| If you are upgrading from Associate-O-Matic v2.x (e.g. v2.8.3 or earlier) here are the upgrade steps: |
| 1. |
Though we've made every effort for the upgrade process to be painfree,
always make a backup of your current store settings before upgrading. To do this, download your/aom/cfg.saved.php file to your local hard drive for safekeeping.
Before you upgrade your live, production store, follow the new installation instructions to create a test instance of the store to make sure the new version works properly on your server. Once you see that it's working as expected (e.g. shopping cart, etc), follow the remaining upgrade instructions below. |
| 2. |
Unzip the files contained in the Associate-O-Matic ZIP file to your local hard drive. Make sure they retain the original directory structures. Make sure you see an /aom directory after you unzip the files. |
| 3. |
Open your FTP client software (or use the control panel provided by your web host) and upload the Associate-O-Matic files to your server (web host) overwriting any previous files.
TIP: Some FTP client software examples are FileZilla, CuteFtp and SmartFTP.
First, upload (FTP) the encrypted PHP in BINARY mode. NOTE: If you are using a name other than the default you can rename before you upload them making sure to edit the reference inside the file to the new name:
- shop.php
- admin.php
- aom.php
Then, upload all of the remaining files and let your FTP software decide the mode to use whether it be ASCII or BINARY.
- /aom/cfg.default.php
- /aom/cfg.css.php new in v3
- /aom/cfg.lang.php new in v3
- /aom/class.os.php
- /aom/class.soap.php
- /aom/[all the image files]
- /aom/cache/
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| 4. |
Now that all of the files are on your server, it's time to open the Associate-O-Matic Control Panel.
For example, in a web browser open the address replacing "yourdomain" with your domain name:
http://www.yourdomain.com/admin.php
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| 5. |
When you open the Control Panel it will load in all your previous settings and also give you access to many new and enhanced settings which will marked as such.
Go ahead and customize your store further by using any of these new settings making sure to save your new settings.
In the Control Panel Settings section of our online documentation, we describe in much more detail each of the various settings.
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| 6. |
If you are using mod rewrite, be sure to update your rules with the latest
found here. |
| 7. |
Congratulations! You're upgraded. View your store from within a web browser.
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IMPORTANT NOTE:
If you see a blank screen or errors, please see our troubleshooting section
ANOTHER IMPORTANT NOTE:
Make sure you are using an Amazon Associate ID that matches the locale of your store otherwise you won't receive credit for sales from Amazon.
Register at the appropriate locale:
Amazon.com (US)
Amazon.co.uk (UK)
Amazon.ca (CA)
Amazon.de (DE)
Amazon.fr (FR)
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