To set up a Catalog/Shop page in EZGenerator 4, first of all you need MySQL to do this. Get credentials from your provider (or set up MySQL database in your server, if server is yours). EZGenerator cannot create the database automatically. The database is one of the parameters required in the MySQL settings inside EZGenerator, so make sure you have this set up before you activate the MySQL in your project.

To make a shop page:

1. Go to EZGenerator program and open Project Settings -> MYSQL Settings;
2. Fill the information required. Ask your provider or check your server settings for the credentials;
   
   • In most cases (when the site and the MySQL server are on the same working station, the host is "localhost";
   • Note: It's recommended to add project prefix for every project you have. This prefix should be unique (different for every project)!;
3. Check the "Use MySQL for all live pages" checkbox. You won't be able to do this until all the other fields are filled;
4. Now you have the Shop/Catalog pages non-grayed (and also included in the page types list) when you try to add one of them.
5. Add the desired page and make all the layout changes you want (using the macros and custom code on the template pages);
6. Add payment process partner (if needed). It's explained in this howto section (one of the other threads);
7. Publish the site;
8. In Online Administration go to your Shop/Catalog back office and manage the page. All the changes (adding/editing products, part of the Shop/Catalog pages settings, orders, categories) are managed via the Online Administration;

Note: What you cannot find in the Settings module of the Shop/Catalog inside Online Administration, you can find inside EZGenerator. When your Shop/Catalog is selected in the project tree, click on the Shop/Catalog Settings tab or the Page Settings tab to change the current settings.

To use add custom fields to the shop products data, follow these steps:

1. Open the shop page settings
2. Open the Data dialog
3. Edit the fields
4. Confirm the changes
   
   

   
   
   

5. Open the page where the changes should be visible.

6. Open the macros fields dialog

7. Select the new fields from the macros list

8. Place the macros to the desired place
   
   
   

9. Upload your project changes

10. Go to the shop Online Administration

11. Go to the "settings" section

12. Click on "Update database" button

13. Modify the products (or add new ones)

Note: User input field does not have corresponding field in the products management section (as this is something users fill, not the shop moderator).

To add custom page content, that's not compatible with the current EZG structure (no possible to add the content directly into the pages), try to use this:

1. Set up the extra page you want with the content you want added into it.
   If you want to manage the page via EZG (and make it part of the project anyway), you can try this:
   
   • make new page in EZG (wherever you prefer).
   • in page settings check the hide template checkbox (to be able to check it, you have to check hidden in menu first).
   • add macro NOPAGEFOOTER on the page
   • suppress float login (if active)
   • add the required content (you may also use the HTML button in Editing tools for it).

   If you want to make your own page - use external FTP (or some of the ignored from optimization folders in EZG) and upload the desired file on the server. For this option you will have to make full html structure (html, head, body, ect tags), because of the iFrame and no EZG template included to build the page structure.

2. Once you have the page prepared, make the other page (or open already existing one) that will hold the extra page.
3. Use the Inline frame option from Widgets and for source add the url of the page, created in 1. (you can use relative paths too in this field).
4. Set up the rest of the fields (ensure you have unique element id and appropriate name) and settings (the settings button) in the Inline frame dialog.
5. Confirm and upload

To change the upload size of your files (if the limit you have is too small), you can try one of these methods:

(The default size is most probably 2MB, in all examples we're going to change it to 5MB)

1. Using the file php.ini
   Keep in mind, that this is the recommended option, but some hosts don't give you access to do this.
   Open the file, find and change the values of these two lines:
   
   • upload_max_filesize = 5M
   • post_max_size = 5M



   The lines may be commented with semi-column (;) and you will have to remove the comment.
   
   

2. Using the .htaccess file.
   Add the following lines in the .htaccess file in your EZG root directory (online):
   
   • php_value upload_max_filesize 5M
   • php_value post_max_size 5M

   
   If there is no such file, you will have to create one (just make file with this name and add the code inside).
   
   
   

3. (If none of the above works) Contact your administrator to change the size for you.
   
   
   

Note: The value of the size is one char only everywhere. It's 10M, not 10Mb or 10MB!

Note 2: The php.ini changes may require server (actually apache service) restart. Try to restart it somehow (or contact administrators for this) if after the change it still doesn't work.

Note 3: Additional changes you may wanna do together with the upload size, is the upload time. It could be changed by these two parameters:

[php_value] max_execution_time 200
[php_value] max_input_time 200

(The [php_value] part is for the .htaccess file only! And is used without the brackets)

Order Pending Reason parameters :

multi-currency:

You do not have a balance in the currency sent, and you do not have your Payment Receiving Preferences set to automatically convert and accept this payment. You must manually accept or deny this payment.

order:

You set the payment action to Order and have not yet captured funds.

paymentreview:

The payment is pending while it is being reviewed by PayPal for risk.

unilateral:

The payment is pending because it was made to an email address that is not yet registered or confirmed.

upgrade:

The payment is pending because it was made via credit card and you must upgrade your account to Business or Premier status in order to receive the funds.upgrade can also mean that you have reached the monthly limit for transactions on your account.

verify:

The payment is pending because you are not yet verified. You must verify your account before you can accept this payment.

other:

The payment is pending for a reason other than those listed above. For more information, contact PayPal Customer Service.

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