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Miva Merchant

Miva Merchant is a multipage fully web administered shopping cart.
You must purchase a license to use this.

Miva Merchant v4.x basic setup instructions

To start using Miva Merchant follow the steps below using your browser, or simply complete the form below to receive "ready to copy and paste" URLs and directories.

Domain Name                  Domain Name - Example:
yourdomain

TLD: com,org etc.
http://www. .

Machine name:
(This is listed on the main page of your webcontrol)

Example: vulcan

Goto http://yourdomain.com/Merchant2/setup.mvc
Fill in the information! You will need a valid license# to proceed

You will be asked to enter the following URLs and directories:

Page -1-

Non-Secure URL to Miva Merchant:
        http://yourdomain.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?

Root Directory for Modules:
        /Merchant2/

Base URL for Graphics:
        http://www.yourdomain.com/Merchant2/

Root Directory for Graphics:
        /Merchant2/

Page -2-

Secure URL to Miva Merchant:
        https://machine.safe-order.net/cgi-bin/smivavm?userid/Merchant2/merchant.mvc+

Secure URL to Miva Merchant Administration:
        https://machine.safe-order.net/cgi-bin/smivavm?userid/Merchant2/admin.mvc+

Secure Root Directory for Modules:
        /userid/Merchant2/

Secure Base URL for Graphics:
        https://machine.safe-order.net/userid/Merchant2/

Page -3-

Mail Server
        userid.com or userid.net etc..

Setup Complete!!

Note: In the secure calls above, machine must be replaced with the name of the server you are located on. This can be found on the front of your web control panel.
userid must be replaced with your login name. Usually the domain name without the www and the top level domain. (example for site www.yourwebsite.com ---> the userid would be: yourwebsite)
yourdomain must be replaced with your domain name without the www and the top level domain.

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Two other important URL's for you to know:

The URL to your storefront:
        http://yourdomain.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?

Non-Secure URL to Miva Merchant Administration:
        http://yourdomain.com/Merchant2/admin.mvc?

 

Miva Merchant Documentations

Miva Merchant User Guide for v4.x
The Guides there will help you perform tasks for building and maintaining your Miva Merchant store. The Guides are grouped into categories. You can download guides by category or individual selection.
The title of each category is a PDF that contains all the guides of that category.

Old User Guides of early versions

  Miva Merchant User Guide for v3.0 (PDF 1.6M)

Note: You will need the Acrobat Reader to open the Miva Documentation Files.
If you don't have this program, click the button below.
Get Acrobat Reader

 

Additional Links:

Miva Corporation Homepage
MIVA Corp. will answer any question or problems that may arise during your configuration. Generally you can completely setup your shopping cart with no problems.
MivaMerchant User Group (Forum and Mailing List)
How to setup real time credit card processing with MivaMerchant.
Merchant Account?

 

Demo Store:
-Miva Fresh-
Shopping
Administration


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