What are the system requirements to run Site Store Professional?

Site Store Professional requires a Windows-based hosting account and will not work on Linux hosting accounts.

You can use either a MAC or PC to integrate your website design, add products, manage orders, etc. but the site must be hosted on a Window-based server

Online Store Hosting (ISP) Requirements

  • Website Hosting Platform: Windows (2000, 2003, 2008)
  • Database: Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008 (SQL Express Supported)
  • CDONTS, CDOSYS, JMAIL, ASPEmail or ASPMail installed for email functions. Most hosts will have CDONTS or CDOSYS Enabled by Default.
  • Parent Paths Enabled in IIS (Most Hosts Have This Set To Enabled By Default)
  • One of the following image resize components installed on the server for automatic product thumbnails: ASPJpeg, ASPImage,ASPSmartImage, ImgWriter, AspThumb Server Component or ASPNET
  • Minimum 40 MB Space Available For Shopping Cart (Store) Files And Web-Based Admin System.
  • Minimum 15 MB (100 MB Recommended) Available for SQL Server Database.


 Please verify that your hosting account is Windows based with Microsoft SQL server support. (The Site Store Pro back-end database will not install on MySQL..only MS SQL Server.)