My Store :: This section is where you enter in custom store information that the site uses. These options need to be set to your custom information in order for the store to display your correct information, send emails to the correct destinations, and to set how you want the site to function.

• Store Name :: Enter the name of your store here
• Store Owner :: Enter the name of the store owner here
• E-Mail Address :: Enter the e-mail address of the store owner here
• E-Mail From :: Enter the address you want to appear in the 'From' field of emails sent by the site
• Country :: Enter the country that your store is based in
• Zone :: Enter the zone your store is in. This is needed for proper tax setup
• Send Extra Order Emails To :: Enter any emails that you would like an extra copy of the order to be sent to. Use the format User Name <email@somewhere.com>
• Store Address and Phone :: The information here will be seen by the customer if you allow the Check/Money order option during checkout. This info will also be used in the invoices and packing slips in the admin section.
• Display Prices with Tax :: When on, this will automatically display all items prices with the tax included. When off, tax will only be shown during checkout.

Minimum Values :: This section sets some key values needed to properly configure your store. These options all set the field size or value used by the site in different areas. These options are mainly for customer information and validation on signup. These values come pre-set, but you can change them to customize the function of your store.

• First Name :: Minimum length of first name field
• Last Name :: Minimum length of last name field
• Date of Birth :: Minimum length of date of birth field
• E-Mail Address :: Minimum length of e-mail address field
• Street Address :: Minimum length of street address field
• Company :: Minimum length of company name field
• Post Code :: Minimum length of post code field
• City :: Minimum length of city field
• State :: Minimum length of state field
• Telephone Number :: Minimum length of telephone number field
• Password :: Minimum length of password field
• Credit Card Owner Name :: Minimum length of credit card owners name
• Credit Card Number :: Minimum length of credit card numbers
• Review Text :: Minimum character count for review text. Reviews must be longer than this amount.
• Best Sellers :: Minimum number of bestsellers to display.
• Also Purchased :: Minimum number of products to display in the 'This Customer Also Purchased' box

Maximum Values :: This section sets many default maximums used by the site. Each is described in the admin section, but we have also listed the descriptions here.

• Search Results :: Amount of products to list per page in search results, and when a product category is clicked.
• Page Links :: Number of 'number' links use for page-sets if your product listings span multiple pages. If set to 5, there will be five links numbered 1 to 5 and a link that says Next>>
• Special Products :: Maximum number of products on special to display
• New Products Module :: Maximum number of new products to display in a category.
• Products Expected :: Maximum number of products expected to display
• Manufacturers List :: When the number of manufacturers exceeds this number, a drop-down list will be displayed instead of the default list in the manufacturers box.
• Manufacturers Select Size :: When this value is '1' the classic drop-down list will be used for the manufacturers box. Otherwise, a list-box with the specified number of rows will be displayed.
• Length of Manufacturers Name :: Maximum length of manufacturers name to display in the manufacturers box.
• New Reviews :: Maximum number of new reviews to display
• Selection of Random Reviews :: How many records to select from to choose one random product review.
• Selection of Random New Products :: How many records to select from to choose one random new product to display.
• Selection of Products on Special :: How many records to select from to choose one random product special to display.
• Categories To List Per Row :: How many categories to list per row.
• New Products Listing :: Maximum number of new products to display in new products page.
• Best Sellers :: Maximum number of best sellers to display.
• Also Purchased :: Maximum number of products to display in the 'This Customer Also Purchased' box.
• Customer Order History Box :: Maximum number of products to display in the customer order history box.
• Order History :: Maximum number of orders to display in the order history page.

Images :: This section is important for setting your image sizes. This is an area that seems to cause many headaches for people. Some things to note about images: If you set only one of the dimensions, either width or height, the other will fall proportionally if you also have calculate image size set to On. These settings do not Resample the images, so no matter what size they are set to, they will consume the full sized image bandwidth.

• Small Image Width :: The pixel width of small images that are displayed in product listings.
• Small Image Height :: The pixel height of small images that are displayed in product listings.
• Subcategory Image Width :: The pixel width of subcategory images displayed on main category pages.
• Subcategory Image Height :: The pixel height of subcategory images displayed on main category pages.
• Image Required :: Enable this to display broken images. Good for development. If you do not want broken images to display, set this to false.

Customer Details :: This section allows you to enable or disable fields used in the new customer signup page. You can control only the fields below from the admin.

• Gender ::
• Date of Birth ::
• Company ::
• Suburb ::
• State ::

Shipping/Packaging :: This is where you set the base shipping information needed by most of the shipping modules. If your shipping modules are not working correctly or giving strange results, make sure the values below are set correctly.

• Country Code :: Enter the "ISO 3166" Country Code of the Store to be used in shipping quotes. To find your country code, visit the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency. If you need to find your country code, the official list of country codes is Here
• Postal Code :: Enter the Postal Code (ZIP) of the Store to be used in shipping quotes.
• Enter the Maximum Package Weight you will ship :: Carriers have a max weight limit for a single package. This is a common one for all.
• Package Tare Weight :: What is the weight of typical packaging of small to medium packages?
• Larger packages - percentage increase :: What is the extra amount you will charge for larger package. For 10% enter 10

Product Listing :: All the settings here control how the product listings display, and what information is displayed. You control the order they are displayed by adding numbers in sequence. The option with '1' will display first, '2' second, '3' third, and so on. To disable any option from displaying, set it to '0'

• Display Product Image :: Enable to display the product image.
• Display Product Manufacturer Name :: Enable to display the Product Manufacturer Name.
• Display Product Model :: Enable to display the Product Model Number.
• Display Product Name :: Enable to display the Product Name.
• Display Product Price :: Enable to display the Product Price.
• Display Product Quantity :: Enable to display the Product Quantity.
• Display Product Weight :: Enable to display the Product Weight.
• Display Buy Now column :: Enable to display the 'Buy Now' button.
• Display Category/Manufacturer Filter (0=disable; 1=enable) :: Enable to display the category/manufacturer filter. This allows to filter the display by category or manufacturer.
• Location of Prev/Next Navigation Bar (1-top, 2-bottom, 3-both) :: This option controls where the navigation links appear on the page.

Stock :: This section contols the level of inventory tracking and how inventory affects checkout.

• Check Stock Level :: Enable to check to see if sufficent stock is available.
• Subtract Stock :: Enable to subtract product in stock by quantity in product orders.
• Allow Checkout:: Enable to allow a customer to checkout even if there is insufficient stock.
• Mark product out of stock :: Set this to display something on screen so customer can see which product has insufficient stock.
• Stock Re-order level :: Define when stock needs to be re-ordered.