Owner's Manual: Index

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1. If you are starting to build your first cardshop...
2. Setup
   1. Directories and permissions
   2. Files and permissions
   3. Global configuration file (magics.cfg)
   4. Custom configuration files
   5. Changes from versions 3 and 4
3. Program Variables
   1. System conventions about program variables
   2. Card composition variables
      • List of form control names with default/allowed values
   3. System generated variables
4. Customization
   1. Introductory notes
   2. Templates
      1. e-mail Templates
      2. Card Page Templates
         • Simple Setup
         • Enhanced Setup
         • Forwarded Cards
         • Saved Cards
         • Printed Cards
      3. Error Messages
   3. Card Composition Pages
      1. Important Notes
      2. How to reference card composition variables
         • Images
         • Sounds
         • General rule for images and sounds
         • Backgrounds, stamps and other files
      3. How to make most of sound features
      4. Poems, Java applets and Flash cards
      5. Quick cards
      6. Specific issues for send later option
      7. Specific issues for multi-send option
      8. Optional pickup notice and sending a copy to yourself
   4. Advanced Customization Features
      1. Alternate layouts (different design or language)
      2. Step-by-step card composition
      3. Using custom variables
      4. Using picture uploader
      5. ICQ cards
      6. Languages other than English
   5. Miscellaneous issues
      1. Server Side Includes (SSI)
         • Are there any security issues with SSI?
         • Where to learn SSI?
         • If your server does not support SSI...
5. Administration
   1. Cardshop Stats, Reports and Extracted e-mail Addresses
   2. Finding Cards with Number
   3. Finding Cards without Number
   4. ASAP/QUEUE e-mail delivery
   5. Storing large amounts of card datafiles
   6. Cron job parameters
6. Troubleshooting
   • Common errors and how to fix them
   • Restoring from backup
   • It worked but suddenly stopped without any changes from webmaster!
   • Spam and email security issues
7. Reference
   • Platinum Software Homepage
   • Platinum 5 Demo Cardshop
   • Platinum FAQ
   • Other sites using Platinum software
   • Contact and Support Info
     • What is and is not included in free software support
   • License info
8. Add-ons
   • Preparing files for POD rotator
   • Gallery Plug-in
   • Using Platinum with shopping cart