Defining Online Stores

First you need to provide your online store location and settings in the 'Shop' tab of the 'Setting' section (Fig. 1):

1.	Specify FTP server settings;

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Address

This is your domain name, for example example.com. Please note that the address should not contain 'http://' or 'www'.

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Port

By default is 21, which works in most cases.

•	Use passive mode

This check box is selected by default. If FTP connection does not work, try unselecting it.

•	Upload directory

This is the path to the folder where your LiteCommerce files will be uploaded to. Please note that this path might not coincide with the path as seen from the web. For example your LiteCommerce store web address is http://www.example.com/my_lc_store, but the upload directory can be public_html/my_folder/my_lc_store. Make sure there is not slash before the path, otherwise the FTP connection will not work.

2.	Specify MySQL server settings;

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Host

By default is localhost.

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Database

Enter the name of an existing MySQL database you want to use (or use already) with your LiteCommerce store.

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This is the login you use to get FTP access to the server.

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Password

This is the password you use to get FTP access to the server.

3.	Enter the store location (URL);

This should be the full URL, for example, http://www.example.com/my_store.

4.	Provide administrator information;

These are the credentials you use to access the Administrator zone of your store.

5.	Click on the 'Save' button to save your store settings.

Fig.1: Configuring LiteCommerce Control Panel

You can check the correctness of the provided settings by clicking on the 'Test settings' button. The 'Test shop' screen (Fig. 2) provides diagnostics for:

•	FTP settings: Control Panel checks whether it is possible to access the upload directory at the given FTP server using credentials provided in the FTP server settings section. If verification is successful, a test file is being uploaded to the server. If verification fails, you will get a message:

Checking FTP settings...

-Connecting to FTP server ... [FAILED]

This means there is a mistake in the provided FTP settings.

•	HTTP settings: Control Panel checks whether the given Shop URL is accessible via HTTP and matches the corresponding FTP upload directory – this is done by attempting to access the file previously uploaded via FTP. If verification fails, you will get a message:

Checking HTTP settings ...

- Checking HTTP connection ... [FAILED]

This means there is a mistake in the provided Shop settings, for example, the shop URL does not match the corresponding FTP upload directory.

If verification is successful, Control Panel attempts to access the administrator zone using provided administrator credentials. If the administrator login and password are incorrect you will get a following message:

Checking HTTP settings ...

- Checking HTTP connection ... [OK]

- Checking shop administrator's settings ... [FAILED]

If all the settings provided are correct, the following messages are displayed, you can click 'OK' to continue.

Fig. 2: Testing your store settings

Note:

If verification fails at some point, further steps of the test are skipped and no error messages are displayed.

You can configure Control Panel to manipulate more than one store. To configure an additional store, in the 'Select shop' drop-down box choose the 'Add shop' option and specify additional store settings, then click on the 'Save' button.

Unneeded store settings can be deleted using the 'Delete' button.

Note:

Removing a store from the Control Panel does not affect the store: no files are being deleted or modified at the store itself during the procedure.