X-Cart:User manual contents

This page holds table of contents of cross-version user manual for both X-Cart Gold and Pro editions. The articles are being moved from http://www.x-cart.com/xcart_manual/online/

Introduction

• Getting Help

• Understanding X-Cart

• • Types of User Accounts

• What's New in X-Cart 4.3

• What's New in X-Cart 4.2

• What's New in X-Cart 4.1

• Licensing

Installing and Configuring X-Cart

• System Requirements

• Installing X-Cart

• • Installing X-Cart Using the Installation Wizard

• • Installing X-Cart Manually

• • Security related tips

• X-Cart's Configuration Files

• • Configuration File config.php

• • Top.inc.php

• Getting Started

Setting Up Your Store

• General Settings

• Appearance Options

• • 3-D Secure Transaction options

• • Company Options

• • Contact Us Form Options

• • Email Options

• • Email Notifications Options

• • General Options

• • Logging Options

• • Product Search Options

• • Security Options

• • SEO Options

• • Shipping Options

• • User Profiles Options

• Store Security

• • User Access Control

• • Blowfish

• • PGP/GnuPG

• • 3-D Secure Payment Authentication

• • Using Active Content (X-Cart PRO)

• Geographical Settings

• • Countries

• • States

• • Counties

• • Destination zones

• Shipping Settings

• • Shipping Methods

• • X-Cart:Real-time Shipping Calculators

• • • InterShipper

• • • USPS

• • • DHL/Airborne

• • • FedEx

• • • Canada Post

• • • Australia Post

• • • Testing Your Store's Ability to Receive Real-time Shipping Rates

• • Shipping Charges

• • Shipping Markups

• • Setting up Shipping

• Tax Settings

• • Taxes

• • Tax Rates

• • Tax Formula Editor

• • Taxes Options

• • Applying Taxes to Products

• • Examples of Configuring Taxes

• Payment Settings

• • Payment Methods

• • Credit Card Types

• Modules and Add-ons

Managing the Product Catalog

• Categories and Subcategories

• • Adding Categories

• • Managing Existing Categories

• • Defining Category Details

• • Defining International Category Descriptions

• Products

• • Adding Products

• • Managing Existing Products

• • Defining Product Details

• • Defining Other Product Information

• Featured Products

• • Adding Featured Products

• • Managing Featured Products

Operating Your Store

• User Profiles

• • Creating User Profiles

• • Managing User Profiles

• • Defining User Profile Details

• • Defining a Provider's Seller Address (X-Cart PRO)

• User Memberships

• • Adding User Memberships

• • Managing User Memberships

• Orders

• • X-Cart Order Statuses

• • Managing Orders

• Discounts

• • Adding Discounts

• • Managing Discounts

• Files

• • Viewing the Contents of the Files Repository

• • Managing the Contents of the Files Repository

• Import/Export Procedures

• • Exporting Data

• • Importing Data

• Store Statistics

• • General Statistics

• • Log-in History

• • Visitors Environment Statistics

• • Search Statistics

• Using the quick search form

Optimizing Your Store for Search Engines

• Using Clean URLs

• Using Page Title and Meta Tags

• • Adjusting the Page Title Element

• • Adjusting Meta Description and Keywords

Optimizing X-Cart Performance

• Using the HTML Catalog Feature

• • Generating an HTML Catalog

• • Updating an Existing HTML Catalog

• • Adjusting the Format of Page Filenames for the HTML Catalog

• Other Ways to Speed Up Your X-Cart

Customizing the Look and Feel

• Reinstalling Skins

• Editing X-Cart's Skin Files

• • Managing X-Cart's Skin Files

• • Overview of X-Cart's Templates

• • Overview of X-Cart's CSS Files

• • Using X-Cart's Debugging Console

• • Using X-Cart's Template Editor

• • Replacing X-Cart's Logo

• Editing the Text of the User Interface

• • Managing X-Cart's Language Variables

• • Using Webmaster Mode

• Managing Languages

• • Adding Languages

• • Setting Default Store Languages

• • Exporting Languages

• • Disabling Languages

• • Deleting Languages

• Using Static Pages

• • Adding Static Pages

• • Managing Static Pages

• • Defining Static Page Details

• • Creating Versions of a Static Page for Other Languages

• Using the Speed Bar

• • Adding Links to the Speed Bar

• • Managing the Speed Bar Links

• Adjusting the 404 Error Page

• • Enabling X-Cart's 404 Error Page on Apache

• • Enabling X-Cart's 404 Error Page on IIS

• • Customizing X-Cart's 404 Error Page

• • Creating Versions of the 404 Error Page for Other Languages

Maintaining Your Store

• Summary Page

• X-Cart's Advanced Tools

• • Generate Clean URL Values

• • Remove Credit Card Information

• • Optimize Tables

• • Check Database Integrity

• • Force Cache Generation

• • Clear Statistics

• • Clear Templates Cache

• • Re-generate the Image Cache

• • Re-generate the Blowfish Encryption Key

• • Remove Data

• System Fingerprints

• Cron.php - Script for Periodic Tasks

• Logs

• Images Location Management

• Applying Patches

• Backup and Restore Procedures

• • Backing up the Store

• • Restoring the Store from a Backup

• • Safety Tips

• • Troubleshooting

• Upgrading

Modules

• Advanced Statistics
• Antifraud Service
• Advanced Order Management
• Bestsellers
• Customer Reviews
• Detailed Product Images
• Discount Coupons
• Egoods
• Enabling and Configuring 'Egoods'
• Extra Fields
• Fast Lane Checkout
• Flyout Menus
• Froogle/GoogleBase
• Gift Certificates
• Google Analytics
• Google Checkout
• Google Checkout Order States
• Understanding Google Checkout Flow in X-Cart
• Greet Visitor
• HTML Editor
• Image Verification
• Interneka
• Maintenance Agent
• Manufacturers
• News Management
• Order Tracking
• Product Options
• QuickBooks
• Recommended Products
• RMA
• Shipping Label Generator
• Simple Mode
• SnS connector
• Stop List
• Subscriptions
• UPS OnLine Tools
• Upselling Products
• Users Online
• Wholesale Trading
• Wishlist

Most Popular Payment Methods Supported by X-Cart

• 2Checkout
• Authorize.Net
• CyberSource
• eSELECTplus
• PayPal
  • X-Cart's PayPal Integration Overview
  • Putting PayPal to Work with X-Cart
    • Obtaining a Verified PayPal Business Account
    • Applying for Website Payments Pro
    • Setting up Your API Access
    • Adding PayPal to the List of Your Store's Active Payment Methods
    • Adjusting PayPal Configuration Settings in X-Cart
    • Switching to a Different PayPal Solution
    • Deleting PayPal from the List of Your Store's Payment Methods
  • Testing X-Cart's PayPal Integration
    • Obtaining Accounts for Testing
    • Setting Your Store's PayPal Integration to Work in Test Mode
    • Using PayPal in Test Mode
  • Working with Orders Placed through PayPal
• WorldPay
  • Obtaining a WorldPay Account
  • Setting up WorldPay
• Sage Pay
  • Obtaining a Sage Pay Account
  • Setting up Sage Pay Form
  • Setting up Sage Pay Direct

Appendices

• Glossary
• Origin-Destination Tables for Real-time Shipping Modules
• Rules for Defining Hyperlinks

See also

• X-Cart:FAQs
• X-Cart:Programmer's guide
• X-Cart:PDF manuals