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Contents:
1. Step by step installation guide.


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1. Step by step installation guide.

Step 1.
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Unzip all files from cart.zip. You should get the following files:

readme.txt - this file
cart.pl – Shopping Cart script
ashman.pl - standalone script for carts cleanup
shop_date.pl - ssi script, which starts ashman.pl
carttest.pl – Sample script to test Shopping Cart
carttempl.html – Sample template file
cartssi.html – Sample file to illustrate ssi calls
*.gif - image files


Step 2.
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Edit *.pl files if needed: the very first line of the following files

cart.pl
ashman.pl
shop_date.pl
carttest.pl

contains full pathname to Perl, default settings should be OK for 
most systems, but you should consult your server man pages if not 
sure.

Step 3.
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Upload all *.pl and  files to Accounts Online  directory on your WEB 
server IN ASCII MODE.

Set rights for all *.pl and *.pm files to 0755.

Upload all *.gif files to the same directory on your WEB server IN 
BINARY MODE.


Step 4. (optional)
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Edit if needed and upload carttempl.html into your Accounts Online 
<basedir>/tmpl directory. The cart.pl script looks for a line 
starting with **SHOPPING CART** tag to replace it with shopping cart 
interface.


Step 5.
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Please ensure your Accounts Online version is the same or newer as 
per Shopping Cart requirements 
(http://www.eastwright.com/internet/cart/index.html). Upgrade 
Accounts Online if required.

Run Accounts Online System Setup. In Shopping Cart section

- Set ‘Template name’ field to the name of your template file (if 
used)
- Set ‘Confirmation URL’ field to the URL of the script to run after 
order/purchase (optional, you can use the sample script 
carttest.pl for testing)
- Enter number of days to store customer’s cart info into ‘Keep cart 
for’ field. The keep counter resets every time shopping cart 
updated. Make sure the field is not empty and not zero.
- Check ‘Use eCommerce Gateway’ box if you want checkout to be 
handled by credit card transaction gateway
- Check ‘Qty field in invoices’ box if you want Qty field to be used 
in emailed invoices (if unchecked Qty always set to 1 and multiple 
items are being duplicated).


Step 6.
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Normally ashman.pl is to be run once every day by crontab. If you do 
not have access to crontab on your server or do not know what crontab 
is at all use shop_date.pl instead. Place the following html code

<!--#include virtual="url-path-to-accounts-online/shop_date.pl" -->

on the page which gets maximum hits per day. Every time this page 
being accessed shop_date.pl will check last time ashman.pl was 
activated and run it if necessary.