General Settings

Update your system settings.

Enter store name. Max 100 characters.

Main store email address. It is also the reply-to email if not set in the SMTP settings.

HTTP path to store folder with trailing slash. For example:

https://www.example.com/shop/

Select the correct protocol from the drop down. The value in the box should NOT include 'http://' or 'https://'.

Preferred language. See language section.

Path to backup folder with NO trailing slash. This can be a full server path or a relative path. Folder must exist and be writeable or backup (manual or cron) is ignored. Examples:

/home/server/backups (full path)
backups (relative to installation)

Preferred date format as supported by PHP. If you are unsure, do not change.

For supported parameters, click here.

Preferred time format as supported by PHP. If you are unsure, do not change.

For supported parameters, click here.

Preferred store timezone. Overrides server settings. Add/manage timezones in:

control/timezones.php

When you click in date boxes a calendar appears, this is powered by javascript.


Specify preferred formats. Manage formats in:

admin/control/arrays.php

Specify week start day for calendar. For example, UK is Sunday.

Meta tags aren't really necessary for search rankings these days, but adding them does no harm. Enter meta description.

Meta tags aren't really necessary for search rankings these days, but adding them does no harm. Enter meta keywords, comma delimited.

Better urls for search engines. This should be enabled for better search rankings.

Example of url with search engine friendly urls OFF:

http://www.example.com/shop/?pd=1

Example of url with search engine friendly urls ON:

http://www.example.com/shop/acer-laptop

If this is enabled the 'htaccess_COPY.txt' file MUST be renamed to .htaccess

If enabled, disables all sale emails to buyers, except for any admin operations.

If enabled, disables contact form auto responder.

If enabled, reduces database load. Instead of repeated database queries, data will be loaded from cached data. This is recommended.

If set, rebuilds cache folder after specified amount of time. Not necessary, but can help if cache files become corrupt.

Full server path to your download location. Note that this is NOT a http path, it is a SERVER path. For security, this folder should be outside of your web root and not accessible to download managers. Examples:

/home/server/downloads
c:\windows\downloads

NO trailing slash. Use the test option to check your path exists.

If you have downloads in your store, you can set the maximum clicks for each download link. Set to 0 to disable.

Alternatively, set a time period when downloads will expire. Calculated from first click. Set to 0 to disable.

Useful for logging download actions. Should be enabled if you are having download issues. Once you are happy the downloads are working, this should be disabled to prevent the file building up and using up unecessary webspace.

Creation width for thumbnails, should be a reasonable size for all platforms. Note that this is NOT the display size, thumbnail sizes are controlled by the stylesheets. You may have to play around with the sizes for optimal results.

Creation height for thumbnails, should be a reasonable size for all platforms. Note that this is NOT the display size, thumbnail sizes are controlled by the stylesheets. You may have to play around with the sizes for optimal results.

Jpeg/Gif quality. 96dpi is recommended. Try different settings to see if it makes much difference.

PNG quality. Try different settings to see if it makes much difference.

If set to yes, system will attempt to maintain aspect ratio when creating thumbnails. If maintained, sizes may differ from above,

Should the system rename the pictures on upload? If you have lots of strange characters in your file names, such as apostrophes, you should enable this or clean the files before upload. Some characters will prevent file uploads from working.

If set, adds prefix to file upload. Can be useful for identifying thumbnail images.

If set, adds prefix to file upload. Can be useful for identifying full size images.

Based on your language preference.

Font display preference. If your PDF may contain foreign characters you should choose 'Dejavusans', which is a unicode font.

Encoding. UTF-8 will be fine in most cases.

Company address which appears on PDFs.

Company name which appears on PDFs.

If enabled, adds option on buyer order confirmation/downloads page for buyer to print PDF invoice.

Enables you specify terms and conditions on your checkout page, which a buyer must accept before continuing. You can use the Wysiwyg editor to format the display and easily add images or media content.


More info here.

Enable or disable on the checkout screen.

Here you can order the main menu sections and disable/enable menu links. Useful if you don't want clients to see certain page links. Disabling a menu item does NOT disable the page itself, so if you know the page url you can access it manually. For example, if the settings menu link is disabled, access '?p=settings' to view it.

Only the main sections can be ordered, there doesn't seem any point in having the menu links themselves sortable. To re-order, drag and drop the main headings.


To disable a section, hide ALL links in that section. You must click 'Update' after ordering to action your changes. To reset links back to their default appearance, click the 'Reset Links' button (this is hidden until at least 1 ordering preference has been set).

To see menu changes refresh main admin page. Note that if you add or update admin pages, you may have to update the admin menu link preferences again as the admin page links will be reset.

Maian Stripe supports commissions via the Maian Affiliate system. Data is pinged from your Maian Stripe setup to your Maian Affiliate setup after a completed payment occurs. You will need to have both Maian Stripe and Maian Affiliate installed on your web server.

This value should be the FULL url to your affiliate system index.php file. Example:

https://www.example.com/maianaffiliate/index.php

Select the correct protocol from the drop down. The value in the box should NOT include 'http://' or 'https://'.

Your Maian Affiliate API code. This is required so that your affiliate system can verify the callback is genuine.

This is the numeric product ID as shown in your Maian Affiliate control panel on your Manage Products page:

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1 Create a new product in Maian Affiliate for your Maian Stripe shop. So, product name might be Maian Stripe Shop and the url will be the url to your Maian Stripe setup.


2 Enter product ID in your Maian Stripe setup.



NOTE: Affiliate links will set a cookie on the visitors machine. You should include this in your GDPR notes.

This is your affiliate code GET parameter. By default this would be 'maff', but it can be changed in Maian Affiliate in the 'control/options.php' file. This must be correct for Maian Stripe to recognise the correct code. So, this value MUST be the same as the value you have set in Maian Affiliate in the 'control/options.php' file for the 'AFF_GET_PARAM' constant. If you never changed anything, this value will always be 'maff'.

The percentage given to affiliates. This will be for any sale and the total is calculated from the sale total, which includes shipping / tax etc. Enter value WITHOUT percentage symbol. So, for 50% commission, enter 50.

Enables or disables log. Useful for debugging the Maian Stripe setup. Logs will also be available in your Maian Affiliate control panel, so if the Maian Stripe log says everything is ok, you should check the affiliate setup logs if you are having issues.

Enables or disables the commission system in Maian Stripe.

For commercial version ONLY. Enter your own footer data. HTML can be used here, but only use valid HTML5 so as not to break the responsive system.

For commercial version ONLY. Enter your own admin footer data. HTML can be used here, but only use valid HTML5 so as not to break the responsive system.