Hi...I finally after hours of trying installed the program! Now I have a few questions. 1) right now my to view my site, you have to type in www.xyz.com/shop..how do I set it up to open my store when someone just types in www.xyz.com....because right now when you type that in you just get a blank white page. 2)The control panel is extrememly hard to navigate, its hard to know what i have to fill in. Is there any step-by-step manual to help me get a site up and running? 3) I'm thinking of possibility hiring someone to design my AOM site..the cost is about $300, and its professionally done, SEO ready...do you think this is worth it, if I'm a pure newbie?
Rename shop.php to index.php then edit the index.php file and change the reference to shop.php to index.php Thats all there is to it. $300 seems really expensive to me. What kind of SEO services are they offering to you? -tpn87
Hi..thanks for the response..although I am unclear of what to do. Sorry for this, but i am a complete newbie. Where do i do to rename the files? do i have to go back to my FTP server program and change the name...than upload the new file again? Or can i change the name at the AOM control panel? Ideally...I don't want to hire someone..I want to learn how to do it myself. But when you open the control panel...wow...its confusing...any suggestions or step-by-step guides?
You don't need to hire anyone for this. FTP out to your site and rename the shop.php file to index.php. The open the index.php file with a text editor and change the reference to shop.php in that file to index.php. Save the file and you're done. If you're still having issues you can PM me and I'll lend you a hand. -tpn87
thanks for your help. What about setting up the store...any suggestions to navigate the control panel...its asking for nodes and ASIN...and mod-rewrites...and colour changes...etc...I wish there was a set-by-step guide...of exactly what to fill in and where!
Hi..thanks for your help. I was able to change the index file...i am very happy! Now here is my next questions... 1) how do you apply the Mod Rewrite feature...it says that you have to upload another file on my server...how do i make another file? the only option is to create a new folder..I am using the IPSwitch WS_FTP program...any suggestions? 2) How do I add a completely different url (domain) and make another new AOM site...doesn't the $100 fee able me to make unlimited stores, with different domains?
I have the same problem... i changed the shop.php to index.php but when i try to open the php file and change the reference form shop.php to index.php its locked so wont allow it. To get around this i have uploaded identicle index.php and shop.php files. All works except my stats show me getting xx uniques a day but amazon login stats show no hits.
What you are better doing is applying a change via .htaccess. This is a file that you upload as htaccess.txt and then rename to .htaccess on the server, in the root folder of your domain; e.g. public-folder. What you want to do is reorder the pages that a browser looks for when it visits your site. So instead of a browser looking for index.htm first of all, it looks for shop.php. See the attached txt file. Simply upload it to your server and rename it to .htaccess and viola! Anyone visiting your domain, www.domain.com will automatically be directed to shop.php.