Store Settings

The Store Settings page allows you to change many different aspects of your store. This page will give you an overview of each section of the Store Settings page and it's purpose.

1. Open the control panel
2. Click the Store Settings  icon in the toolbar.

1. Company Information
   Squirrelcart uses the information in this section whenever it needs information about your company. This information is used for various features throughout the cart. It is important that you fill this section out as accurately as possible.
   
   
2. Email Settings
   This section controls the emails that Squirrelcart sends.
   
   
   Email Orders To
   Set this value to the email address you want to have orders mailed to. You can use multiple addresses if you separate them with commas (do not put one at the end!).
   
   
   Email Order To Customer
   When checked, the customer will receive an email confirming their order. When the HTML field is checked, the email will be sent in HTML format.
   
   
   Email Order To Merchant
   When checked, the merchant will receive an email when an order is placed. When the HTML field is checked, the email will be sent in HTML format.
   
   
   Email Ship Notification
   When checked, Squirrelcart will send a notice via email when you submit a shipment to a courier that supports real time rates. This email by default includes the tracking number, and information on how to track the package on your website. When the HTML field is checked, the email will be sent in HTML format.
   
   
   Email Credit Card Number
   When checked, Squirrelcart will include the customer's credit card number in the order email sent to the merchant. This should not be enabled under normal circumstances, as it is not secure. This feature is explained in further detail in the payment section of the documentation.
   
   
   Transpose Number
   This field is only displayed when Email Credit Card Number is checked. This number is added to the credit card number before it is entered into the order email sent to the merchant.
   
3. Security Settings
   
   
   Authorized Hosts
   We recommend you leave this blank under normal circumstances. Set the value equal to a comma separated list of all authorized host names that can submit data (add items to cart, etc). Do not add a comma at the end of the list. If you don't want this security option, leave "Value" blank. If left blank, authorized hosts will default to what you specify as your www_root and secure_root in the config file. This is the default configuration.
   
   
   Restricted Usernames
   This field is used to prevent customers from creating user accounts with certain names. List each username you want to restrict on a separate line.
   
   
   Min Username Length
   Minimum length for a username.
   
   
   Min Password Length
   Minimum length for a password
   
   
   Forgotten Password Limit
   Set value equal to the number of times you want someone to be able to submit the forgotten password form, in an attempt to be emailed a new password. if you leave it blank, the value will default to 8.
   
   
   Session Timeout
   The value for this field should be a number equaling the amount of minutes a customer can be idle before their cart is abandoned. This number is also the amount of time that the cart will wait before restocking items that where added to a cart but never purchased. This only happens when "Use Inventory Control" is enabled. The default value for this field is 180.
   
   
   Referrer Cookie Expiration
   This field controls the length in days that the referrer cookie will be valid. This cookie is set to store the originating referral address that a customer used to visit your site. Storing this in a cookie allows Squirrelcart to retrieve it on subsequent visits to your site.
   
   
   Use Remember Me
   When checked, the "Remember Me" feature is enabled. This allows users to check the Remember Me checkbox at login, which will then automatically log them in on their subsequent visits.
   
   
   Remember Me Expiration
   The length in days that Squirrelcart should wait before expiring "remember me" information. After this number of days has past, the cookie that allows the user to be automatically logged in is no longer valid.
   
   
   Remember Me Default
   This field controls the default value of the "Remember Me" checkbox on the login form.
   
   
   Collect CVV2/CVC
   If checked, the cart will prompt the customer for their CVV2/CVC code.
   
   
   CVV2/CVC is Required
   This forces the customer to enter their CVV2/CVC code in order to submit an order.
   
4. Inventory Control
   This section is for the inventory control feature, which allows you to track the number of units you have in stock for each product in your database. Inventory Control has it's own section in the documentation.
   
   
5. General Settings
   
   
   Weight Units
   This defines the units that are used for weight fields.
   
   
   Dimension Units
   This defines the units that are used for dimensional fields (width, height, depth).
   
   
   Order Number Format
   This field controls the format of your order numbers. Default value for this field is "Random". When set to "Random", the cart uses the Unix timestamp at the time of the order. When set to "Custom", the cart uses the value of the "Next Order Number" field, and increments the order numbers by the value of the "Increment by" field.
   
   
   Maximum Quantity
   The default for this field is 1,000. Leave blank to accept the default. This field controls the maximum quantity allowed for a single item when it is added to the cart. The main purpose of this setting is to avoid ridiculous orders for millions of items, which could potentially cause problems with payment systems.
    
   Important Note: Do not include commas in your value!!!
   
   
   Add to Cart Behavior
   This field determines what will happen after a customer adds an item to the cart. If "go to checkout" is selected, than when you add an item to the cart, the customer will be taken to the checkout page. If "stay on product page" is selected, the customer will stay on the same page as from which they added the item to the cart, and they will get a message at the top of the page indicating that the item was added.
   
   
   Checkout Login Behavior
   This field determines what will happen after a customer logs in while checking out. If "show address form" is selected, the address form will be shown, populated with the information from the user's account. If "show cart" is selected, checkout form will be shown, along with the customer's address information above in small boxes.
   
   
   Diagnostic Mode
   When this field is checked and you are logged in as a member of the "Store Admin" group, Squirrelcart will output diagnostic information to the browser during certain operations. This is useful for troubleshooting communications via CURL and other complex operations. See the Diagnostic Mode topic for more information.
   
   
   Force User Creation
   This field defaults to disabled. If enabled, when a customer checks out, and is not already logged in, they will be presented with the "New Account Form". This makes user creation mandatory for a purchase.
   
   
   Show Account Choice
   This field controls whether or not the account choice page is shown during checkout. This page offers the customer 3 choices:
   
   • New Account
   • Existing Account
   • Skip Account (not shown when "Force User Creation" is on)
     
6. Search Engine Settings
   This section is used to control aspects specific to search engines. This is described in detail in the Search Engine Settings topic.
   
7. Discount Settings
   
   
   Disable Coupon Codes
   This field is used to stop the coupon code form from showing up at checkout.
   
   
   Coupon Code Case
   This field controls whether or not the coupon codes entered by your customers will be case sensitive. The default is case insensitive.
   
   
   Discount Checkout Display
   This field controls how discounts will be displayed on the checkout page. Default is "below checkout form". If set to "popup window", the discount information will be seen when clicking a link next to the product that has been discounted.
   
8. Control Panel
   
   
   Use Version Control
   Enables or disables the use of Version Control. When enabled, your installation of Squirrelcart will compare the installed version to that of the most recent available, and indicate if an update is available.
   
   
   Delete Unused Images
   By default, this field is checked. When checked, the cart will:
   
          Delete images associated with Products, Categories, and Product Options when the record using them is also deleted
          Delete images associated with Products, Categories, and Product Options when a new image is uploaded, and the original image is no longer associated with any other records
    
   If you uncheck this field, the cart will not delete unused images.
   
   
   Records per Page
   Set value equal to the number of records you want to display on a single page in the admin section.
   
   
   Images in Data Rows
   This field controls whether or not you want certain images to appear in the data grid that is used to navigate through your records. To enable, check the box, to disable, uncheck it. An example of this is the display of the thumbnail images when viewing product records.
   
   
   Rich Text Word Wrap
   This setting controls whether the code tab in the rich text editor will have word wrap enabled or disabled. To enable, check this field.
   
   
   Rich Text Cleanup 
   This setting controls whether the code generated by the Rich Text editor will be cleaned up using HTML Tidy. Cleaning up the HTML generated by the editor will make it standards compliant. This requires the html tidy module, and PHP v4.3 or newer.
   
9. PHP Extensions
   
   
   Some of the advanced features of Squirrelcart require certain PHP Extensions to function. This section controls whether or not the cart will attempt to load an extension dynamically, if it is not already loaded with PHP.
   If an extension is checked, and it is not already loaded, Squirrelcart will try to load it. We recommend that you do not modify this section under normal circumstances.

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