Setting Up an Instant eStore Shopping Cart

Setting Up the Integration in Your Instant eStore Cart

Follow these steps to set up the the Order Manager integration in your shopping cart:

  1. Log into you Instant eStore Admin Control Panel.

  2. Under Customers & Orders> Orders, select Stone Edge Settings. This brings you to the Web Configuration tab.

  3. In the Stone Edge Order Manager Shopping Cart Settings section, enter the version number of the Order Manager that you are using in the Version field.

  4. In the Security Mechanism Section, enter a User Name and Password. (This will be used for communication between your store and the Order Manager.) For added security you have the option of entering a Store Code. To use this option, select the Use Store Code checkbox and enter a value (letters and/or numbers) in the Store Code field.

  5. In the Inventory Update Section, choose whether or not you want to enable the inventory update functionality with the Order Manager. (For more information about this section, contact Instant eStore.)

  6. Click Save Setting.

  7. Click the Order Manager Configuration tab.

  8. In the Shopping Carts box, select the Script URL and copy to your clipboard. (In the next section, you will paste this URL into the Script URL field in the Order Manager.)

 

Setting Up the Shopping Cart in the Order Manager

  1. In the Order Manager, go to the Shopping Carts screen. You can access it from one of three ways:

    1. Quick Clicks> Setup Wizard> Shopping Carts tab> Create and Edit Shopping Carts button

    2. Main Menu> Maintenance Menu> Cart Functions tab> Create/Edit Shopping Carts option

    3. Main Menu> Maintenance Menu> Setup Functions tab> Store Setup Wizard> Shopping Carts tab> Create and Edit Shopping Carts button

  2. The Shopping Carts dialog box opens. Click Add Cart.

  3. In the Store Name field, enter a name you want to use for this shopping cart. This name is for use in the Order Manager only.

  4. Select Instant eStore from the Cart Type drop-down list. If the user is only licensed for one shopping cart type the Cart Type drop-down box will not be visible. Go on to the next step.

  5. In the Cart ID/User Name field, enter the Order Manager User Name you created in the Web Configuration tab of your Instant eStore Admin Control Panel.

  6. In the Cart Password field, enter the Order Manager Password you created in the Web Configuration tab of your Instant eStore Admin Control Panel. Reenter you password.

  7. If you opted to create a Store Code in the Security Mechanism Section of your Instant eStore Admin Control Panel, then enter it in the Store Code field.

  1. In the Script URL field, paste the Script URL that you copied from the Shopping Carts section of the Order Manger Configuration tab in your Instant eStore Admin Control Panel.

Note: You do not need to include http:// or https://. The OM will remove these prefixes when you click Save.

  1. Click Save.

 

Created 8/13/08

Updated 8/19/09