Tips & Tricks

fmPreferences - Tips and Tricks

Tips and tricks dialog is available in your Store Manager for CubeCart. It can be opened through Help section of the main tool-bar. In this window you can see some tips and enable "Show tips and tricks on Startup" option to get some helpful hints every time you open Store Manager.

Here is a list of tips available at the moment:

• Use http://support.emagicone.com/ to access Documentation, Step-By-Step Wizards, FAQ and other helpful resources

• You can change the language of your interface via Tools -> Application Language

• You can view CubeCart Product Details page via Right Mouse Click on Product Name -> View Product Page 

• You can assign one or multiple products to different categories by dragging them with your mouse and dropping to appropriate category name

• A set of product attributes (Product options) can be pasted to one or more selected products just with one mouse click

• You can hide any interface panel by clicking on dotted line near the panel 

• Store Manager can connect to your store via Direct MySQL connection or via PHP-MySQL Bridge connection

• Use SSH for secure direct MySQL connection

• Support Forum is a good place to talk with other Store Manager users

• Need new feature to be implemented? - Just request it via Help -> Post a feature

• Download update when your software shows new version notification. It might be a good idea to save older installation somewhere, just in case...

• You can copy/paste products from one category to another, between two Stores and even between two Store Manager programs

• Feel free to report us about any bug you have found in the software

• If you found a bug in the program, check whether there's newer version available

• You can create your own Reports in "Custom reports" section

• You can modify an existing reports - add your logo, colors, company information and other

• You can find these tips in tips.txt file

• You can switch off this window by unchecking "Show Tips on Startup" option below

• If you want to hide left bottom banner open Preferences -> Advanced page... In DEMO version it will be visible in any case

• To quickly switch to Embedded database just select MySQL database version as embedded-mysql-5 and then click "Yes"

• Visit http://support.emagicone.com/ to get more information about this program

• When importing products pay attention to each Wizard's page. Import is a rather complicated procedure and it may be destructive if performed incorrectly. Create Database backup before importing products

• It is strongly recommended to create database backup before any mass changes

• The most common registration issues are described at http://support.emagicone.com/

• Unable to connect to remote database? Here you can find a very short description of key items to check: http://support.emagicone.com/

• Use Show all grouped filter to see all of your products at once

• Use Show all grouped filter and Drag&Drop technology to group your items by any column

• eMagicone offers 30-day money back guarantee for ALL our products

• You can quickly find answers to the most common questions at our knowledgebase http://support.emagicone.com/

• Please contact us with any type of inquiry clarification on our services, products or and any other issue related to eMagicone  contact@emagicone.com

• Store URL is used to preview your product and category pages. To specify your Store URL, select Preferences -> Advanced

• Store Manager is most sophisticated store management software available today

• eMagicone dispatches the monthly newsletter for existing customers

• You can customize layout of any report by editing corresponding .fr3 file with Report Tool

• You can customize data retrieved for any report by editing corresponding .sql file

• All program reports stored in "Reports" subfolder. User-made custom reports stored in "Custom_Reports" subfolder

• To work with multiple stores just create separate configuration for each of them and specify connection settings

• To work offline use PHP MySQL bridge connection

• Any grid displaying data can be exported to Excel

• To import CubeCart products from Excel save its data in .csv format using "Save As" command

• One CubeCart product can be assigned to one or more categories

• Use "Show all grouped" product view to see products that are not assigned to any category

• DEMO version available for free download and full version are two different programs and there's no way to convert DEMO to full

• Use Custom Filters or sort your products by different database fields to make your work more comfortable

• Got errors while connecting to your store using PHP MySQL Bridge? Use Bridge Self Test to check your hosting configuration. Your hosting support can solve all problems found there.

• You can find the latest version of PHP MySQL Bridge (Bridge.php) here: http://support.emagicone.com/

• If you get "SQL Error: Access denied for user 'user_name'@'194.187.228.147' (using password: YES)" you have to add your IP address to Access List and allow direct MySQL connections

• Use export to Excel/HTML to save data in Excel or HTML format exactly as you see it in Store Manager

• Use our troubleshooter if you need a step-by-step assistance to configure database connection: http://support.emagicone.com/

• Use default values option while importing products to set a specific value for all items at once while import

• Documentation instructions can help you to get familiar with all Store Manager features

• Use Favorites section to organize and store most used items at one place for quick access. Advanced users may also add the whole tables for more convenient usage

• SQL Logging and Error Logging - allows you to control errors and user actions and to see where exactly an error took place

• Use Links section to setup most used links in Store Manager for quick access

• Use Product Search "Find Similar" feature with configurable relevancy coefficient

• See Helpful Hints to learn more about all forms, options and features of Store Manager

• Find more about Preferences form and it's tabs here: http://support.emagicone.com/

• Use field expression to specify simple calculation for numeric fields while import

• Add-ons (Plugins) were designed to automate and improve typical tasks/operations made by store owners or managers

• To activate Addon (to unlock its functionality) you need to order appropriate license and register extension

• Addon registration works in the same way as Store Manager registration - no difference

• Specify your Store URL at Preferences -> Advanced if your hostname (specified in Preferences -> Database connection) is not the same as your live store URL

• We recommend to subscribe to versions RSS to get instant notification when new version of Store Manager will be available

• You can find Store Manager and Addons Documentation here