INSTALLATION STEPS

Please read the following directions carefully before installing Your Catalog.

#1Create a MySQL database on your host server

#2 FTP the contents of the extracted zip file to your server.

The below files need to be placed in the root of your web site. The system will not run in a sub directory. Please maintain the directory structure of the zip file.

addlinfo.php
advancedsearch.php
ckcart.php
ckcartmulti.php
ckemail.php
ckfinish.php
ckshop.php
ckuser.php
ckview.php
display_page.php
logout.php
open.php
openinfo.php
wholesalers.php

The below directories must be transferred along with their contents
and directory structures.

/ckadmin
/ckinc
/products

You may rename /ckadmin however DO NOT rename the /ckinc directory if you plan on using themes. Be sure to specify the names you chose later when you run setup.php

#3 CHMOD 777 on the following directories and files:

/ckinc
/ckinc/themes/directoryname/*.inc
(all .inc files in theme sub directories)
/ckadmin/csv
/products
/products/xtra

#4In open.php - set the name of your includes directory.

The default name is /ckinc if you didn't change this then skip this step.

#5Run the installation script

http://www.yourdomain.com/ckadmin/setup.php

You will be asked to specify the system variables necessary to run your catalog system. If you choose to use the built in html editor - image files by default are stored in this directory

/products/xtra/

You can specify a different directory if you wish but you must CHMOD 777 so it is writeable.

You will be asked to enter the Installation Key you were given at the time of purchase. Please note the installation key must match the domain you are installing the system on. Your Catalog is licensed per site and may not be installed on mulitple sites without obtaining a license for each.

#6 After setup is complete please login to the catalog administration.

The default password of 12345
It is highly recommended you change the password after setup.

ACCESSING YOUR CATALOG

ADMIN PAGE
http://www.yourdomain.com/ckadmin/index.htm
PW=12345

DEFAULT CATALOG PAGE
http://www.yourdomain.com/ckshop.php

(you may rename ckshop.php to index.php or any other name - but will need to adjust the setting in the Shop Variables also) Refer to the help inside the Shop Variables for further information on configuring the default catalog page. You may also use .htm or .html extensions if you set up your .htaccess file to process these file types as PHP

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .htm .html

Please do not send us questions on how to configure htaccess as each host provides different methods to modify this and different levels of access to it.

WHOLESALE LOGIN
http://www.yourdomain.com/wholesalers.php

Refer to the help files in the catalog admin for details on setting up wholesaler and wholesale discounts.

SECURITY PRECAUTIONS

A new file was created during setup:

/ckinc/dbconfig.php

This contains the username, password and database name for your site.
It is highly recommended you move this file above the public directory of your site for added security. You will need to modify the paths in open.php to reflect the new location. In example you would change

include($_SERVER[DOCUMENT_ROOT].$include_directory."/dbconfig.php");

change to

include("/home/user/dbconfig.php");

There are comments in open.php to aid with this adjustment.

If your host does not allow files to be stored and read above the public directory we suggest you contact them regarding protecting this file using .htaccess Please do not send us questions on how to configure htaccess as each host provides different methods to modify this and different levels of access to it.

You will also want to remove the setup.php file after installation is complete.

At this point your installation is complete!

For further information on configuring your catalog please refer to the Getting Started and Working with Templates guides.

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