Setup assistant

The Setup assistant will help you set up your Web site in just a few steps. You can set the design, configure some basic settings and enter the most important shop information here, without spending a long time getting to know the software.
The Setup assistant starts automatically when you call the Administration function up for the first time. You can start it manually by clicking Settings >> Setup assistant.
Any values already configured for various fields are entered as default settings.
Perform the following steps in the assistant:
  1. Topic and design
Various designs are available for you to select. The designs are sorted according to sector and topic.
Select one of the templates from a topic that matches your situation. For more on selecting a template, see Templates, below. For the basic principles of design and customisation, see Styles, below.
Click Next to open the next page.
  1. Pages and content
The selected design has a basic structure of pages, in which there is already a basic set of content. The suggested basic structure of the corresponding pages is displayed on the left. Each page has its own check box. You can use these check boxes to apply a page from the template to your own Web site. Do this simply by selecting the corresponding check box. When a check box is highlighted, then the associated page has already been added to the Web site.
You will see the current structure of your own Web site and its pages on the right. After selecting a template, all the pages associated with that template are highlighted and copied to the current Web site. Any pages that were already part of the Web site are retained.
If you want to remove a template page from the current Web site, uncheck the corresponding check box on the left.
The symbols have the following meanings:
Table 14: Structure symbols

Icon
Description
This page already existed in the Web site structure before the template was loaded. It cannot be removed using the check box.
Mandatory page
Some templates contain pages that are defined as mandatory. These pages cannot be removed from the Web site structure using the check box. The check box is disabled.

For basic information on editing the structure and the individual pages, see Contents, below.
Click Next or Back to open the next or the previous page.
  1. Contact data and presentation
Here you can enter the contact information for your Web site. The information entered is used for the Web site address and also for the initial entries in the Contact information. The specified e-mail address is entered into the e-mail settings. The other information is used to generate an e-mail signature. To edit this information without using the assistant, see Address, below, E-mail settings, below and Contact information, below.
In addition you must configure the languages for your Web site. The pages are then displayed in these languages. For more on configuring languages, see Languages, below.
You can upload a logo for your Web site here. See also Uploading images, above.
Caution: If the default sender e-mail address is not entered, no event e-mails will be sent.
Click Next or Back to open the next or the previous page.
  1. Settings for your shop
Here you determine the tax model according to which prices are displayed and calculated in the shop and, and the tax model used when entering prices in the administration area. For more on the tax model, see also Tax model, below. You also have to enter data such as the VAT registration number, etc.
Your shop statistics will be collected and reported by etracker. If you have not yet configured etracker, an etracker account can be set up here automatically. To do this, select the relevant check box and enter a password. For more on etracker statistics, see etracker statistics, below.
Click Next or Back to open the next or the previous page.
  1. Finish
The information you entered is displayed on this page.
Click Back to edit the information again, or Finish to apply the information.
Once this has been done, the home page for your Web site is displayed in a new window using the design you have selected. On the administration page, you will see a page with suggestions for the next steps.
Caution: When you apply the data by clicking Finish, the existing data in the fields mentioned previously will be overwritten. Fields in which you did not enter any values will not overwrite the existing data.