ProductCart and StoneEdge

StoneEdge is an order management system that can help ProductCart users better manage orders when the ProductCart Control Panel is “not enough”. For example, StoneEdge allows you to consolidate order management across different sales channels: phone orders, fax orders, Internet orders, etc. It can also assist you in a scenario where you are running multiple Internet storefronts.

To use the StoneEdge with ProductCart you will need:

• A valid StoneEdge license
• A valid ProductCart license, and your store must be running version 3.1 or above.
• The integration files. Contact Early Impact to obtain the latest files.

To use StoneEdge with your ProductCart-powered store, follow these instructions.

• Unzip the files that you obtained from StoneEdge, Early Impact, or your Early Impact reseller.
• Locate the correct folder (Parent Paths Enabled or Parent Paths Disabled) based on your server settings.
• Upload the files to their corresponding ProductCart folders. Remember that the “pcadmin” folder has very likely been renamed on your store. Therefore, make sure to rename it on your desktop before you begin the FTP transfer, or else your FTP software will create a new “pcadmin” folder on the Web server.

To update your store database, follow these steps:

• Log into your ProductCart Control Panel
• Replace the file name “menu.asp” in the browser address field with “upddb_STI.asp” and hit the “Enter” key on your keyboard.

• Log into your ProductCart Control Panel
• Replace the file name “menu.asp” with “StoneEdgeManager.asp”
  Bookmark this page in your browser so that you can quickly go back to it if you need to.
• Fill out the required fields on the page:
  1. Turn on the service
  2. Enter a Cart ID/Username. It can be anything.
  3. Enter a Cart Password. It can be anything.
  4. Enter your Store Code: enter a numeric code to identify this store. This is used to handle a scenario in which you could have multiple ProductCart-powered storefronts and download orders into StoneEdge from all of them.
• Write down the values used on this page because you will need them to setup your StoneEdge manager to communicate with ProductCart. The values must exactly match in the two applications for the two systems to communicate successfully.

Follow these instructions to configure your StoneEdge Order Manager so that it can exchange information with your ProductCart-powered store.

1. From the “Main Menu”, click on “Maintenance Menu”, and then double-click “Set System Parameters”.
2. Click on the group “Generic Carts” in the upper left listbox.
3. From the list that appears in the lower left, select the following parameters and change their values (at the lower right), clicking “Save” after each change.
   • GenericOrderImportMethod: XML
   • GenericScriptVersion: 0
   • GenericUseAdvancedFunctions: True
   • GenericOrderNumberType: Numeric
4. Now, go back to the “Create/Edit Shopping Carts” screen and add a shopping cart (or edit your existing one). You should see a host of additional fields. The only REQUIRED fields for internet download are:
   • Cart name (always required)
     Since you may integrate with more than one application, enter a descriptive name.
   • Cart ID/Username
     This is the user name that you entered in the ProductCart Control Panel on the StoneEdge Manager page.
   • Cart Password
     This is the password that you entered in the ProductCart Control Panel on the StoneEdge Manager page.
   • Script URL
     The URL will be: http://www.yourstore.com/productcart/sti/gateway.asp
     1. Replace “yourstore.com” with your domain name.
     2. Replace “productcart” with the name you have given to the productcart folder, in case you have renamed it.
     3. The rest of the URL remains the same.