Instructions for uploading products with CSV uploader

1. Fill the id column ( first column ) only if the product with that id needs to be edited. New product does not need id.

2. Code ( second column ) is mandatory. It is code of the product being added or edited. Duplicate value is not accepted. It will show error and the row and the rows after it wont be uploaded

3. Quantity ( third column ) is mandatory. Please enter a numeric value . It means the no of products in the stock

4. Master Category ( fourth column ) is mandatory . Enter the main category name here. If checkbox with label ‘ Insert New Categories form CSV ?? ‘ is checked new category will be created in database if the category with same name does not exist.

5. Category , Sub Category  ( fifth, sixth and seventh column ) is not mandatory. Enter the category in the hierarchy that the products rests on.

6. tax inclusion ( eighth column ) is mandatory. Insert ‘ No ‘ if the product is not taxable . ‘ Yes ‘ if it is taxable

7. vat inclusion ( ninth column ) is mandatory. Insert ‘ No ‘ if the product is not vat applicable ‘ Yes ‘ if it is vat applicable

8 free shipping ( tenth column ) is mandatory. Insert ‘ Yes ‘ if it is the products ships for free . No if the shipping charge is required

9 meta description ( eleventh column )   ( mandatory ) enter the meta description for the product

10 meta keyword ( twelth column )  ( mandatory ) enter the meta keyword for the product

11 name ( thirteenth column )  ( mandatory ) enter the name for the product .

12 Original Price ( fourteenth column ) ( mandatory ) enter the price of the product

13. Discounted Price ( fifteenth column ) ( optional ) enter the discounted price of the product (this price will be applicable as price of product if entered )

14. Product Weight ( sixteenth column ) ( optional ) enter the numeric value of the product weight. Do not include unit. unit will be the default unit that is applicable in the shop

15. Description ( seventeenth column ) (  mandatory ) Enter the product description.

16. Promoline ( eighteenth column ) ( mandatory ) Enter the promo line for the product.

17. Manufacturer ( nineteenth column ) ( mandatory ) Enter the product manufacturer name. If the manufacturer name is not present in the database new manufacturer will be added.

18. attribute 1, Value 1 , Unit 1 and so on ( optional ) . Enter the product specific attribute name , its value and its unit. Maximum 10 such attributes can be added.

Other instructions

1. Do not keep  ‘ , ‘ in the value . Keep [comma] in where it is needed.

2. Do not keep rows empty ( the rows below the empty row wont be uploaded )

3. The fields should be in the first row of the csv file. The rows below the first row are considered product rows.

4. To obtain the csv file format please follow the instructions below

i> Login to shopkeeper control panel

ii> Click on the uploader tools

iii> Click on csv uploader

iv> Click on ‘ download previous data ‘ .

v> A csv file will start downloading. It will contain previous products in store.

Thank You

Boss Cart Premium server installation requirements

One of the questions we get asked quite frequently at Boss Cart is “What is the minimum server installation requirement for installing Boss Cart Premium”. We hope this post will answer your questions, of course we love hearing from Boss Cart users, even after reading this, if you still have questions about installing Boss Cart, please contact us and we will be very pleased to answer your questions.

Boss Cart Premium runs on all major server platforms including Linux, Unix and Windows operating system provided PHP and MySQL is installed on the Windows or Linux server. For those using Windows, please pay particular attention to the additional Windows requirement at the bottom of this post.

Linux, Unix and Windows server requirements

• PHP4 or higher version of PHP such as PHP5.
• Safe mode needs to be turned off ( safe_mode can be disabled from your server php.ini file).
• SQL safe mode should be disabled (sql.safe_mode can be disabled from php.ini)
• File uploads enabled (enable file_uploads from php.ini)
• ini_set should be enabled from php.ini
• Server name , database name , database username and database password.
• GD Library functions should be enabled. ( uncomment extension=php_gd2.dll from php.ini)
• Rewrite Engine Enabled (uncomment LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so in httpd.conf)
• mail() function should be enabled
• SMTP server for sending emails.
• post_max_size should be 2 MB to allow for large file upload.
• upload_max_filesize should be 2 MB to allow for large files.
• An HTTPS module (like Net::SSLeay perl module, CURL executable, OpenSSL executable or libCURL PHP extension) for some of the online credit card processing modules ).

Your will need one of the following browsers

We have tested Boss Cart Premium with the web browsers below:

• IE-6
• IE-7
• Mozilla Firefox
• Opera
• Safari

Windows specific requirements

Windows must have Apache and MySQL server installed. Boss Cart Premium does not work with Windows native server IIS nore Microsoft SQL server.

For Cache Control Header the following lines of code in the httpd.conf file must be uncommented.

• LoadModule cache_module modules/mod_cache.so
• LoadModule headers_module modules/mod_headers.so
• LoadModule expires_module modules/mod_expires.so

The number of payment gateways supported by Boss Cart Premium increases almost every month. When we first launch Boss Cart Premium it only supported 3 payment gateways, now it supports over ten payment processing methods and its increasing. Here is a list of payment gateways Boss Cart Premium support at present:

1. Paypal IPN
2. Paypal Express Checkout
3. Paypal Pro
4. Paypal Pro Payflow Edition
5. Secpay/Paypoint
6. Nochex
7. Worldpay
8. 2Checkout
9. Google Checkout
10. - PROTX VSP Form
    - PROTX VSP Direct
11. COD (Cash on Delivery) created, not tested live.
12. Pay by Cheque (to be created next week)

If you required a payment gateways that is not listed here, just drop us a line and we will intergrate it with Boss Cart Premium.  There is a comprehensive list of Payment gateways supported by Boss Cart premium at out payment gateway documentation page.