Quick Start

For those of you who just want to make it work without reading all the documentation, try this:

1. Unzip the zipped distribution to the root directory of your web site (or unzip locally and ftp to the web server). Ensure that you preserve the folder structure in the zip file when unzipping.
2. Ensure that the file awsoapclientconfig.inc.php is globally writable. (Help on setting file permissions)
3. Open the page in which you want the products to appear (a file called shop.php is included in the distribution as an example), in your favourite web page editor (if you are using a WYSIWYG editor like dreamweaver or frontpage, switch to HTML view)
4. Copy and paste code in box below at the top of the page

   <?php require_once('awsoapclient.php');?>
    

5. Copy and paste code in box below to where you want the search form to appear
   <?php awsearchform();?> 
    
6. Copy and paste code in box below to where you want the top level categories to appear
   <?php awtoplevelcategories();?>
    
7. Copy and paste code in box below to where you want the products to appear
   <?php awshowproducts(); ?> 
    
8. Run the installation program by going to http://www.yoursite.com/awsoapclient/install.php
9. IMPORTANT: Be sure to remove the install program 'install.php', once you have done your installation. Otherwise, anyone else could use it maliciously. You can always put it back and rerun it if you wish to change your settings later (or edit awsoapclientconfig.inc.php manually).