Quick Start Guide

Installation

We recommend you to read our full updated documentation for Store Manager for X-Cart here

To begin your work with Store Manager you have to order a License (you need a separate license for every computer).

If you have created an account and downloaded the product, than Store Manager Setup Wizard will guide you through the standard software installation steps, such as:

accepting License Agreement
selecting Destination Location (where should Store Manager be installed)
choosing which components should be installed (all, compact or custom)
selecting Start Menu folder (where to place program shortcuts)
performing additional tasks (optional)

The Wizard will inform you about successful installation. You're all set to enjoy the advantages of Store Manager.

After successful installation, X-Cart Manager needs to be registered. So when the application is launched for the first time, you need to enter your registration information: license key, your first and last name (as it appears in your license account).

Program should ask you if you want to download latest version when it is available, since the check for upgrade is performed on start-up.

Setup Store Connection

In order to start working with a specific store you need to setup store connection first. It can be done in Preferences Window, which appears automatically on the first start-up and can be accessed later through Tools -> Preferences.

Store Manager requires direct MySQL database connection. Most of hosting companies allow direct connections to MySQL database. However in most cases you have to go to your control panel and add your home/office computer IP address or domain name to Access List - list of IP addresses allowed to access MySQL port 3306 from outside. This option can be found under MySQL settings.

Feel free to ask your hosting support to assist you in enabling direct MySQL access, they must help you since it is trivial task.

If for some reasons direct connection via port 3306 is not allowed, there is another way - secure SSH connection. Actually SSH is a kind of tunnel between two computers - your and your server. Other connections can be established via SSH tunnel. Look here for more details about SSH. You can use SSH for MySQL as well as for FTP connections. See "Preferences" window, "SSH" page. The only info you need is SSH user name, password and remote port number - basically the same as for typical MySQL connection.

Note: SSH settings do not override MySQL settings. To connect to your database using SSH you must specify all required MySQL parameters as well as SSH. Also Preferences menu includes Notification settings, which you might want to change.

Internet Settings section consists of Proxy settings (with Use Proxy option) and SMTP settings (with Perform Authentication option).

Table Remapping section allows you to tune Store Manager to work with renamed tables if there are any.

If neither direct MySQL nor SSH connections are available, PHP MySQL bridge can be used.

Please see our troubleshooting guide at support.magneticone.com under Troubleshooter >> Configure Database Connection to get a step-by-step assistance.

Also if you use free demo version and you just want to run software to see how it works, please use embedded configuration with default database.

Preference window allows you to create, edit or delete your store configuration (connection settings). Please test your connection before you proceed.

=================================

Preferences General Tab

Database installed with Store Manager is a kind of temporary database. It can be used for various purposes; one of the most valuable is PHP MySQL Bridge. Working with local (Embedded) database is much faster than working with remote one. However you can use your local database to store your remote database inside it, make changes and then just synchronize it - make changes locally and then upload them to the website database.

Database Connection tab in Preferences Window has three sections: Store Configuration (1), Remote Database Connection Settings (2) (or PHP MY SQL Bridge and Local Database Connection Settings - see below) and Localization Section (3).

Preferences window allows you to create, edit or delete your store configuration (connection settings). Please test your connection before you proceed.