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--- merkalt:merkalt_site_configuration_manual [2009/07/03 05:42] – daruma
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-**Merk Alt site configuration manual**
-The //core// is not contain any settings, all the settings are //instance//-dependent.
-Some settings for merkalt site instance are carried out to a single file //settings.inc.php//, placed in //includes// subfolder in root directory. Another instance settings contained in the set of xml files placed in //xml// subfolder of root directory.
-Settings in //settings.inc.php// are need to be set up depending on site instance purpose and language:
-\\ ** common site instance settings **
-  *  domain path (DOMAIN_ABSOLUTE_PATH constant) define full real path to the main folder of sites location;
-  *  instance relative path (INSTANCE_RELATIVE_PATH constant) define name of subfolder for instance location (empty for root instance);
-  *  server-side path (SITE_ABSOLUTE_PATH constant) define absolute path to instance subfolder (composed of domain path & instance relative path);
-  *  main host virtual path (MAIN_HOST_PATH constant) define virtual path for main (root) host (e.g. http://merkalt.no/ for all instances);
-  *  instance virtual path (HOST_PATH) define full instance virtual path (e.g. 'http://merkalt.no/bedrift/'). Composed of previously defined main host virtual path and instance relative path;
-  *  includes absolute path (INCLUDES_ABSOLUTE_PATH constant) define path to included site-specific modules;
-  *  templates absolute path (TEMPLATES_ABSOLUTE_PATH constant) define path to templates set location;
-  *  libraries absolute path (LIBRARIES_ABSOLUTE_PATH) define path to libraries modules;
-  *  URL for affiliates program (AFFILIATE_PATH constant) define virtual path to affiliates program package location. Composed of previously defined main host virtual path and relative path of affiliates package scripts location;
-  *  product ID for affiliates program (AFFILIATE_PRODUCT constant) define product identifier which would be passed for affiliates program sale registration. Has different values for different instances (e.g. 'Navnelapper', 'Bedrift Merkelapper', etc.);
-  *  ajax scripts relative path (AJAX_RELATIVE_PATH constant) define path to ajax scripts in relation to instance subfolder;
-  *  javascript library relative path (JSLIB_RELATIVE_PATH constant) define path to javascripts library in relation to instance subfolder;
-  *  motifs folder absolute path (MOTIFS_ABSOLUTE_PATH constant) define absolute path to instance motifs folder;
-  *  motifs folder relative path (MOTIFS_RELATIONAL_PATH constant) define relative path to instance motifs folder;
-\\ ** e-mail settings **
-  *  name of e-mail sender (EMAIL_SENDER constant) define the name which will be shown as author (or origin) of e-mail (e.g. 'Merkalt.no');
-  *  address of e-mail sender (EMAIL_SENDER_ADDR constant) define e-mail address which will be shown as address of author (or origin) (e.g. 'post@merkalt.no');
-  *  subject of customer e-mail (EMAIL_CUSTOMER_SUBJECT constant) define subject string of customer e-mail (e.g. 'Ordrebekreftelse - Merkalt.no');
-  *  e-mail address of webmaster (EMAIL_WM_ADDR constant) define e-mail address of webmaster on which e-mails with orders content will be sent (e.g. 'post@merkalt.no');
-  *  subject of webmaster e-mail (EMAIL_WM_SUBJECT constant) define subject string for webmaster's e-mail (e.g. 'Bestilling - Merkalt.no');
-\\  ** e-mail language settings ** allows to set up order table appearance in e-mails depending on language, used by site instance
-  *  currency (CURRENCY_NAME constant) define a name of currency used by site instance (e.g. 'Kr.');
-  *  order table header settings: product name (PRODUCT_NAME constant), quantity (PRODUCT_QUANTITY constant), price (PRODUCT_PRICE constant), generated label URL (PRODUCT_URL constant) are the strings, containing the text which will be shown in the columns of header of order table (e.g. 'Produktnavn', 'Ant. sett', 'Pris', 'URL');
-  * order table footer rows settings: shipping cost row titles (SHIPPING_TEXT and SHIPPING_FREE constants, e.g. 'Fraktkostnad' and 'GRATIS' correspondingly), discount sum row title (DISCOUNT_TEXT constant, e.g. 'Kvantumsrabatt') and grand total title text (TOTAL_TEXT constant, e.g. 'Totalt е betale (ink. mva)');
-\\ ** instance settings **
-  *  discounts are used (USE_DISCOUNTS constant) define using of discounts code and data by site instance; it takes values true or false only;
-  *  project (or instance) name (PROJECT_NAME constant) define alias for instance in order to change process logic (if required, e.g. like for idband);
-  *  fractional prices are used (FRACTIONAL_PRICE constant) set to true if used prices are not integer (like for english version), false otherwise;
-  *  maximal number of chars in text strings (MAX_TEXT_LENGTH constant) define a warning threshold (by number of characters entered) for text line if motif is added into design;
-\\ XML files containing additional settings, depending on language and purpose of site instance:
-  *  **discounts.xml** include a sequence of amounts thresholds and discounts values;
-  *  **bottom_menu.xml** contain settings for bottom (small gray) menu items on index (main) page of site;
-  *  **menu.xml** contain settings for main menu items on index (main) page of site;
-  *  **messages.xml** contain message strings for user notification (error and confirmation messages);
-  *  **pages.xml** contain title and metatags strings for all site instance pages (HTML headers);
-  *  **products.xml** contain product names and prices to be shown on main page and in e-mails.
-  *  <del>**project_props.xml** additional instance settings for using in js processing.</del> settings carried out to **settings.inc.php**.