SITE STORE PROFESSIONAL DYNAMIC WEBSITE HOME PAGE FEATURE UPGRADE
Site Store Pro now includes a dynamic home page system that can be applied to ANY past version of Site Store Professional without affected existing functionality.
This upgrade only needs to be applied to previous installations of Site Store Pro that require dynamic content functionality.
Note:
As of September 13, 2009 (Release 2.0909) , all Site Store Pro installation zip files have the 'Dynamic Home Page' feature built-in. Login to your account and download the new zip file(s) for any new installations. For previous installs, please follow the instructions below.
The dynamic home page upgrade includes the following features:
- Random Home Page Image(s)
- Home Page Banner (Header) Display
- Browse Store Image Display
- Brands Images/Links Display
- Categories Images/Links Display
- Sub-Categories Image/Links Display
- Shop-By-Styles Images/Links Display
- Shop-By-Occasions Images/Links Display
- Daily Specials Display
All content is controlled via the web-based admin under the new 'Store Setup > Store URL & Default Page' configuration screen. Formatting of display elements is managed through the new /CSS/site_store_pro_dynamic_homepage.css file.
NOTE: Before performing the upgrade steps below. Make a copy of your current site home page so you can revert back in case you do not want to use the dynamic functionality on your website's home page or if there is content on your existing home page that you want to place above or below the dynamically-generated content.
The steps to upgrade your current Site Store Pro enabled website to include dynamic home page functionality are:
Extract Files and Upload To Webserver
After downloading the upgrade zip file, we recommend extracting the files from the zip file to a temporary directory on your local system and uploading them from that directory to your webserver before extracting (copying) the files to your local site installation folder. This will make it easy to upload only the NEW, upgrade files instead of having to determine which are the new files in your local site installation folder.
Backup Your Current Home Page
Make a copy of your current home page before adding the dynamic include file to the current page. Use the "Save As" file feature of your editor to save a duplicate of your existing layout with a name such as Default_OLD.asp.
Add The CSS FILE LINK & Dynamic Home Page Content Include File To Your Home Page
The new dynamic home page content is generated by simply adding the CSS file link and dynamic include file to your current home page as shown below. When adding the include file to your home page in Dreamweaver, make sure you are in Code View mode and not Design mode. (Note: The CSS file must be above the dynamic include file line.)
<link href="css/site_store_pro_dynamic_homepage.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<!--#include file="SiteStorePro/display/home_page_dynamic_include.asp" -->
The include file can be placed anywhere inside the main content area of your home page. However, if you are using the sample store home page as the "starting point " of your current website's homepage, we recommend deleting all content between the
<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="MainBody" --> and the <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> tags on the page and adding the include file between the tags as shown below...
<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="MainBody" -->
<link href="css/site_store_pro_dynamic_homepage.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<!--#include file="SiteStorePro/display/home_page_dynamic_include.asp" -->
<!-- InstanceEndEditable -->
Important Note: The home page must be a .ASP page and have the Site Store Pro initialization files above the <html> tag on top of the page in order for the dynamic features to work correctly. If the following code is not located on top of your .asp home page, it must be copied and pasted and saved on top of the page in code view.
<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT"%>
<!--#include file="Connections/SiteStoreProDB.asp" -->
<%'SiteStorePro Configuration file must be directly below the /Connections/SiteStoreProDB.asp include.%>
<!--#include file="SiteStorePro/store_config.asp" -->
<%'End Site Store Pro Configuration %>
<!--#include file="SiteStorePro/display/thumbnail_resize.asp" -->
UPLOAD NEW HOME PAGE and then activate/configure dynamic home page features
After you have uploaded the new home page with the added include file, you must turn on the specific features inside the web-based admin.
To manage the dynamic home page content, login to your admin system and then go to "STORE SETUP > Store URL (Website Address) & Default Page Configuration"
Below is a screen shot of the Dynamic Home Page Configuration options. (Note: There are help tips for each feature. Simply hover over the ? image to view a help popup of the specific feature.)
Edit the CSS/site_store_pro_dynamic_homepage.css File To Fine-Tune The Formatting
The background images and colors of the Random item display and daily specials display as well as the display widths are set via the new css file. edit the CSS/site_store_pro_dynamic_homepage.css File To Fine-Tune The display look to match your website's color scheme and content.
If you have any questions about the new Dynamic Home Page Feature or would like us to apply the upgrade to your Site Store Pro enabled website, please contact support.
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