| When I open my asp pages in Dreamweaver or Frontpage, I don't see
the products that are entered in my database, or DHTML menu, (where
applicable).
A. To view ASP page dynamic content correctly, you must use
a webserver. You can use a local webserver such as Personal Web
Server to test, but you have to view the page in a browser using
a URL such as
http://localhost/mypage.asp
Javascript / DHTML content must also be viewed in a browser to see
it correctly, but doesn't necessarily need a web server.
Do I need a local copy of Microsoft Access to use the Ecommerce
Templates?
A. No. All changes can be made via the online administration.
Do I need a SSL certificate for my web site to use the Ecommerce
Templates?
A. No, payment is made using PayPal's payment system
under their secure connection.
Can I use a Data Source Name (DSN) to connect to my Access Database?
A. Yes you can. Just change your connection string to...
sDSN = "DSN=YOURDSNHERE;DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};UID=;PWD="
However, we don't recommend these for a couple of resons. Firstly
they are slower, and secondly, you normally have to ask your host
to set one up, and that can take time.
Can I link directly to a product category?
A. Sure. To find out the url that you need to link to, set
up your store and click on one of the product categories from the
categories.asp page. You should see a URL something like this in
the address bar in your browser...
http://www.yoururl.com/products.asp?id=3
Just copy and paste this into your link and it will link directly
to your category.
I don't know if my host supports ASP. How can I tell?
A. Normally you can just ask your host, or look at your hosting
plan. Failing that, just create a simple page, and in HTML view
between the <BODY> and </BODY> tags add this line of
code...
<%=Response.write("Hello World")%>
Now give the page a extension of .asp and upload it to your server.
If when you view this page in a browser you just see the text "Hello
World" then you probably can use ASP.
I can't get my database connection right. How do I find out?
A. One way is to copy and paste this code into notepad.
<HTML>
<BODY>
sDSN = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=<%=server.mappath("products.mdb")%>;"
</BODY>
</HTML>
Now save the file with the name temp.asp
Upload this file to the fpdb folder on your web and open the page
in your browser. You should see one line of text such as...
sDSN = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\web\fpdb\products.mdb;"
Now you just need to paste this line into your db_conn_open.asp
file using notepad. Make sure there are no line breaks and that
all other entries in db_conn_open.asp are commented out or deleted.
(more database help)
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