Found 81 Modules or Applications that might fit the bill
Use caution when considering any modules from modStop. Their support has been reported by umpteen Miva Merchant users as suspect and worse. Some of their modules are simple and shouldn't require support. Please contact us with any questions concerning them or their modules.
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The Celestia Content Management System by Copernicus provides the small business owner with website development and maintenance capabilities previously only accessible to large corporations with IT staff or significant budgets. Celestia Content Management provides dynamic database driven content, customizable forms, search engine optimization and many additional major features only found in expensive content management systems.
The Celestia™ Content Management System is a robust PHP & MySQL server-based application that provides a point-and-click web-based interface for creating, updating and modifying your website. Celestia, formerly known as the Copernicus WebSite Builder, has been actively developed and deployed for over 3 years and represents the best-practices for content management systems.
Celestia is a web-based software package. This software gives a non-technical user the capability to build and maintain a robust, feature-rich website without the assistance of a programmer. Celestia provides the core technology necessary to build a user and search engine friendly site.
Celestia is your website. The core content management system is used to build and display your site. When viewing the Copernicus site, you're using the Celestia system that we have deployed for the Copernicus website!
Celestia is comprehensive. With a full suite of modules provided in the core system, Celestia contains all of the necessary technologies for an outstanding web presence. From browser-side HTTP/1.1 compliant page caching to short search-engine friendly URLs and robust page layout modules, Celestia provides the capabilities to build almost any SMB site.
Celestia is extensible. With an object-oriented PHP API, adding new features via modules to Celestia can be accomplished by novice and advanced PHP programmers alike. The core module API handles database creation and abstraction, configuration and standard layouts. As a developer, you can focus on the portions of your module that are most important- the core features you wish to provide- rather than spending countless hours creating database and configuration systems.
Celestia Features Celestia Content Management provides dynamic database driven content, customizable forms, search engine optimization and a number of other major features only found in expensive content management systems. The base Celestia distribution provides a feature set never before found all together in one package. Features include:
Point-and-click browser based site editing
Integrated WYSIWYG HTML editor
Import & Export of all databases
Automated provisioning and site template system
Standardized configuration screens for all modules
Global CSS Control with overrides on each page
Search engine optimizations:
Search-friendly short URLs
Page Title manager for SEO
META KEYWORDS tags for search engine optimization
Automatic META DESCRIPTION tags for all pages
HTTP/1.1 Compliant browser side caching
HTTP/1.0 Compliant server-side page redirects
Upload Image Library with ALT tags & image sizes
Web-safe color chooser
Display Modules:
Events Calendar
Contact Us Form
FAQ Lists
FormBuilder (Custom Forms)
Forum Topics
Miva Merchant Integration
Paragraph Content Module
Press Releases
Photo Gallery
Related Links
Section (hierarchical) Containers
Staff Biographies
Server Requirements:
PHP v4.2.1 or greater
MySQL v3.23 or greater
Zend Optimizer v2.5.0 or greater.
Download this Installation Test to determine if your hosting account is capable of running the Celestia Installer.
The StatCat module is both an admin module and a basket interface module. The primary purpose of StatCat is to generate static catalog pages (indexes and sub-pages) directly from your Miva Merchant products and category databases so that search engines will add your pages to their index. Presumably this will allow customers to find your store amongst the millions of web sites on the Internet. As such, the pages generated are basic html pages with links to sub-pages, basket page and individual product pages in your Miva Merchant system. Each page contains your store title, meta description, meta keywords, footers along with the products. Category pages also contain category headers and footers.
Although these are static html pages, they have direct links which allow customers to add the products to their basket which is maintained in your Miva Merchant shopping cart system. If you are using the CIM Inventory Manager or Miva Corp's new Inventory Manager (in Merchant 4.x), it will even check the stock level and return an out of stock message if stock level is depleted
** Caution: If you are using Merchant 4.0 and its Inventory Management system that deducts products from inventory when they are placed in the basket, you should select to NOT use the Add to Basket buttons if you have one-of-a-kind items. The reason for this is that some robots and other indexing software may even follow links which contain the ? and & characters. This could result in the stock level decrementing to zero and out-of-stock emails being sent. The products won't be removed from inventory completely, as they will be re-stocked when you run the Admin:Delete Expired Shopping Baskets. This undesirable situation does not exist in Merchant versions 2.x or 3.x. It is also not a problem in Merchant 4.x if your store does not use the Miva Corp Inventory Management or your product stock levels are not likely to be depleted with one or two passes of the indexing program.
The store owner determines which page the customer will go to when they select to add a product to the basket. They can be taken either to the basket for review or back to the static page they just selected from. Both processes are automatic and do not require Javascript or meta refresh routines. Either click through destination can be used on either of the sort options, store owner choice. In addition to the functionality of this module, it provides an excellent example of how to interface static pages with the Miva Merchant system with return to the correct static page.
Quick links on each sub-page allow the customer to return to the index or go straight to their basket for review and checkout.
Below the sub-pages the store owner can even generate individual product pages. These product pages contain the full sized image and description. If the store uses the Flexible Product Description module and the product record contains a Keyword field, those product specific keywords are added to the store's generic keywords which are already in all of the static pages.
The store owner can decide whether to display the price for each item on the static pages. Since these pages are static and cannot function interactively to determine customer price groups or discounts, the hide price routine has its place. However, if the store has no price groups and discounts are calculated on basket totals or discount coupons, the price listing is useful.
The static pages also have no way to restrict access. So if your store is one which does not allow certain products to be shown to all customers, then this module is not for you, unless you can place all of those restricted products in specific categories. In which case, you could then sort pages by category and simply delete those categories' pages.
This module is for Miva Merchant 2.x, 3.x and 4.x. It works with both the Miva Merchant look and feel (mmui.mv) and the OpenUI look and feel (oui.mv). If using the mmui.mv, there are two edits that need to be made to the mmui.mv file.
StatCat produces pages similar (mirror) to the layout in Miva Merchant with admin control. The following configuration settings are made within the standard Miva Merchant admin interface: Page title, home URL, optional title/store logo, title background color, title foreground color, category title header size, number of product columns on the category sort page, Meta description of the site, Meta keywords on the site, return action after adding a product to the basket, option to hide the prices, category column background color, category column foreground color, category column font, category column size, product background color in the category sorted pages, product foreground color in the category sorted pages, product font and size in the category sorted pages, optional display of thumbnail images in the category sorted pages, store front page welcome screen, search button input, product descriptions on category pages, and page footer.
Once generated, the index pages can be linked to your main home page. The catalog can be left in the directory it is generated in or copied to any web site (or multiple web sites) to increase search engine visibility. The links to images and back to your Merchant.mv store will work across servers. An example of this remote distribution can be seen at my Yahoo/Simplenet web site. The limitation to the remote distribution is that these remote static pages are one way, ie. placing a product in the basket will take the customer to the main Merchant.mv, but not back to the remote static page. They would then continue shopping in Merchant.mv. This limitation exists only if the static pages are not in their original catalog directory. If they are in the catalog directory on the local server with Merchant.mv, then return to the static pages is one of your options in admin.
The StatCat also has the ability to generate static pages which can be placed on a disk and used as a catalog which can be mailed or given out to potential customers. When using this option, links to your web site or the shopping cart are suppressed. An example of this type of catalog can be seen online. It has no links to the cart and the images are virtual to the static html pages.
When generating the catalog, the store owner has the option of restricting the html output to a list of specific categories. This is particularly useful when the store owner wants to place their static pages on remote servers which have specific themes in a mall environment. Some categories may "fit in" and some may not. This also might be useful if you want to create disks with only certain categories of products on them to be given to customers.
Note 1: StatCat uses the first letter of the product name to name the sub-pages. If you use illegal characters for the first letter of product names, you will not be able to generate the by-name catalog. An example would be the left bracket, as some might have put the font tag at the beginning of the product name. If that is the case, use the by-category catalog.
Note 2: If you have an excessively large products database, you will probably not be able to run StatCat on a server without timing out. However, you should be able to run it in MivaMia if you have a mirror of your store on your PC. You would then need to upload the static pages manually. This store of 600 products took about 5 seconds to generate the category pages.
Click through returns to the originating static page after addition (alternatively you can have it remain at the merchant.mv basket)
This example contains StatCat generated individual product pages
Several new features have been added to the compiled version; background image, functional navigation bar, "smart" metatags, extensive implementation of keyword and header and footer usage, product page names can be product code or name ending with html, inclusion of product links at the top or bottom listed as featured products or similar designation, include any fields in the products database on product pages (including modified structure), optionally hide subcategories on category pages as applicable, additional product page links such as "check availability or latest prices", and export to any directory within the store's path (creates directory if it does not exist). Discontinued (inactive) products can continue to have modified static pages generated so that search engine links remain viable, yet do not result in errors when linked to the store. Additionally, affiliate codes can be included with every link so that the static catalog pages can be given to affiliates who wish to mirror your catalog at their site. If you are using the OpenUI, StatCat adds "smart" metatags to your merchant.mv so that when the customers (and search engines) click from your static pages to your actual store, the pages will contain metatags related to category headers, product descriptions and product keywords (if used). It also reverses the title tag with the category and product screens so that the category or product name appear first, then the store name. If your store has our Volume Pricing module version (4.53 or higher) installed, StatCat can optionally include the volume price table on the static pages. When creating the static product pages, a flat file is created in the background which can be used for a data feed file for submission to FroogleTM. It contains the header and data for the basic file format.
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Paypal is a well-established online instant payment service. Paypal allows individuals and small businesses to avoid the expense involved in setting up and maintaining a Merchant account. (Average fees for a Merchant account seem to range around $200 in set up fees, and $15-20/month in gateway fees--with Paypal you'll only pay the transaction fees, which are about the same as most credit card processors charge.) Besides credit card transactions, Paypal is also a convenient way to send money via email, and it is widely used at sites such as eBay where it accounts for 53% of transactions.
This module permits you to use PayPal Web Accept to process payments in your Miva Merchant store. Your customers will be taken to the PayPal site to transfer the money for the purchase to your account. They will then be returned to your store's Invoice page (assuming that the transfer was successfully made. It also provides the ability to verify the transaction with PayPal's records from within admin.
Unlike most off-site payment modules (those payment modules which require your customer to leave Merchant to process the payment), this module takes advantage of advanced features offered by PayPal to assure that a record of the purchase is made in Merchant as soon as the money is transfered! In many other such modules, if something goes wrong and the customer does not return to Merchant no record is made of the order; even though the money was transfered to your account! That won't happen with this module. The customer does not need to return to the invoice screen for Merchant to make a record of the sale.
Urchin 5 is a web analytics software package designed to analyze traffic for one or more websites and provide highly accurate, useful, easy-to-understand reports on-demand.
Urchin and Miva Merchant Work Together
Miva Merchant 4.21 and newer supports the ELF2 (E-commerce Logging Format v. 2), which enables Urchin 5 to analyze your shopping cart traffic in conjunction with normal site usage. Just log-in to your Miva admin system, and click:
Stores -> (Arrow Next to Your Store Name) -> Logging Configuration -> e-Urchin Log (ELF2)
With Urchin's E-commerce Module, you'll get two new report sections, which give you:
E-commerce
Revenue
Number of Transactions
Products by Revenue
Products by Quantity
Products by Revenue Drilldown
Products by Quantity Drilldown
E-Commerce Summary
Revenue Source
Revenue by Region Drilldown
Revenue by City
Revenue by Referrals
Revenue by Search Terms
Revenue by Search Engines Drilldown
Revenue by Domains Drilldown
Improve Your Site - Increase Revenue
How are visitors getting to your site? How are they using your site? Are visitors converting into customers? Which marketing efforts are paying off? Urchin answers all of these questions and many more with its detailed unique visitor reports. Urchin 5 sets the bar with the most advanced visitor tracking methods in the industry. Urchin's reports allow you to optimize your website and save money by increasing the effectiveness of your marketing dollars. And Urchin 5 is the only analytics product to use Adobe's SVG technology to display stunning charts and graphs that load instantly. Change your report's date range or use Urchin's report side filters to modify the information you are viewing and Urchin's graphics update in a blink - leaving competing products in the dust.
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Urchin is the most accurate web analytics products on the market. How? By using both log files and cookie information. Urchin captures visitor parameters and true path data via the Urchin Tracking Module (UTM2), a free, client-side data collection component that transparently sends additional data back to the server and into the log file. The UTM2 uses a first-party cookie to overcome the effects of caches, proxies, and IP-recycling to provide the most accurate and complete reporting available from ANY analytics solution.
Log-only systems tell half the story. ASP solutions tell the other half. Only Urchin gives you a complete picture of your websites' usage.
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Specifically designed for new online businesses, Fast Track gives you:
Simple setup in five easy steps.
Powerful design tools, with a choice of templates or a custom look.
Advanced catalog, customer and order management systems.
Integrated payment and shipping calculation.
Robust marketing features.
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five steps to success
In just five simple steps, your new online storefront will be up and running. MIVA Merchant Fast Track makes setup easy with an appealing and intuitive interface.
Step 1: Build the Store
Begin laying the foundation for your online business.
Change your fonts, colors, layout and more for a personal touch.
Enter a few key settings, and you’re ready to go.
Step 2: Stock the Store
Create a substantial catalog with up to 100 products in five categories.
Add eye-catching images and compelling descriptions to make the sale.
Control your inventory and get automatic notifications when items are running low or out of stock.
Step 3: Set Up Business
In a few keystrokes, determine the sales tax rate for customers and specify your shipping options.
Browse MIVACentral.com for optional plug-in shipping modules.
Make payment easy and secure with PayPal™ or MIVA Payment™ for online credit card processing.
Step 4: Run the Store
Track your best sellers, revenues, orders and storefront traffic.
Easily manage orders, process payments and handle customer accounts.
Add a personal touch with specially configured order confirmation emails.
Step 4: Marketing
Upsell related products at checkout or create an affiliate program to drive revenue.
Leverage the power and focus of cost-effective Pay-Per-Click advertising through MIVA Ad Center.
Spread the word with popular integrated services such as search engine optimization and email marketing.
KEY FEATURES & BENEFITS
MIVA Merchant Fast Track’s step-by-step administration panel makes it easy to create and manage a successful online business.
Easy-to-Use Administration Tools
With MIVA Merchant Fast Track, creating and managing your online storefront couldn’t be easier. With a secure log-in, access the intuitive, web-based admin interface from anywhere in the world. Our software walks you through five simple steps to build, stock, setup, run and market your store.
Powerful Store Design Tools
MIVA Merchant Fast Track provides easy-to-use controls to design your online store. Use the built-in store template, and modify or add pages to suit your specific business needs.
Simple 'Point + Click' controls allow you to specify fonts, colors, button labels, navigation bar settings, product layouts, and more. MIVA Merchant Fast Track also provides access to the HEAD tag to assist in search engine optimization.
Feel free to get creative. Version history tracking records and our version recall feature enable you to experiment with your look and create alternate versions, without risk.
Catalog Management
MIVA Merchant Fast Track lets you build a substantial catalog with up to 100 products in five categories. You can also quickly assign a product to multiple categories
Enter product descriptions as plain text, or enhance them with HTML. Assign thumbnail and full-size images to make your products more enticing. Product attributes can be assigned to define product characteristics, with the ability to add additional prices or weight with each attribute option. Multiple attribute display types include drop-down boxes, radio buttons and text fields.
Inventory Tracking and Product Merchandising
Carefully manage your inventory and receive automatic notifications when an item is low or out of stock. Display customized messages telling your customers if an item is running low or how many are left. You can even hide out of stock products from your shoppers.
With our highly effective upsale feature, suggest a product at checkout based on the order total, or on specific products in the order. Seal the deal with special discounts and drive revenues with minimum order amounts or quantities. If not met, your shoppers will be asked to add more to their basket.
Order Processing and Customer Management
MIVA Merchant Fast Track includes a detailed order management system. Monitor your new orders and process credit right from within the admin interface. To ensure secure transactions, encrypt sensitive payment details on each order. Your customer's payment information is locked with a secret password that you create to help prevent stolen data.
Send confirming e-mail messages when customers place orders. You can also receive your own e-mail notifications when new orders are received. Notification emails can also be copied to a third party for drop-shipping or other uses. With the customer management system in MIVA Merchant Fast Track your customers can create accounts, providing easy access to their account details and addresses.
Shipping Calculation and Payment Processing
Keep things simple with built-in flat-rate shipping. Or visit MIVA Central to select plug-in shipping modules that offer a range of shipping options.
MIVA Payment offers a convenient, one-stop solution for processing credit card payments. Tightly integrated into MIVA Merchant Fast Track, MIVA Payment features advanced fraud screening, an online Virtual Terminal, and order processing directly through the MIVA Merchant Fast Track administration interface for a complete credit card processing solution.
You can also integrate PayPal into your shopping basket to accept credit cards, debit cards, bank transfers and PayPal account balances.
Store Data Access
Import your existing product and customer data directly into MIVA Merchant Fast Track for quicker setup of your online store. With the included import utilities, quickly set product inventory levels, assign products to categories, create new customer accounts, and more.
To work with your store data offline, you can conveniently export your customers, products and affiliates with built-in export tools. All of your data is exported to a secure location on your website.
Affiliate Programs and Marketing Services
Drive traffic and sales with an affiliate program. Our built-in affiliate tracking system lets you reward your affiliate partners based on order traffic, customers referred, or both. The simple affiliate management system tracks their earnings and payouts. Meanwhile, your partners can monitor their earnings, retrieve store links and banners, and view your program agreement.
MIVA also offers additional marketing services, which are available through the MIVA Merchant Fast Track admin interface:
Fully integrated, MIVA Ad Center offers online search advertising, powered by the MIVA Performance Marketing Network.
Take advantage of MIVA Submit, a suite of search engine optimization and web presence enhancement tools.
Coming soon, you will be able to work seamlessly with MIVA Mailer, our mailing list management and email distribution system.
Documentation and Support
MIVA Merchant Fast Track links directly to our comprehensive online Help Center. Scan the detailed, easy-to-browse table of contents for quick answers. A glossary provides quick explanations of e-commerce terms.
Our active MIVA Community Forums provide essential support for online businesses using MIVA Merchant Fast Track. This valuable resource lets you share ideas, build skills and get even more out of your e-commerce solution.
Software developers and store designers create innovative new modules to extend the functionality of your store. These are available at MIVA Central, along with books, tutorials, and training from an array of knowledgeable providers.
Finally, MIVA offers expert support and training. With MIVA Service Club, experienced professionals work with you on the phone or by e-mail to help you achieve e-commerce success.
How idiot-proof is your store? Does the average customer run into problems shopping? Are your products presented as effectively as they could be? What's your sell-through ratio?
The MvCool Analysis Team is ready to provide you with a complete analysis of your Miva Merchant store and supporting pages.
How It Works The Analysis Team shops your site as first time customers, noting the usability and shopability of the store. We look for instructions, product placement, customer information and the ease of navigation. We place test orders, and visit supporting pages.
Once complete, we provide you with a complete report, which includes:
Notes on your site's functional design
Information on where beginning users may be stumped while shopping
Recommendations on increasing the store's usability by a beginning user
Recommendations on add-on modules and/or design tweaking
When applicable, screenshots and custom graphics to back up recommendations
And not just Miva Merchant either. We take the approach at your site's ecommerce status, so we also analyze any supporting HTML pages shoppers will visit.
You'll get expert advice your store's specific needs. Not all stores are alike, so steps are taken to understand your product line, to determine the best solution for your TOP priority - THE CUSTOMER.
If you provide us with an administrative login, we will also use your backend as a basis for analysis.
Your analysis will be complete within 10 business days.
NOTE: Analysis is for site and store shopability. It does not include testing for search engine rankings and does not include any technical fixes or installs.
The introduction of Google's new service to provide an easier way to get your store links into Google, has been meet with cheers and well, a few tears. While its results are nothing short of astounding (sometimes improving coverage up to 100%) its implementation has left some folks, hanging like vines in the jungle.
The problem with Google XML Site Maps are--well do you know what python is? If you think its something that slithers along the floor of the rain forest, then read on--if not, maybe you're up to the challenge of wading through the Google XML site map swamp yourself; but then again, maybe you've got better things to do with your time; like continuing to read this short missive.
Introducing Merchant Moogle: the fully Miva Merchant compliant, one click and your done solution to letting Google get more of your site indexed, better and faster. All Moogle requires is the simple installation of a Miva Merchant module, one or two settings and wham...your XML Site Map of your Merchant store is created, in place, and optionally, submitted directly to Google from the Moogle module itself.
What's the Google XML Site Map all about?
It's a collaborative system that enables you to communicate directly with Google to keep them informed of all your store's web pages. It lets you tell Google when to update their listings, which listings are more important to you and more. A Google XML site map gives you:
Better crawl coverage to help people find more of your web pages
Fresher search results
A smarter crawl because you can provide specific information about all your web pages, such as when a page was last modified or how frequently a page changes
The FedEx Shipping Module connects your store to the FedEx web site for calculation of shipping costs.
NOTE: Since this module connects to the FedEx web site, occasionally shipping calculations may fail (if the FedEx web site is down). In this case, the customer will be notified that shipping cannot be calculated and that he or she will receive a follow-up e-mail from the merchant in regard to shipping charges. This allows the customer to still place the order with no shipping costs calculated.
The USPS Shipping Module connects your store to the United States Postal Service web site for calculation of shipping costs. You can choose which shipping methods will be available, and can designate any additional charges (such as tracking or handling fees).
NOTE: Since this module connects to the USPS web site, occasionally shipping calculations may fail (if the USPS web site is down). In this case, the customer will be notified that shipping cannot be calculated and that he or she will receive a follow-up e-mail from the merchant in regard to shipping charges. This allows the customer to still place the order with no shipping costs calculated.
The Copernicus CustReturn module provides your customers with the ability to request a product
return via your storefront. The return request can be processed in the Miva Merchant admin and
your customers can view the status of the return request.
Key Benefits Include:
“Return Request” web page for
customers to request returns
Optional configuration to allow
customer to explain reason for
return
Merchant admin screen allows
storefront owner to approve or
disapprove request
Auto-approval available based
on reason for return
Results of approval posted in Return
Request web page for customer
to access. Customer must
have an account to be able to access
this information
Approval/disapproval tracked in
Merchant admin
Example Usage:
A storefront that sells cakes and jelly
beans online accepts returns for jelly
beans that arrive stale at the customer’s
doorstep. It does not accept
returns for the cakes that it sells because
the cakes are baked and shipped
on the same day. They are never stale
since they get shipped over night.
(The storefront owner solved this problem
with the Copernicus Shipping SuperMod!)
Well, the storefront owner
purchased a batch of jelly beans from a
discounted wholesaler (whose name
will not be revealed here!) who sold
him 200 pounds of stale jelly beans!
Through his storefront, he wants to
accept requests for returns and he
wants to automatically approve all returns
due to “stale jelly beans.” He
installs the Copernicus CustReturn
module and immediately he is offering
his customers an easy way to handle
the stale jelly bean problem! He has a
standard returns request form for his
customers to fill out on his website. He
can decide whether to approve or decline
all other returns; but since he
knows about the stale jelly bean problem,
he has configured this return reason
for auto-approval. So he’s in complete
control of the process; yet, expediting
the returns for his customers
who have suffered from the stale jelly
bean shipment.
He also wants to offer store credit so
customers can order a new package of
fresh jelly beans. He’s installed the
CustCredit module to integrated the
returns and customer credit process for
his customers. His customers can
come back to his website to find out
about the approval of their return request
and purchase another package of
jelly beans using their customer credit.
SPECIFICATIONS & TECHNICAL NOTES
When using this module alone, that is,
without any other Copernicus products
from the Customer Service Suite, you
can receive return requests through
the return request screen and approve
or decline the requests through the
Merchant admin. When used with the
other Customer Service Suite modules
from Copernicus, it provides a robust
returns tracking system.
When used in conjunction with the
CustRMA module, you can accept returns
through your website, approve or
decline the return, attach an RMA
tracking number to the return and then
track all communication regarding all
aspects of the RMA through the Merchant
admin.
When used in conjunction with the
CustContact module, your customer
can submit a returns request through
your website in the return request
screen and that request is transferred
into the mini-help desk. All related
communication is tracked through the
Merchant admin.
When used in conjunction with the
CustCredit module, the store owner
can accept a request for a return
through the return request screen, approve or decline the request, and issue
a store credit for the items returned.
The Customer Service Suite of modules,
CustCredit, CustReturn, CustRMA
and CustContact can each be used
separately but are best when used together
as a comprehensive customer
service solution.
The Import/Export SuperMod™ provides advanced data imports and exports for all Miva Merchant databases, including the ability to directly import and export any 3rd party module databases. Any Miva Merchant database can be edited directly in any text editor, spreadsheet or desktop database program such as Microsoft Access and Excel.
Key Benefits Include:
Never purchase another import or export module again!
Export any Miva Merchant database to tab-delimited text file, including 3rd party module databases
Edit the text file using your favorite desktop application such as Microsoft™ NotePad, Excel or Access
Import the changes back into your Miva Merchant store
Provides Import/Export capability for modules that do not provide data imports or exports natively
Fix corrupted databases and store packing issues with a text editor
Time-out safe! Export and import large databases without any worries of the web server or browser timing out! Features automatic refreshing to cycle through large import files.
Miva Merchant storeowners now have a single import/export solution for handling any data transfer operation, regardless of the module provider or Miva Merchant feature. The Import/Export SuperMod can export any Miva Merchant database to flat file. The storeowner can then edit this file and re-import the changes!
Example Usage 1: Importing Large Product Databases Customers who have many products often have difficulty uploading all products through the standard Miva Merchant product import. Timeouts can prevent the import from completing, leaving the store in an unknown state. The Import/Export SuperMod provides timeout protection, and will allow the store-owner to load even the largest of product databases without timeout issues.
Example Usage 2: Fixing Duplicate Record Issues A common problem for some Miva Merchant users, duplicate database records or ids can cause significant operational issues within your Miva Merchant store. Until now, the only way to fix the duplicate records was to edit the Miva Database files by hand, which requires special purpose database software or contracting to a Miva consultant. The Import/Export SuperMod provides the storeowner with an easy way to edit and fix duplicate database records using any text editor, Excel or even Access.
Example Usage 3: Import and Export 3rd Party Module Data Many excellent third party modules exist that provide extended store functionality. However, many of these products do not contain an import/export function for configuration data. If the module allows configuration for each category or product, configuring it properly in a large store can be very time consuming using the Miva Merchant web interface. The Import/Export SuperMod allows the storeowner to export any database, including those from 3rd party modules! Now importing configuration data into any module database, regardless of the module vendor, can be accomplished
Please note: If you are using OpenDB, to be able to use this module you will also need to have installed MvSQL QUERY - available on MvCool for $15 or as a source kit for free on the CBS website.
If your PayPal account is either a "Business" or "Premier" PayPal account, this module guides the customer to the PayPal payment screens so that they do not get to the invoice screen without properly entering pay data. When the customer clicks the Pay button at the PayPal site, you can have the PayPal Instant Payment Notification (IPN) send a silent update back to your payment history file which can be viewed in your Merchant admin:order edit screen. Unlike some other modules, if the customer does not return to Merchant, his order will still be processed and email notifications sent. When returning to your store, the invoice page will be displayed. You can also add additional instructions to inform customers what to expect at the PayPal site through the admin interface. If you are using Addendum in your store, you will need to use Addendum version 3.08 or newer when using the PayPal module. If your PayPal account is a "Personal" account, the flow for payment is a bit different. Contact me if your PayPal account is a "personal" PayPal account and I will give you the details.
Although the PayPal system is not like real time credit card processing and authorization systems, it is more like using the simple credit card validation. PayPal does the authorization using it's web accept and sends you a confirmation email. You match the Merchant notification emails with the PayPal confirmation emails. For added security, it is advisable to check the status on the PayPal web site (linked within Merchant admin). Once confirmations are verified that the money has transferred to your account, you can ship the products.
The Merchant version 2.x, 3.x and 4.x PayPal payment module can be used with both the MMUI and OpenUI look and feel. A single edit is needed if you are using the MMUI AND your PayPal account is a "Personal" account. If you have a "Business" or "Premier" PayPal account, the MMUI edit is NOT needed. An optional code edit can be also made to include the payment method in the merchant notification email. You may find it advantageous to use our Show Payment Type module instead which lists all payment methods in the email, not just PayPal. No code edits are needed if you are using the OpenUI for either the PayPal or Show Payment Type modules.
New in the compiled version is a report module. You can list orders by any time frame and specify only orders with a specific product code in them. You can also sort it by state or country according to their paypal.com account registration
This module is particularly useful for the small sized Mom and Pop store which does not want the added expense of setting up Merchant credit card accounts and having to meet minimum sales quotas. This store is a prime example, as I do not take credit cards directly. Rather you can pay for software at this store using PayPal, by signing up and debiting your credit card at PayPal. Try it out, I think you'll like it.
Additionally, it is a nice option for the big guys in that it makes online fulfillment possible for those customers who don't have credit cards but have built up an online balance through their own sales, e.g. through eBay. PayPal is the predominant method of payment at eBay. There are over 16,000,000 million PayPal accounts. Do not overlook these as potential customers at your store. Over 30,000 websites accept PayPal and are listed in the PayPal Shops at paypal.com. Can you afford not to be in that list? PayPal accounts are available to customers in the United States and many other countries around the world.
PayPal is currently giving you $5 to sign up and complete the bonus requirements. So do the math. Signup, order this $20 module and let PayPal pay $5 of the cost. How long this will last is anybody's guess, so don't wait too long.
If you are not familiar with how PayPal works, check it out. If you like it, sign up, then add this payment option to your store.
This module, as the name implies, is an affiliate manager. It tracks referrals to your store from your affiliates. You give an Affiliate code to them which they in turn can use in a link to your site or provide to others who can enter it on your site to give credit to the affiliate for their visit. You can set the amount to be paid out separately for each individual affiliate and the module tracks the accumulation and alerts you when payout is due. Payouts can be scheduled for any time period from daily to annually or set to occur when a particular payout amount has been accumulated.
A sampling of the module's features:
Store display settings can be configured separately for each affiliate so each can have their own "unique" look and feel
Payouts can be accumulated and for both hits and orders (as both a per order payout and as a percentage of the order total)
Payouts can be accumulated up to 5 levels deep (i.e. you can give payouts to those who refer other affiliates to your store)
Emails can be sent to the affiliates when orders result from their referral. The email can be in either text or html formatting.
The referral is gathered by the module itself w/ a link such as: http://yourstore.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?AFFIL=affilcode No need for extra scripts to collect the referral.
The referral link can point to almost any page in your store. For example, you can point them directly to specific products or categories. Just add the AFFIL=affilcode to the URL that points to that page.
Customers can be redirected to a static web page after the referral is collected so the module can be used by those merchants who display their products on static pages.
Referrals can be held without crediting it to the affiliate if the customers pay with particular payment modules to avoid payouts for orders for which payment was not actually received.
The contents of the emails sent by the module and the invoices generated are fully configurable by the use of templates.
The referral code can be passed to your store either through the link from the affiliate's web site or it can be collected in a form on your site which can be positioned in up to 14 different positions. The content of that form is configurable with a template
The module can provide for a new page in your store at which customers can apply to be affiliates. That page can be linked to w/ links in up to 13 different positions on your store pages and the content of the new affiliates page is entirely configurable by the use of templates. Approval can be either automatic or pending your approval.
More information about the available features can be gleaned from the main Options page which you can see here.
The Returns Processing module provides an integrated Returns Processing system for your Miva Merchant store. It provides your customers a contact form where the customer can request a return and then track the progress of that return. Within the Miva Merchant admin, the storeowner can approve or decline a return. For approved returns an RMA number is generated, the returned products are tracked, and the type of credit issued to the customer can be recorded. All of this tracking information for returns requests is provided to the customer in a Return History screen that can be viewed while logged into the store.
Key Benefits Customer Benefits:
“Return Request” web page for customers to request returns
Customer chooses from a drop down list the order number for which the return is requested.
Customer selects the products in the order for which the return is requested.
Customer chooses from a drop down list the reason for the return and can also add comments/message for the storeowner
“Return History” web page for customers to track return process
Customer can return to the storefront to review all progress with the return. (Customer must have an account to access this information)
Storeowner Benefits:
Return Request and Return Request History screens are fully customizable with templates when using Dynamic Templates (MMUI-based stores) or the OpenUI SuperMod (OpenUI-based stores)
Store owner receives an email when a new Return Request is initiated by a customer
Store owner can approve or disapprove return requests
Auto-approval available based on reason for return
If return request is approved, RMA ticket is automatically created to track the return of items from the order
Storeowner can set a restocking fee and/or percent of order fee that is automatically subtracted from the refund given to the customer
Storeowner can edit the RMA number so that it matches internal systems
Storeowner can change and edit the items from the order that are included in the RMA ticket. The system tracks the return items from other RMA numbers, ensuring customers do not receive a refund on the same item more than once.
Storeowner checks off items in the RMA as they arrive back at the store
Storeowner can change the dollar amount of refund/credit for the return
RMA automatically closes when all items have been checked off as received
Once the RMA is closed, the storeowner chooses the type of credit used to reimburse the customer for the returned items from a drop down list.
When used with the Copernicus CustCredit module, the drop down list includes CustCredit as an option for reimbursement. When chosen, store credit is automatically applied to the customer’s account for the amount of the closed RMA.
Product Requirements: Miva Merchant: 4.12+
This product may be used with the following user interfaces:
MMUI
MMUI with Dynamic Templates (provides additional functionality to the module)
OpenUI
OpenUI with OpenUI SuperMod (provides additional functionality to the module)
For installation/upgrade services, please contact Copernicus
Try this product out for FREE on Miva Mia -- send a request to sales@cbstech.com for your free product distribution for use on Miva Mia. Be sure to let us know if you need an uncompiled or compiled version of the module. For more information about Miva Mia, available for FREE download from Miva Corporation, please visit: Miva.com
Build cross-platform, royalty-free, database-driven, web applications. Compile any Miva Script 4 syntax compatible application into an executable that runs under the Miva Virtual Machine. You can distribute the Miva Virtual Machine, royalty free and deliver fast database enabled code to your customers without revealing your source codes.
The v0.9 release comes complete with several sample applications and a special version of Miva Mia that includes the Miva Virtual Machine. You will also get v1.0 of the compiler when it ships and all updates to the v1.x series.
The v1.0 production release of the compiler is being ported to most server platforms supported by Miva Empresa. In addition to the desktop version, you'll be entitled to the compiler for the web server platform of your choice.
Server CPU and memory information (some Unix servers only)
Empresa configuration tests
Security tests
System health status
Mail Server test
Open relay mail server test
Showing full HTTP headers
Merchant database health status
Runaway process detection (on Unix only)
P3P and PICS test
Encryption test
Connectivity tests
Bandwidth tests
Stress Test (disk quota, RAM limits, CPU limits)
Advanced performance tests & benchmarks
Performance Tests & Benchmarks
CPU performance (balanced mix)
Disk access and transfer
Extensive database tests
Balanced Merchant page load time
Merchant database search test
Mail server performance
Connectivity test (local, USA, Europe, world)
Upload throughput test (local, USA, Europe, world)
Download throughput test (local, USA, Europe, world)
License and Return Policies
Each license of an MmDIAG module is bind to a single domain name. You need a separate license for each domain, or even for each subdomain. Because of the character of the module, used license keys cannot be reset or returned, and the domain name assigned to the license key cannot be modified. When you change the domain name, you will need a new license key.
In some cases, when the secure pages reside on a different base domain than the main site, you will be able to run the tests only in one of the modes - the one where you run the test the first time after registering the license key. Also, using MmDIAG on a plain numeric IP address instead of the full domain name may lead to licensing problems. When the domain name does not yet resolve to the specified IP address at the time of the installation, the domain will not be associated with the license key and MmDIAG will continue to work only with the initial IP address. When accessing MmDIAG (Merchant Admin) through the domain name, changes of IP addresses are allowed though.
The number of stores in Miva Merchant is not important though, since the module runs from Admin's main page regardless of the store selection. Displayed results would be practically identical for any store in a Miva Merchant mall. A single license per mall is sufficient.
Important Privacy Note
MmDIAG transfers some of the test results (but far not all) to truXoft's server, where they are used in the Miva Host Ranking. No personal data, email addresses, names, or otherwise sensitive data are being transmitted (except of the domain name and IP address). The data transmission can be disabled in the standard and PRO versions, but not in an unregistered MmDIAG. If you do not wish that any test results are sent to truXoft, please do not use the module until you register a valid license key and disable the option in MmDIAG's configuration screen in the Store Utilities menu of Miva Merchant Admin.
After the installation, truXoft's robot may contact MmDIAG irregularly (very few times per month) to obtain a new set of results for the Miva Host ranking. If you want to exclude your domain from the host ranking and want to deny access to the robot, you can disable it in the configuration of the module.
Installation Note
MmDIAG may be installed with or without Miva Merchant. Although the standalone installation is possible and as easy as just dropping the file anywhere in the web area of your server, the preferable method is installing it through Miva Merchant Admin. Some tests of MmDIAG are possible only in the MM Admin and not available in the standalone version. Detailed installation instructions come in the readme.txt file shipped with the module.
During the installation, all necessary truXoft libraries are downloaded and all truXoft modules become available in Admin's menus. For the best functionality of MmDIAG, you can enable the free version of the Data Doctor module in Store Utilities. MmDIAG is run from the Ultra Batch (aka Xadmin) control panel at the top of Miva Merchant's main page. All other truXoft modules can be either used in their free versions without restrictions, or they can be removed from Admin menus through truXoft System Configuration in Store Utilities. Ultra Batch cannot be removed, but the control panel can be minimized by clicking the respective icon in its top right corner, and maximized only when needed. None of the modules influences the functionality of your store in any way, and they do not interact with any other standard or 3rd party modules. The mentioned modules (MmDIAG, Ultra Batch, Data Doctor) are actually never being triggered in the store front, they are strictly back-end applications.
This software application brings you all of the benefits of Celestia Lite plus additional sophisticated modules that extend capabilities of your web presence. Included in Celestia Pro are the following features and Display modules:
Point and click, browser-based site editing
Global look and feel creation and control through the CelestiaUI
Site Structure management
Variable sanitzer (data integrity)
PHP/Object Oriented API
Site Statistics (hits per page)
Unlimited pages
Browser-side caching
Search Engine Optimization
Server-side redirects
Automated template and provisioning system
Import and Export of all page data
Display Modules
Paragraph Content Module
Calendar
Contact Us Form
FAQ List
Photo Gallery
Press Release
Related Links
Section Container
Staff Biographies
Form Builder
Forum Topic
Link Directory
Miva Merchant Integration Kit
Order Form
Pay Flow Link Secure
User Login Management (password protected sections)
Web Log
System Extension Modules
Color Library
Image Library
WYSIWYG Editor
For more information or to view the demo, please visit the Celestia Home.
For compiled v4.14-4.23.x stores, this product has been replaced by the OpenUI Advanced, and OpenUI Basic, products...
The OpenUI Look & Feel module replaces your MMUI module and provides central 'hooks' through which module developers may easily add features and performance enhancing solutions without having to reinvent the wheel with each Merchant release.
UDPATED VERSION - NEW AND IMPROVED!
We went all out with this latest release of the OpenUI. We have included the following enhancements:
OpenBatches™ - This simplifies order processing in Miva Merchant like never before. You no longer have to go back and forth between the left-hand tree and right-hand main window. From the right hand main window, searchable lists allow you to search, view, edit, or delete batches. This screen also allows you to view orders within a particular batch via OpenOrders™, shows if you have new orders, and even enables you to create a new batch. This all happens from ONE interface.
OpenOrders™ - Using the main window, you now have a searchable order list that allows you to filter by all orders, only unbatched orders, or by orders within an individual batch. You can further filter by order number, product code, order total range, and by date and time range. From this screen, you can also edit and delete individual orders. Once again, this all happens in ONE interface.
An optional statistics interface that works with both the OpenBatches™ and OpenOrders™can be unlocked with the purchase of an OpenUI Pro license key. Find out your top sellers, revenue generators, sales by the hour and day, and much MORE! Read More Detailed Information!
This additional license key is solely for statistics features and will have NO impact on existing or future OpenUI installations. All stores will continue to function with the same capabilities as before and include the great features listed below.
Shorter URLS for Google - It was recently announced in a newsletter geared toward search engines and Miva Merchant that category and product pages without the store code in the url were being readily indexed by the top search engine in the world, Google. If you only have one store, the OpenUI will automatically remove the store code from all urls in the category tree, product list, search results, and basket contents screen. If you have two stores, your store code will remain in the url.
Example:Instead of merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=CODE&Category_Code=CATEGORY, it will be: merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=CATEGORY This applies to compiled stores with the mvc extension as well.
Feature added based on recommendations from JMH Web Services (jmhonline.net). *This information has been updated to reflect new findings from JMH. Google now does not have a problem with the store code.
Category and Product Names First in Title Tags- Miva Merchant and previously the OpenUI put your store name before the category and product names in their respective screens title tag (i.e. Store Name: Category or Product Name). Depending on the length of your store name, your category and product titles may not be appearing in your search engine listings title phrase! With the new and improved OpenUI, your category and product titles will be first in the title tag, resulting in better listings within search engines (i.e.Category or Product Title: Store Name).
Feature added based on recommendations from JMH Web Services (jmhonline.net).
A New (Optional) Interface for the Miva Merchant Navigation Bar (navbar)- You now have better (and more) control over which navigation buttons are displayed, as well as many other features including:
Ability to specify cellpadding and cellspacing of navbar.
Optional navbar background image.
Options to align navbar (i.e. Full, Center, Left, Right).
Ability to change navbar buttons including the logo to space, text, etc.
Token replacement in the Cell "links" can be done using the %VAR(varname )% convention. For example, to include the g.sessionurl, just use "%VAR(g.sessionurl)%". To include the store id, use "%VAR(Stores.d.id)%". Most available variables can be used, but they will all be filtered through the encodeentities() function before they are substituted.
Feature added based on recommendations from Rich Chatfield (customMvDesign.com).
Support for New Attribute Types Built-In- New Attribute Types were previously only supported in the uncompiled versions of Miva Merchant, but will now be in both the compiled and uncompiled versions, and will not require the Admin Extension installation.
Support for module Order Tabs Built-In- module Order Tabs were previously only supported in the uncompiled versions of Miva Merchant, but will now be in both the compiled and uncompiled versions, and will not require the Admin Extension installation.
Body and Head Tag Options - You don't need additional modules anymore for these two fields if you use the latest version of the OpenUI! Include javascript, cascading style sheets, meta tags, margin height and width, preload images, and much more. For example:
<Select One> Option for Drop-Down Lists - You can now include Select One as the default prompt for attributes, shipping options, and payment option drop-down lists. The default prompt is also customizable for each one. (i.e i.e <Choose Color>, <Select A Shipping Method>, <Select Payment Method>)
The OpenUI Look & Feel Pro License Key unlocks a special feature of the latest OpenUI module. Once you unlock this feature with your license, you will be able to see the total stats for the orders in one batch, all unbatched orders, or all orders regardless of classification. The stats page gives a total sales summary, and then breaks the total sales down by day-of-the-week and time of day (by the hour) the orders were made. The stats page also lists the top selling products and top revenue generators for the specified parameters. The stats are based on the filtering options you currently have set, allowing you to specify exactly what information you would like to generate. For example, if you are in the customer screen on the OpenOrders™ tab and click on the stats button, you will see the stats of that customer's order only. If you have filtered the orders based on the order total and the date range, then the stats will be based on this filter. The stats button gives you immense flexibility because it allows you to view stats using a single filter or any combination of filters. For example, you can see the top 20 products from those that purchased SOMEPRODUCT, or those that have spent over a designated amount....or use both filters. All these resources are available simply by clicking the stats button, which appears on both the OpenOrders™and OpenBatches™ screens.
This additional license key is solely for the new stats features and will have NO impact on existing or future Open UI installation. All stores will continue to function with the same capabilities as before. You can purchase a key by clicking here.
Several new features have been added to the compiled version; background image, functional navigation bar, "smart" metatags, extensive implementation of keyword and header and footer usage, product page names can be product code or name ending with html, inclusion of product links at the top or bottom listed as featured products or similar designation, include any fields in the products database on product pages (including modified structure), optionally hide subcategories on category pages as applicable, additional product page links such as "check availability or latest prices", and export to any directory within the store's path (creates directory if it does not exist). Discontinued (inactive) products can continue to have modified static pages generated so that search engine links remain viable, yet do not result in errors when linked to the store. Additionally, affiliate codes can be included with every link so that the static catalog pages can be given to affiliates who wish to mirror your catalog at their site. If you are using the OpenUI, StatCat adds "smart" metatags to your merchant.mv so that when the customers (and search engines) click from your static pages to your actual store, the pages will contain metatags related to category headers, product descriptions and product keywords (if used). It also reverses the title tag with the category and product screens so that the category or product name appear first, then the store name. If your store has our Volume Pricing module version (4.53 or higher) installed, StatCat can optionally include the volume price table on the static pages. When creating the static product pages, a flat file is created in the background which can be used for a data feed file for submission to FroogleTM. It contains the header and data for the basic file format. 
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