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=== HOW TO INSTALL THIS SCRIPT
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CHECKLIST
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1. SQL SERVER 2000 OR MSDE 2000
2. WEB SERVER WITH ACTIVE SERVER PAGES
3. EITHER A PAYPAL, 2CHECKOUT ACCOUNT OR BOTH
INSTRUCTIONS
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1. RUN THE PPC.SQL SCRIPT ON YOUR DATA SERVER TO CREATE THE DATABASE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE RIGHTS, PLEASE HAVE THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR RUN THE SCRIPT.
2. EDIT THE INC_VARS.ASP FILE TO REFLECT YOUR VARIABLES. THE STRUCTURE OF THIS PAGE IS VERY IMPORTANT SO PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE IT. ONLY REPLACE THE ACTUAL VALUES WITH YOUR OWN. THESE CAN LATER BE CHANGED VIA THE WEB INTERFACE. THE MOST IMPORTANT VALUE TO CHANGE AT THIS POINT IS THE DATABASECONNECTIONSTRING AND ADMINUSERNAME AND PASSWORD. IF YOU WISH TO UTILIZE XML FEEDS FROM ANOTHER SEARCH ENGINE, THERE ARE THREE SETUP FOR YOU ALREADY. YOUR AFFILIATEID SHOULD BE CONFIGURED IN THE CONFIGURATION AREA.
3. EDIT THE SECTIONS FOR NEWS, ABOUT, AND F.A.Q
4. UPLOAD THE SITE TO YOUR WEBSERVER
5. GO TO YOUR WEBSITE'S ADMIN SECTION (HTTP://WWW.YOURSITE.COM/ADMIN/) AND LOGIN WITH THE USERNAME AND PASSWORD IN THE INC_VARS.ASP FILE YOU JUST EDITED.
6. CLICK CATEGORIES. THEN BEGIN ADDING CATEGORIES AND SUBCATEGORIES TO YOUR DATABASE.
7. IF YOU ARE UTILIZING PAYPAL AS A PROCESSOR, LOGIN TO YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT AND CLICK ON SELLING. THEN GO TO IPN (INSTANT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION) PREFERENCES. HERE YOU WILL NEED TO ENTER THE PATH TO THE PAYPAL SCRIPT. THE PATH SHOULD BE AS FOLLOWS: HTTP://WWW.YOURWEBSITE.COM/PAYMENT/PAYPAL.ASP THIS IS THE SCRIPT THAT PAYPAL USES TO TELL YOUR DATABASE THAT AN ADVERTISER MADE A PAYMENT. THE SCRIPT THEN CALLS BACK TO PAYPAL TO VERIFY THE INFORMATION BEFORE LOGGING IT INTO THE DATABASE. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT IF YOU ARE USING THIS, THAT YOUR PAYPAL EMAIL ADDRESS IS PROPERLY DEFINED IN THE CONFIGURATION SECTION OF ADMIN AREA.
8. IF YOU ARE USING 2CHECKOUT AS A PAYMENT PROCESSOR, PLEASE ENTER YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER IN THE CONFIGURATION SECTION OF THE ADMIN AREA. LOGIN TO YOUR 2CHECKOUT ACCOUNT AND CLICK SHOPPING CART, THEN CART DETAILS. SELECT YES FROM THE DROP-DOWN TO HAVE A ROUTINE RUN ON YOUR SERVER AFTER THE PAYMENT IS PROCESSED. BELOW, ENTER THE PATH TO YOUR SCRIPT. IN THIS CASE, HTTP://WWW.YOURWEBSITE.COM/PAYMENT/AUTHORIZE.ASP UPDATE YOUR SETTINGS AND YOU ARE READY TO BEGIN USING YOUR NEW PAY PER CLICK SEARCH ENGINE.