A: In order to install our shopping cart software, you will need FTP program. Below are step-by-step installation instructions:

1. Login into your server via FTP and go to cgi-bin folder

2. Enter ASCII mode.

3. Your software package will contain two directories: cgi-bin and www. Upload the entire content of cgi-bin directory (this includes all .cgi and .pl files, as well as all the sub-folders) into the cgi-bin on your server.

4. CHMOD all the .cgi and .pl files as 755. CHMOD all the sub-folders and files within these sub-folders as 644.

5. Enter BIN mode.

6. Upload the entire content of www directory into the www directory on your server (i.e. outside the cgi-bin directory!).

7. If everything is correct you should be able to login into the administrative area:

Example: http://www.yoursite.com/cgi-bin/ppadmin.cgi
Default user name will be: admin
Default password will be: pass

8. Once you are logged in, go to the Settings.

9. Next, go to Basic Cart Settings and configure basic shopping cart settings.
Use CGI ENV Variables link if you need help with determining server path and other server variables!

10. Return to Settings and click on Edit Referring Domains and change the default domain name to your domain name.

11. Return to Settings and click on Edit Account Settings and Password. Change your password, name and e-mail.

12. Now you should be ready to create the database from the Database Manager. Start form adding categories and then items.
If you are getting Error 500 in the ppaddit.cgi script, delete this line from the ppaddit.cgi in the text editor and re-upload ppaddit.cgi in the ASCII mode:
if (imagemagick eq 1){use Image::Magick;}

13. You should be able to access web catalog by clicking on Visit your store at link at the top.

14. Web store templates can be changed under HTML Editor. Avoid changes in the View Cart Template and View Order Template.