Type in ‘ABC Computers’ as the Store Name.
Click on ‘Next’ button.
Step 2. Company Information
This is where you enter your company information. It will be made available to your
visitors.The Company Name here does not necessary have to be the same as the Store Name in
the previous step.
Enter ‘ABC Computers’ as the Company Name.
Enter the remaining information about this fictional company.
These fields require data: Company Name, Street Address, Country, and Email
Note this email address needs not be the same as the email address where the orders are
sent.
Click on ‘Next’ button.
Step 3. Shipping and Payment Information
The shipping and payment information you enter here is just an explanation to help
your clients understand the payment and shipping options you have available to them. You
will enter the ‘clickable’ options in Lesson 2.
Enter ‘Visa’ in the Payment box on the left. Press Return/Enter key.Enter
‘MasterCard’ on the next line. Press Return/Enter key.
Enter ‘Company checks – orders will not be shipped until checks are
cleared.’ Press Return/Enter key.
Enter ‘Sorry, no C.O.D. accepted.’
Hit Tab key to move to the shipping information box on the right.
Enter ‘US Postal’. Press Return/Enter key.
Enter ‘ABC Courier’. Press Return/Enter key.
Enter ‘Call for special delivery’.
Click on ‘Finish’ button.
On the next page, review the information regarding the store. You can make any
necessary corrections before proceeding. Leave the Payment/Shipping/Tax options now as
we will return to set them up in Lesson 2.
The information in the ‘Email Order Subject’ box becomes the subject
title when you receive your customers’ orders. For now, leave it as ‘New
Order’.
Click on ‘Save’ button.
Since this is the first time you set up this store, the StoreCreator Wizard will
now guide you through the rest of the steps. These steps are optional. You can bypass many
of them by clicking on ‘No’/’Cancel’ each step of the
way.
Click ‘Ok’
The program now asks if you have a store logo.
Click ‘Ok’
Click ‘Insert’ and locate ‘storecreator.gif’ on your hard
drive. Select it.
Click ‘Ok’
The program now asks if you have a left menu logo.
If you have a small logo that you wish to display on the left menu, you would have
selected it the same way as the above store logo.
Click ‘No’
In the next section you are asked to insert the key words for your search engine meta
tags. This helps your visitors locate you on the search engines.
Type in ‘computers, hardware, software, hard disks, monitors, laptops,
printers.’
Click ‘Ok’
The program now asks for the welcome message (top) for your online visitors.
You can type in any information. Note in this section and the subsequent sections, you can
include any appropriate html tags. E.g. <b>, </b>
Click ‘Ok’
The next section requires you to enter the message (footer) for your visitors.
Click ‘Ok’
Finally, the program now asks you to enter the copyright information.
Click ‘Ok’
The next screen is the Store Editor screen. We will return to this screen in
Lesson 3.
Click on the ‘Save’ button and then the ‘Exit’
button.
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