Enabling New Features in ShopSite 7.x

In some ShopSite malls or shared CGI installations, some merchants may want to upgrade to ShopSite 7.x while others may not want to pay the upgrade fee. Although all stores that share ShopSite CGIs will be upgraded to ShopSite 7.x at the same time, some of the major new features in ShopSite 7.x are not automatically enabled. Stores that do not have the new features enabled will not be charged an upgrade fee. These features include:

For more information about charges for upgrading, contact your ShopSite account representative.

You can choose to upgrade all stores when you install ShopSite 7 (and an upgrade fee may be charged for all stores), or you can install ShopSite 7 and then enable the new features for individual stores later.

Note:

If you have older stores that have the old .auth file format, the new features won't be enabled for those stores until you get new .auth files.

To Upgrade All Stores

Follow these steps to upgrade all stores that share CGIs to ShopSite 7 and enable the new features for all stores. (You can later disable the features for individual stores).

  1. Start the regular upgrade procedure by following the instructions for upgrading.
  2. On the ShopSite Update screen (it says "Attention!" in large letters at the top), select the first option, which is to "Upgrade all stores to the new version and new features."
  3. Continue with the upgrade.

To Upgrade Individual Stores

Follow these steps to upgrade all stores that share CGIs to ShopSite 7 but not enable the new features, and then enable the features for an individual store.

  1. Start the regular upgrade procedure by following the instructions for upgrading.
  2. On the ShopSite Update screen (it says "Attention!" in large letters at the top), select the second option, which is to "Upgrade all stores to the new version but not to the new features."
  3. Complete the upgrade procedure.
  4. Using a terminal or telnet session, find the file in your cgi-bin directory named store.bak and rename it to store.auth.
  5. After the upgrade completes, use your browser to run wwwinstall.cgi again.
  6. From the ShopSite Install Menu, select Enable/Disable features and click Continue.
  7. On the Enable New Features screen, select the store for which you wish to enable or disable the new features. Click either Enabled or Disabled and then click Update Store.
  8. Repeat the above step for as many stores as necessary.

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December 15, 2003
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