Putting an E-mail Checkbox on the Order Form
By default, ShopSite Lite displays a checkbox and this text at the bottom of the order form:
When a customer checks the box, ShopSite sends a message to a pre-defined e-mail address. The default e-mail address is at shopsite.com, and an auto responder at that address sends mail to the customer telling them how to get started with ShopSite.
You can set the text that appears by the checkbox, and control whether the checkbox is checked or unchecked by default. You can also set the e-mail address that ShopSite will send the message to when a customer checks the box.
To customize the e-mail checkbox feature:
- Edit the global.aa file in the SHOPSITE_DIRECTORY and add the following lines:
reseller_id: your reseller ID
sendSSMLemail: text message
sendSSMLemailDefault: checked|unchecked
Manager Lite Email Autoresponder: e-mail address
where:
- your reseller ID is the reseller number assigned to you by Open Market. This line only needs to appear once in the file.
- text message is the text that you want to appear next to the checkbox on the order form. It should say something like: "I would like to receive an e-mail message about setting up my own free online store using ShopSite." You can use HTML tags in this field, but it cannot contain any carriage returns or new lines.
- checked|unchecked means to type either "checked" or "unchecked" (without the quotes) to indicate the default state of the checkbox. If you enter unchecked, customers have to check the box to get the e-mail message. If you enter checked, customers have to check the box to not get the message.
- e-mail address is where ShopSite should send a message when a customer checks the box. You should configure an autoresponder at this address to send a message telling how to get started with a free ShopSite Lite store. Click here to view the formatting and content of the e-mail message.
- Save and close the global.aa file.
