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Orders

eShop & Stats

A quick statistics page showing how many orders are in the system.

Pending/Failed Order

Not yet processed. Orders are automatically removed from here after 4 days (Paypal can take that long to interact with your system)

Active

Orders that have been paid for with a successful transaction has been completed.

Shipped

You may want to move an order here after you ship it. eShop will not move these shipped orders automatically

Failed

There was a problem with a payment for an order.

Deleted

When you delete an order, eShop will move it to this section. You then have the facility to delete all orders over a certain age (measured in hours). Once deleted from this section, the order is completely removed from the database.

Each page lists orders (except statistics). Select an individual order to view the full order details. The customer’s email address is highlighted and can be used to contact the customer. Selecting the Customer’s email address will take you to a Customer Contact page containing a pre-filled ‘customer response’ email template for your use.

Shipping

Shipping Rates

Shipping rate calculations:

• Method 1 ( per quantity of 1, prices reduced for additional items ).
• Method 2 ( once per shipping class no matter what quantity is ordered )
• Method 3 ( one overall charge no matter what quantity is ordered )
• Method 4 ( by weight & zone )

Each of these methods still allow for a ‘per zone’ price.

Shipping Zones

Choose between US States or Countries to be used.

Show Shipping Zones on Shipping Page allows you to automatically show the correct table for the zones. Be warned that these tables are large.

Shipping Rate F is preset for ‘FREE’ delivery and cannot be amended.

Method 4 Notes

This method automatically sets all weights to zero and adds an extra field to the product entry section. A new section is also added to the Checkout page to allow the customer to choose their preferred shipping method.

Weight is not automatically shown on product pages. The table for entering the prices features a starting weight, and prices per zone.

Shipping Modes (by weight)

1 mode per line (required). Enables you to specify different methods of shipping.

Weight units

Specify what weight unit you will be using.

Countries & State/County/Province

Default zones are pre-configured for both Countries and State/County/Province but can be amended if necessary.

Paypal doesn’t list all countries, so you may need to check the list to ensure it is correct. Obviously you should delete any that you feel you don’t want to deliver to. At the bottom of each form there is a blank field to allow you to add to these lists.

Products

This page lists all the products you have entered, along with a few statistics.

Downloads

Providing the downloads directory is writable, you can upload files here. These will become available for sale within your eShop.The page lists all available downloadable products (that you have previously uploaded), along with a few statistics.

As a security measure, you are not able to delete a file that is currently available for sale within your shop.

Uploading large files

Any files that you FTP to the correct eshop_downloads directory can be added by visiting the Unknown Download Files section on the eshop Downloads page.

Alternative methods include:

• Adding directives to the .htaccess file in your main WordPress folder
• Adding directive your site’s php.ini file (ask your hosts for assistance locating this file)

The method you can use may be reliant on your hosting company.

Example set of directives to be added to the .htaccess file:

# BEGIN eShop
php_value upload_max_filesize 100M
php_value post_max_size 200M
php_value memory_limit 400M
php_value max_execution_time 10800
php_value max_input_time 10800
php_value session.gc_maxlifetime 10800
# END eShop

Discount Codes

Various options have been created to give a wide variety of discount codes, from single use to unlimited. This can be a set discount, or for free shipping.

Although you can set Discounts to 100%, it is not recommended. To use this, you will also need to set Allow zero cost orders to yes on the settings page.

Base

Manages your products for Google Base. The details for each product can be tweaked by following the Sku link.

Images must be uploaded via the product page or post.

Emails

Allows you to edit the email templates.>

• Automatic order email: sent out automatically when a successful transaction is recorded on your system.
• Customer response email: can be sent at any time from your Order Details screen.

The other email templates are empty by default. Make sure that you add some content to them before activating them!

About

Lists initial installation and configuration help, along with eShop credits.

eShop Base

Creates a data file for upload to Google Base.

Manage eShop base Feed

Download or view online your product feed for uploading to Google Base.