MiniVend FAQ

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• NAME
  • VERSION
• DESCRIPTION
  • Where can I get MiniVend? How much does it cost?
  • What else do I need to run MiniVend?
  • If you are having problems
  • Information Needed for Support
  • If you are intending to run MiniVend on an ISP
  • How can I unzip the file?
  • About Vend, MiniVend's ancestor
  • Why doesn't my question get an answer on the mail list?
  • I sent the author a REAL IMPORTANT question and he didn't answer!
  • Is MiniVend secure?
  • What HTML editors work with MiniVend?
  • What can you expect in the way of support?
  • Where can I get more help?
  • How does MiniVend compare with other shopping carts?
  • I want to partner with you, or exchange links, or ....
• Windows-specific questions
  • "Bad command or file name" when double-clicking on the setup icon
• Configuration Problems
  • VLINK or TLINK compile problems
  • We're sorry, the MiniVend server is unavailable...
  • Error -- the MiniVend server was not running...
  • I get messages like 'Config.pm not found'. What does it mean?
  • Your demo has a very large price for the first item, and when I change the quantity the price drops precipitously.
  • Can't locate lib.pm in @INC. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.
  • Can I run MiniVend on my Macintosh?
  • Shopping cart is dropped when using SSL.
  • Segmentation fault or other core dump
  • XXXXXX.pm does not match executable version.
  • MiniVend doesn't work with RedHat 5.0 (glibc)
• ISP Problems
  • No shell access allowed on my ISP.
  • No C compiler to compile VLINK or SVEND.
  • Perl version too low
  • We're sorry, the MiniVend server is unavailable...
  • Document contains no data or premature end of script headers (especially on BSDI or FreeBSD)
  • My provider runs Windows NT
  • MiniVend server only runs for a while, then dies.
• Things about MiniVend that people sometimes don't understand....
  • Is MiniVend a script, an application, or what? Why is it so big?
  • What is a daemon? Why is MiniVend a daemon?
  • Hey, where are the pages?
  • Hey, where are the images?
  • My [item-field name] tag isn't working! (or [loop-field ...] or [foo-field ..]
  • How do you pass variables from page to page?
  • How can I tell when I need to quote a tag inside a tag?
  • Can I use MiniVend with my existing static catalog pages?
• SQL Questions
  • Does Minivend require SQL?
  • I can't get SQL to work -- Undefined subroutine &Vend::Table::DBI::create ...
  • How can I use MiniVend with Microsoft Access?
• Setup Questions
  • Can I run multiple catalogs on one server?
  • How do I start MiniVend when I reboot?
  • How do I set up a Mall?
  • Can I attach a size or color to a product?
  • PGP encryption -- Server Error
  • PGP encryption -- What do I do now that it is working?
  • How do I get the number of items in a shopping cart?
  • The demo doesn't do...(pick one)
  • Difficulty interacting with browser: Request method for form submission is not POST
  • How can I trace the source of a purchase and run a partners program?
  • How can I send an email copy of the receipt to a user?
  • Configuring catalog whatever...Use of uninitialized value at Config.pm line 1614, <CONFIG> chunk 322.
  • We need some more information! Problem: unspecified error
  • Sorting doesn't work across multiple pages
  • I am searching for a string and it is not found. I know it is there!
  • How do I display Euro pricing?
• Performance issues
  • MiniVend runs, but it's sooo sllooowww...
  • MiniVend slows down over time
  • The browse page (from the demo) is SLOW+!
  • I am using SQL, and MiniVend is so SLOW.....
  • My server is getting loaded. How do I use the static page capability?
  • My session files change to owner root every day!
• Shipping questions
  • I am using "price" as the shipping criteria and it seems to be wrong
  • I can't get shipping subroutines to work (Minivend 3)
• CHANGES