3.2 

Installing the Files 

3.2.1 

Unzipping the software 

The product is shipped electronically as a zip file. After unzipping, you should 

end up with a CactuShop folder containing several other folders and files. For 

security, we suggest that the Access database (which by default is located in 

the 

database

 folder) should be moved to a folder that is not on the web root 

as shown below in figure 1 (remember to adjust the 

strPathToDatabase

setting in the 

includes/config.asp

 file to reflect this). If using MS SQL or 

MySQL, the .mdb file is not required. 

Figure 1. CactuShop folder layout and permissions

Key: 

Note: each skin folder normally contains a folder called templateimages too   this has been 

omitted for simplicity

3.2.2 

Importing into the web server 

You can just drag and drop the whole CactuShop folder into your 

wwwroot

folder, or FTP all the files within it to your web site   just as you would set up 

any new web. 

If you set up the web by importing it into MS FrontPage, you may find that 

many of the back end files are not visible after importation. This is because 

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