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
  • Sign in your license account at license.emagicone.com to download recent updates of Store Manager
  • 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/
  • After purchase your license account is created automatically at license.emagicone.com and your licenses are be stored there
  • License account is based on email address, if you specify one email upon first purchase and some other email address when purchasing next time you will have two license accounts
  • 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
  • Store Manager/Addon registration requires Internet connection to perform license verification
  • If you have registration issues make sure you are connected to Internet and there's no firewall, antivirus, monitoring system or other application preventing it from being connected to verify your license
  • You can register as many software copies as you have licenses available. One license - one computer
  • What is Update Service? Here you can find detailed information: http://support.emagicone.com/
  • Want to know how to order Update Service for Store Manager, see related articles at: http://support.emagicone.com/
  • You can not use additional license without having at least one primary license under the same account.
  • If you have primary license under some license account and additional licenses under another one you will not be able to register application using additional license keys
  • Use our troubleshooter if you need a step-by-step assistance while importing products: http://support.emagicone.com/
  • If you reinstalled your OS, changed hardware or just want to install your Store Manager at some other computer without purchasing additional license you should reset your license(s) before using them again at: license.emagicone.com
  • 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

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