Each individual setting is explained below. You must press the Add/Update button
for any changes to be updated.
Site URL: This is URL of the site or shop. Please include the trailing "/" to identify the folder that contains the
shop files. A storefront can have multiple Site URL entries.
Site Name: A user-friendly name for the Shop.
Site Track: This is an abbreviation identifying the site (shop) for
tracking purpose.
Note that Site Track and Site URL must match the the
site info defined on the top of each of the storefront HTML pages.
Shopping Cart: Each shop can have its own shopping cart or share a common
one. This entry identifies the entry page, i.e. the view_cart.asp page of the shopping
cart (CyberShop). Please include the leading "/" for correct path reference.
DSN for the Cart: Sets the ODBC Database Source Name parameter for the
cart. This is intended for some internal backend processing purpose. The information must
match that defined on the top of the config.asp file in the shopping cart folder.
UID for the Cart: The user name for the Shopping Cart database. The
information must match that defined on the top of the config.asp file in the shopping cart
folder.
PWD for the Cart: The user password for the Shopping Cart database. The
information must match that defined on the top of the config.asp file in the shopping cart
folder. Note that each config.asp file will have the three parameters (DSN, UID, PWD)
defined on top of the page.
Note that You might not have a real ODBC associated
with the DSN, UID and PWD. But do not set them to nothing. The parameters are required to
identify the instance of the shopping cart.
Price Markup: This sets the overall price markup (or multiplier) for the
shop from the default prices given in the catalog database. Note that the individual shop
can use the built-in Custom Store Prices to further control
the pricing. Or use the Coupon feature of CyberShop to issue
discounts.
Price Unit: Sets the currency symbol (e.g. AU$) when display the prices on
the franchise storefront.
Currency Exchange Rate: Sets the currency exchange rate from the base
currency used in the central warehouse database.
Reward Point Rate: To promote online sales, each store can set up its
own membership club and lets the members earn loyalty points when they purchase. This field
sets the Point Rate when redeeming the points earned from previous orders. This rate
multiplies an item's price to give the points required to purchase that item when
redeeming the club points.
Forwarding Email(s): The emails to which the messages from the
"Contact Us" form shopping orders are forwarded. Multiple entries are separated
by semicolon ";".
Price Field: By default, CyberBuild picks up the "Price" field
in the "Catalog_Table" table to present the price. You may specify a different
field here, for example "Cost" field in the table.
Custom Price Precedence: CyberBuild allows each individual
store to markup item prices (cf. Store Level Pricing Control).
This field specifies the searching order when matching the custom prices. Remove the
setting to disable it. It uses the the SQL syntax with the "ORDER BY" keyword.
The field names must match the those defined in the "Custom_Price" table.
Distributor Account: Specify here the CyberClub account whose products, when
uploaded using the "merchant.asp" page, will appear in this storefront. This
field works in conjunction with CyberClub. You must specify the correct "Seller
Membership" information in the Catalog Admin Settings.
Affiliate ID: If you have multiple storefronts that share a same shopping cart
and you like to track sales from each of the storefronts, use this field to specify the
affliate ID of the storefront. This will be the affiliate's User Name on the membership
database associated with the common shopping cart. The affiliate is assumed to have a
membership account and will be able to use the affiliate tracking page provided by the
shopping cart to view the report. Leave it empty if not used or if your storefront
offers affiliates to third-parties.
Index Constraint: This is for advanced applications. Specify here the constraint
condition, in the SQL langauge, on which a sub-set of products will be displayed on the
storefront. The constraint can only be imposed on the "Index fields" of the
"Catalog_Table" table. For example, Catalog_Table.ProductIndex =
3, or Catalog_Table.ProductIndex = 3 AND
Catalog_Table.Index1 = 2.
Membership Database: Enter a Connection String that points to a CyberClub
membership database that contains the customer information for the storefront. For
example DSN=Membership or DSN=Mall_Membership. The database must be associated with an
instance of CyberOffice Club. This is used when the site requires registration, for
example berfore a customer enters an auction bid.
Site Banner: A URL for the banner of the Shop.
Site Parameters: Additional programming / configuration parameters that
CyberBuild and/or programmers can use to customize each individual storefront. They should
be entered in name=value pairs, separated by ";".
Site Folder: This is the physical folder on which the storefront site (or
folder) resides. CyberOffice tries to detect it for you. But it cannot guarantee the
accuracy. The information is used for the susequent search engine page generation
operation. The latter creates a set of plain, hierarchical HTML pages covering every
product in the database. They are meant to be indexed by search engines.
Product Detail Page: The page that displays the product details on the
storefront. If the online wizard is used to customize the storefront, the correct page is front.asp?file=detail.htm. Otherwise, it will normally be detail.htm. This information is used to link search engine pages
back to the normal part of the database driven site.
Remarks: An administrative remark field about the franchise shop in
question.