Guide for Administrators

Table of Contents

1. Installing SoftSlate Commerce

Overview and System Requirements
Download SoftSlate Commerce
Create an Empty Database
Upload and Deploy SoftSlate Commerce
Run the SoftSlate Commerce Installer
Installation Troubleshooting
Installing SoftSlate Commerce Manually
Provisioning SoftSlate Commerce with Tomcat on RedHat Linux
Installation Procedure for Ensim Servers

2. Getting Started

Adding Your First Product
Placing a Test Order
Viewing Your Test Order
Next Steps

3. Important Settings

Store Contact Information
Outgoing Email Settings
Advanced System Settings
Built-In Categories Setting
Shipping Selection Required Setting
Security Code Required Setting
Default Layout Setting
Encryption Settings

4. Managing the Product Catalog

Overview

Products
Categories
Attributes
Manufacturers
SKUs
Discounts
Advanced Search

Using the Administrator

The Administrator Control Screen
Using Power Edit on the Administrator Control Screen
Making Assignments

Tracking Inventory with SKUs

Overview
Product-Level Tracking
Attribute/Option-Level Tracking
Attribute-Only SKUs

Discounts

Overview
Global Discounts
SKU Discounts
Quantity Discounts and Discount Ranges
Coupons

Virtual Products

Advanced Search With Lucene

5. Configuring Taxes

Basic Tax Rates
AvaTax Processor

6. Configuring Shipping

Flat Rate Shipping Methods

Quantity-Based Shipping Tables

Weight-Based Shipping Tables

Price-Based Shipping Tables

Shipping Rules

Overview
Package Shipping Rules
Adding Method Limitations to Package Shipping Rules
Shipping Discount Rules
'Method Limits by SKU' Shipping Rules
'Method Limits by Location' Shipping Rules
Another Package Shipping Rule Example

7. Configuring Payments

Payflow Pro Advanced Settings

8. Managing Orders

9. Template Placeholders

Template Placeholders Reference

10. Upgrading SoftSlate Commerce

Upgrading Overview
Important: Read This Before Upgrading
Upgrade Procedure

A. Change Log

B. Release Notes

Version 3.5.2

Enabling Security Headers
TinyMCE API Key Required

Version 3.5.1

Enabling Liquibase Integration

Version 3.5.0

MySQL Driver Class Configuration (Important!)
Modules Required for JDK 9
Changes Required If Customizing Authorize.net
Changes Required If Using Accept.js
Change Required in Custom orderDetails.jsp
Refactor of Customer Registration Java Methods
Remove Compiled JSP Files If Removing Files

Version 3.4.2

Customer Password Security Features

Version 3.4.0

API Filter Configuration in web.xml
Custom Typeahead CSS File

Version 3.3.5

Implementing Envers

Version 3.3.3

New sscProduct.created Field
Remove Old Jar Files
Add Necessary Hibernate EhCache Factory Setting to hibernate.properties
Remove Old DateUtils.java File

Version 3.3.2

HTML5 Default JSP Templates Based on Twitter Bootstrap

Version 3.3.1

Change to web.xml
Remove Compiled JSP Files
New Custom Configuration Files
New Fields in sscAdministrator
Interface Changes in Business Objects and DAOs

Version 3.3.0

Change to web.xml

Version 3.2.7

JDK version
Change to web.xml

Version 3.1.0

Remove Old .jar Files
Remove Compiled JSP Files
Change to orderEmails.jsp
Update Payflow Pro Vendor Setting

Version 3.0.3

Remove softslate.jar File when Upgrading the Free Edition
No More .tar Files
Change to web.xml

Version 3.0.0

Copy appComponents.properties to appComponents-custom.properties
JSP templates related to appComponents-custom.properties
Changes to custom Hibernate mappings files
Change to web.xml
Administrator Changes
Interface Changes

C. Migration Guide from 1.x to 2.x

Migration from 1.x to 2.x - Overview

Migration from 1.x to 2.x - Procedure

Incorporating 1.x Customizations into 2.x

Interface Changes
JSP Template Changes

Foraker Design

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