OverviewThere are three elements that make up your website. One is the MightyMerchant software that is the brains and engine behind the website. The second is the HTML web pages and templates that control the look of your site. The third is the data, or information, that is displayed on those pages. Datahost is primarily responsible for the site software and the templates. You have control over the data and content that comes to life when it is combined with the MightyMerchant engine and the site templates.
The Site Manager is your window into that data. Through the Site Manager you can maintain your products and categories, update your shipping charges, add specials to your home page, and carry out a variety of other administrative tasks.
Not only is managing your site an important responsibility, it is also a heck of a lot of fun! By just understanding a few important concepts you can have a high level of control over your website.
The staff at Datahost is excited to have you using our software and we are always available to assist you in this process. The learning curve should be gentle, but as you become more familiar with the power of MightyMerchant and the potential for doing business on the Internet, you will undoubtedly start to see new ways you can use MightyMerchant to enhance your online business.
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Logging InWhen your site is set up, you will be given a login URL (web address) and password. We encourage you to reset your password and store it in a safe place.
To log in to your Site Manager: 1. Go to the login URL. This will be your site's main URL followed by "/myadmin.php". For example: http://mysite.com/myadmin.php 2. Enter your password and click "Log In." If you log in successfully, you will see the Top>View level of the Site Manager.
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Changing Your PasswordTo change your password:
1. Log in to your Site Manager and click the "settings" administrative link near the top left corner of the screen.
2. Click "Change Password."
3. Enter your new password and enter it again to confirm it.
4. Click the "Change Password" button to save changes.
5. Click "catalog" or "site content" to return to the main page of the Site Manager.
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What's New in MightyMerchant version 4
New Order Manager
Orders List
Date and Time of order is displayed on the orders list
For orders placed with an account, there is a link to see all orders for the account or to edit the account information.
If shipping notices have been sent, there is a link to view shipping history
Automatically set Public order status based on the Internal order status.
Order Snapshot uses HTML layout so it can be both customized and printed.(The snapshot is the content of the order email the site owner receives).
Change order status of all orders with a particular status at once.
Enhanced the handling of Partial orders so it is more reliable and so they are easier to view and complete.
Orders where payment was initiated but then cancelled now show an order status 'Partial/Cancelled', rather than just 'Partial'.
An order that says just 'Partial' means payment was initiated and then the order was abandoned without being cancelled.
Partial orders only appear in the site manager after a 15 minute delay from the time payment was initiated.
Orders Edit Screen
Screen layout completely redesigned.
View items in order including thumbnail image
Manage payments including void, capture, refund
View the keywords, url and referrer id for an order
View the location of the ip address of the customer who place the order (for fraud detection)
If suppliers drop-ship products for you and you print Purchase Orders from the site manager, you can switch the supplier for an item in an order.
Added a feature that makes it easy to collect custom information with an order or an order item.
New Payment Processing
Added PCI Compliant Payment Processing via Element Payment Systems
Ability to store credit card information for running charges at a later time (Element Payment Systems only)
Ability to void, capture, refund charges from within the Site manager with Element or Authroize.net
Ability to enter new payments from within the site manager.
Ability to apply multiple payments to a single order and to view payment history.
New Wysiwyg Pro
Gift Certificates
Gift certificates are now added to the cart and ordered like other products.
Shopper can buy multiple gift certificates at once and other products and only needs to checkout once.
Gift certficate orders details are linked to the actual gift certificate.
Gift certificates can be set up for any fixed amount, or user's can enter any amount for a gift certificate
Merchant can set up multiple gift certificates to encourage buyers to buy in higher denominations.
Gift certificates can be for a specific amount or any amount.
The order manager will show totals for gift certificate orders, so will accurately reflect total order volume.
It's easy to customize display templates just like any other product for any special formatting needs. For example, you could make the gift certificate amount a selection menu.
Gift Certificate order details are shown in the order manager.
Shipping is never charged for Gift Certficates.
Product Level Shipping Settings
Other
Data Feed enhancements (additional feeds offered, category exclusions, customization)
Automatically add shipping charges to taxable amount for all states that require it
Support for multiple currencies (requires user to set price in each currency and to use content filtering and tiered prices).
Implemented recommended asynchronous Google Analytics for increased analytics accuracy.
Account-based minimum order amount so different accounts can have different minimum order settings.
Added colorspace conversion to jpeg image saving so some images won't be invalid
Added “Duplicate Product” feature.
Added ability to save an image with an account through the site manager or the newaccount/update account interface
Content Filtering
Ability to filter all content on a web site by site-owner defined criteria. This allows us to create multiple web sites that share a single site manager. Each site can target a different market. Additionally, you can assign a content filter to an account so that when logged in, different users have access to different content. This can also be combined with wholesale tiered pricing so different users see different product lines and pricing.
New Available Features
Product comparison. Allow users to check off similar items and then compare the items in a grid layout.
Order Export Feature
Added support to transfer orders to Quickbooks with Transaction Importer Pro, in addition to T-Hub.
Order API allows custom programming to insert orders into the site manager from external source.
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Short URLs in MightyMerchant v4.4+v4.4+ of MightyMerchant has built-in optimized/shortened urls. Pages on MightyMerchant can be accessed with urls like

rather than

This new feature makes your urls a bit easier to decipher, more search-engine friendly, and obviously shorter.
Setting Up Optimized URLs
For each category or item you create in the Site Manager, you will need to enter a unique optimized page name. This field is directly under the Category or Item Name field in the Site Manager.
If you enter a name that has already been used by another category or item in the Site Manager, you'll get a message that you need to choose another name.
This new field is not available using "fast add" or "edit in list"; it's only accessible if you add one category or item at a time, or when you edit a single category or item.
Default Optimized NamesWhen your site is created, it will have set a default optimized name for all of the existing categories and items, which are basically the category or item name separated by dashes.
For example, "My Category" becomes "my-category". You can override these defaults any time you like, to make them clearer, or more search engine friendly, as long as they are unique.
Why Are Some URLs LongerYou may still see some of the longer urls when navigating through your site. You'll mostly notice these when accessing an item detail page on the website. This is to make sure the breadcrumb navigation works properly when accessing an item that appears in multiple categories. If you give the url address to someone, you can give them the long or short version - both will work.
Setting Up Links Within Your ContentLink To Fields
When you're filling in a Link To field (like in the Announcements), you can use the short version entered in the optimized name field.
Using the html editor
When you're adding a link through the html editor, you can just use the short version entered in the optimized name field.
Exceptions for _main.html pages
If you are creating a link to a page that ends in _main.html, such as

you will need to enter the ENTIRE url address.
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