server: This will always be the URL to the directory the ezcart directory is in, and almost always be http://www.domain.com/ unless you needed a special directory setup. But, if for instance you chose to place the ezcart directory in a directory named mysite in the web root, then the URL would be http://www.domain.com/mysite/

   Note that the Original Server URL must always end with a /

5. Secure Server: Using your secure url, this will specify the directory that ezcartsecure is in. If using your own certificate, this will probably be something to the effect of https://secure.domain.com/ or https://secure.yourhost.com/yoursite/ if using a shared certificate.

   Note that the Original Server URL must also end with a /

6. Server Path to MS Access Database: If using SQL Server or MySQL, leave this blank or empty it if there is a default. If using Access, with a database named "mydatabase.mdb" (as an example), make this the path on the server, which would then look something like:

   D:\Inetpub\yoursite\mydatabase

   Note that we left off the ".mdb". Place the mdb in the 2nd field (don't enter the dot). This will allow you to backup your database before making changes if using Access, and restore it if necessary in case you accidentally delete everything. CFFILE must be enabled for this to work. You can ask your host. Some will not enable it. Others enable it only if requested.

   Note! We have no provisions for backing up or Restoring MySQL or SQL Server databases. However, again ask your host. At Tropical Web Creations, we do a full backup of all SQL Server databases on a weekly basis and a transactional backup every 12 hours, so if you did accidentally delete all your products, we could restore it to the state it was in no more than 12 hours ago. You would still lose any changes/orders made since the last backup, so it's best to always BE CAREFUL.

7. SSL URL Location: If you needed to make 2 datasources, one for your orders in addition to the main database, check the Remote server, additional datasource radio button. If using a single datasource/database, leave it as Same server, one database/datasource.
8. Mail Server: Click the "Test For Default Mail Server" link, if you don't get an error you may leave this blank. Or if you simply wish to use a different mail server than the default, enter the domain name or the IP Address of the mail server here. If you get an error when clicking on the test link and are not sure what to enter, ask your host what the domain name of the mail server is.
9. When finished, click Store Setup in the black menu.