Quick Start > Manual Guide (Post Installation)

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Manual Guide (Post Installation)

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Congratulations! You have now completed the installation of AspDotNetStorefront v7.0.

Before going live, below is a quick overview on the next steps you need to go over, which are ALL available in the AspDotNetStorefront Manual  :

1. Please review the following Security Best Practices below which are available in:

AspDotNetStorefront Manual path : Installation and Setup/Security Best Practices

• Enabling SSL
• Security Coding Practices for Developers
• AppConfig Security
• Data Encryption
• Setting your Encrypt Key
• web.config Authentication Parameters
• Using our ControlScan Partner Program

2. If you want to install AspDotNetStorefront in a Remote server, please read and follow the procedures below:

AspDotNetStorefront Manual path : Installation and Setup/Installing the Store

• Installing on Remote Server v7.0

3. Now that your Admin Site is ready, login to customize the functions and utilize the features of AspDotNetStorefront.

• To login to the admin site, open your Internet Browser ( Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox), type in the URL field: http://localhost/AspDotNetStorefront/admin (if you created your store under the name AspDotNetStorefront). See also Quick Local Installation Guide v7.0

• Username/Email address: admin@aspdotnetstorefront.com
• Password: Admin$11 (case sensitive)

• Upon logging in to the Admin Site, setup the following configurations by following the instructions in :

AspDotNetStorefront Manual path : Setting Up Your Store

• Setting Up AppConfig Parameters
• Managing String Resources
• Setting Up Currencies
• Setting Up Languages (Locales)
• Setting Up your Payment Methods
• Setting Up the Payment Gateways
• Define your Taxes
• Setting Up Shipping Methods
• Modifying your Shipping Rates Table
• Using Real-Time Shipping

Then you can add, modify, delete your :

• Manufacturer
• Distributor
• Categories and Sub-Category
• Department (Section)

Most importantly:

• Manage your Products
• Know more about Product Types and Variants
• Importing Bulk Products
• Manage Inventory
• Setup Product Prices
• Manage your Users
• Manage your Customers
• Manage and Processing Orders
• Manage different types of Reports

• Learn easily the power and flexibility of AppConfig Parameters and String Resources, which is responsible for enabling the settings and configurations that you want for your admin and store sites!
• Navigate and get familiarized with the sections of the Admin site for easy access of menus and functions.

4. Now that you have gone through the basic functions of AspDotNetStorefront, maximize the potential performance of your store by implementing these Advanced functions:

AspDotNetStorefront Manual path : Advanced Management

• Affiliates
• Coupons
• Customer Levels
• Downloadable Files
• Feeds
• Gift Cards
• Gift Registry
• HTML Block Fields
• Mailing Manager
• News
• Order Notes
• Order Options
• Phone Orders
• Polls
• Quantity Discounts
• Ratings
• Related / Upsell Products
• Sales Prompts
• Search Engine
• Subscription
• Staff
• Tracking Tools
• Topics
• Wish List
• Wholesale Site
• XML Packages

5. Every configuration that you make in your admin site, will reflect in your store site. To access your actual-to-be store, click on the link at the left corner of your admin site (e.g. AspDotNetStorefront Admin for : AspDotNetStorefront), and your store site will pop up in a separate window.

6. To change the skin of your store, learn the simple steps of Skinning Tutorial, which is also available in AspDotNetStorefront Manual in PDF format. Additional information online are :

AspDotNetStorefront Manual path : /Designing Your Store

• Images
• Galleries
• Skins
• Skin Tokens

7. To keep your admin and store site's smooth performance, please make sure you accomplish these maintenance procedures regularly:

AspDotNetStorefront Manual path : /Maintaining Your Store

• Performance Caching
• Run Monthly Maintenance Wizard
• Reset SQL Logs
• Restarting your website
• Storewide Maintenance
• Using SQL Logins

8. If you encountered errors after installation and during the customization of your admin site, please refer to these tips and articles:

AspDotNetStorefront Manual path : /Troubleshooting Your Store

• "How Can I?" Questions
• Forums ( http://forums.aspdotnetstorefront.com)
• Knowledge Base (http://kb.aspdotnetstorefront.com)

9. Upon completion of setting up the basic and desired functions, you are now ready to Go Live!

To go Live, here's what you need to follow:

1. You must have installed an SSL and enable it.

2. Then set AppConfig:LiveServer=your domain name (e.g. mystore.com). However, the site would NOT go "live" for SSL, etc. until you are running on that actual domain.

3. Set also AppConfig:RedirectLiveToWWW=true IF their SSL cert is on www.yourdomainname.com 

4. Turn ON your payment gateway so you can process credit card on a live mode. To do that, login to the admin site and then click on Run Config Wizard (you should be in the HOME page, under COMMON LINKS).

5. Set your AppConfig:UseLiveTransactions to TRUE, and then Save the settings.

6. Click Reset Cache.

NOTE: If your store is on a subdomain, set AppConfig:LiveServer=subdomain.yourdomainname.com, and set AppConfig:RedirectLiveToWW=false!

Click here for details on Enabling SSL and setting your AppConfig Parameters

10. If you need further assistance, here are the complete contact Info for AspDotNetStorefront:

PRE-SALES:	sales@aspdotnetstorefront.com
TECHNICAL SUPPORT:	Open HelpDesk
CUSTOM DEVELOPMENT REQUESTS:	customdev@aspdotnetstorefront.com
CUSTOM SKIN DESIGN:	skindesign@aspdotnetstorefront.com
SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION CONSULTING:	seo@aspdotnetstorefront.com
GETTING A MERCHANT ACCOUNT:	merchantaccounts@aspdotnetstorefront.com
VERIFIED BY VISA/MASTERCARD SECURE INFO:	vbv@aspdotnetstorefront.com

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