Setting Up a ShopSite Shopping Cart
The Order Manager can import ShopSite web orders via the Internet. Follow the directions below to set up a shopping cart into which you can import ShopSite web orders.
Set Up Shopping Cart
In the Order Manager, go to the Maintenance Menu, then to the Store Setup Functions tab, and click the Shopping Carts button. The Shopping Carts dialog box opens:
Note: The Cart Type drop-down list will only appear if you are licensed to use the Order Manager with more than one type of shopping cart (ShopSite, Yahoo!Store, Miva Merchant, etc.).
Click the Add Cart button to define a shopping cart for downloading orders.
Enter a Store Name. That name can be anything you like, such as My ShopSite Store.
Enter the user name and password that you use to access your ShopSite Back Office in the Cart ID / User Name and Cart Password fields.
For the Script URL, enter the full URL for your ShopSite store's start.cgi file, but replace the file name with db_xml.cgi.
For example, if your start.cgi file is located at:
www.myshopsitestore.com/cgi-bin/bo/start.cgi
Then enter:
www.myshopsitestore.com/cgi-bin/bo/db_xml.cgi
Notes:
This must be the secure path to your back office, so the data that you download cannot be seen by anyone else. To find the secure path, go to your ShopSite back office and click on the Store Preferences link. Then click the Hosting Services button. The secure path that you need is labeled "Merchant secure URL".
DO NOT start the path with "http://" or "https://. DO start the path with "www." if appropriate. Note that in some cases the secure path may NOT start with "www", such as "myhosts.secure.server/mystore/bo". If that is the case, enter the path as shown without the "www".
Depending on your ShopSite installation, it is possible that the db_xml.cgi script may be located in a different directory. We recommend entering your store via FTP and locating the script so you are sure of the correct path. This is especially important if you try the standard location as described above, but the Order Manager is not able to locate the script.
Since ShopSite will be transmitting confidential information using this system, we require that a secure certificate be in use on your site. If this is a problem for you, contact Stone Edge and we will tell you how to get the data without using a secure connection, but with no confidential information included.
Click the Save button to save your information.