Step 1: Download Software

Download Znode Storefront from http://www.znode.com/trial or the link that was provided when you purchased your software. Note that the trial download only includes compiled code. To get source code you need to purchase the full version licence of the Znode Storefront.

Step 2: Run the MSI Installation Program

• If you use Vista be sure to turn off the UAC (User Account Control). This setting can be found in the Control Panel under User Accounts.
• Double click on the ZnodeStorefront MSI program.
• You will see an introduction page. Click Next.
• Read the Software License Agreement, select the "I accept the license agreement" radio button and click Next.
• You will be presented with the SQL Server Connection page. Enter your own SQL Server Name in the space provided. If the SQL Server Browser service is running you can click on the Browse button to automatically find the correct string. Click Next.
• In the next step you will create the database login for the Znode Storefront. Enter a user name and password and then click Next.
• The final configuration step is to enter the name of your IIS virtual directory where the Znode Storefront will be running. Click Next.
• You will be presented with a confirmation page. You can click Back and change any of your settings at this point or you can click Next to proceed with the installation.
• The installation will take a few minutes to run. When complete you can just click Finish to exit the installer.

Step 3: Configure Permissions

If you installed the storefront on Vista set the following permissions for the IUSR account:

• Read permissions at the "Web" folder level
• Read + Write + Modify permissions at the "Web/Data" folder level

Step 4: Test the Site Configuration

• Open the storefront by going to http://localhost/store/diagnostics.aspx (replace "store" with the virtual directory you created during installation). Note that if you are not accessing the site through localhost the Znode Storefront may ask you to activate the license. In this case just activate the appropriate license and re-enter the URL to the diagnostics.aspx page.
• On the diagnostics page you will clearly see if you are connecting to the database and if you have the correct permissions set on your directories. If you see an error about the SMTP service not being set up correctly don't worry. You can set this up later in the Admin (see Post Install).

Step 5: Browse the Storefront

• Open the storefront by going to http://localhost/store/default.aspx
• The Storefront home page will be displayed with demo products.

Step 6: Administer the Storefront

• Open the storefront administration site by going to http://localhost/store/admin/ using IE 6+ or Firefox 2.0+.
• Login with the default admin account:

User id = admin
Password = admin

• This should open the admin dashboard page. You can now start managing your catalog and orders!
• Be sure to see the Post Install suggestions in the next section.