Click and run the setup.exe to start the Build-to-order Webstore Creator v4.6 setup program. Follow the step-by-step instructions to complete the installation. Note that even though the screenshot titles were version 4.0, it is still applicable to this latest version 4.6.

Windows 95/NT/98 to run the setup program;

6MB space or more;

Personal Web Server or Internet Information Server to test run the webstore from your computer.

Website should be hosted in NT web server with 'File Access' right granted. Contact the technical support of your ISP for assistance if the 'File Access' right of your website was set to 'Read Only'.

Run the setup.exe.

Step 1:

• Select a template for your storefront system.
• Enter the banner image url (the banner displayed on top of your webstore).
• Enter banner url (the hyperlink when you clicked on the banner image).

Step 2 :

• Select "Add" to add a shipping method by adding shipper’s name, shipping type and flat rate.
• Enter warranty for products.
• Enter your contact email where your customer can contact you.
• Enter your store password (the password to access your store manager).
• Check 'Enable Secure Order Form' or/and 'Enable Paypal' if you wish to connect the store order form to the free secure order mailer service or your own Paypal.com account (type your registered Paypal email in the Contact Email field). At this point, the order will be submitted to the specific external online service and WILL NOT be updated to the database in Store Manager Order system.

Step 3 :

• Enter the storefront logo url for your storefront.
• Enter your store description in html format.

Step 4 :

• After filling out all the information select the location to install the build to order program. Setup.exe will create a folder ("webstore") at the your program path.

Step 5 :

• You have finished the program setup. Select preview to preview your storefront without running PWS or close the setup program by clicking "Exit".

Before you can run this webstore system, please make sure that you have installed Personal Web Server (or Internet Information Server on Windows NT or 2000) in your Windows. Personal Web Server program installer software can be found from Windows 98 Installer CD, which is inside [Add-Ons] and then [PWS] directory.

By default, the internet root directory of the Personal Web Server will be installed in this file location:

C:\InetPub\wwwroot\

The setup program of Webstore Creator 4.0 will create a new folder [webstore] in the installed folder. After this setup process, please copy the [webstore] folder to the internet root directory. This will become:

C:\InetPub\wwwroot\webstore\

Now, you are ready to test run the webstore system in your web browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape 4.0 or above). Please run your web browser software.

Locate the webstore address, such as:

http://localhost/webstore/home.htm

(Note that the exact webstore location URL will vary depending on your subfolder name inside the internet root directory.)

Below is the screenshot of the Webstore Creator storefront system running in Personal Web Server (or Internet Information Server on Windows NT or 2000)on the web browser:

Click on the 'Categories' icon to see all the categories:

Select one Main Category. In this example, this is a Computer store. User can select 'Pentium Series' so that he can build-to-order a Pentium Computer System based on his own spectifications.

The base price for this Pentium system is $2560.00. You can buy multiple Pentium Systems by entering a quantity, and click on 'SubTotal' button to update the sub total price.

If you want to change the specifications of the default Pentium system, you can select from the drop down box of each component:

The current price of the Pentium System will be updated after selecting another type of component:

Store Manager determines prices of different components inside the Store Manager Control Panel.

You can also click on the 'Information' button if you want to find more detailed information regarding the specific component:

A new browser window will be displayed. The product display contains the product image, title, description and price as entered by the Store Manager:

Close this new browser after you read the description to go back to the storefront system.

To put this order into the shopping cart, click on 'Put In Basket' button:

You will be confirmed by the storefront system about the subtotal before adding to shopping basket:

If the price is correct, click on 'OK' button. You will see the 'Total' field at the left side is updated:

You can continue to shop for other items by selecting a category or do a product search.

To enter Store Manager Control Panel, you have to provide Store Manager password that is defined during the installation process.

Below is the screenshot of Store Manager Control Panel on the web browser:

Click on "Add" to add a build-to-order package.

• Fill in the package type (unique number or alphanumeric).
• Package name (the name of package that is seen on storefront).
• Package Image (the URL of the package image)
• Click "send" to create a product package

Click "View All" to view all existing packages.

Edit any package information and click on "UPDATE" to update package information.

Click "Delete" to delete any product package.

Click "Add Category" to add a product category.

• Enter category name.
• Click on "SEND" to create a product category.

Click "View All" to view all the existing product category.

Click Category ID (e.g. 8) to edit category name.

• Change the category name.
• Click "UPDATE" to change category name.

Click "DELETE" to delete category.

Click "Add" to add product.

Select one of the product types.

1. if "Add new product to build-to-order package…"

• Fill in the information.
• Click "SEND" to add product.

1. if "Add new product as stand-alone item…"

• Fill out the information.
• Click "SEND" to add stand-alone item.

Click "View All" to view all existing products.