User Guide

AShop V User Guide50

Security Features

The AShop admin login is password protected. The default password that is installed with the program

is ashopadmin. This should be changed after installation. If you forget your password, it can be looked

up with your server's database browsing tools such as phpMyAdmin or through Shell access.

20 Minute Inactivity Security Check - The admin panel login times out after 20 minutes of inactivity.

By adding the line: $noinactivitycheck = "false"; anywhere in the config.inc.php file the time check is

skipped. This might be useful during initial setup or while adding a large number of products.

2 Minute Lockout Prevents Brute Force Entry -The login has protection against brute force attacks

were a hacker writes a script or program that will automatically try every possible combination of letters

to figure out the password. After three incorrect login attempts the login.php script will block all further

attempts until two minutes have passed. It will also send an email message to the administrator. This

should make it very hard (or at least extremely slow) to get unauthorized access to an AShop

administration panel.

logged in, it is probably because you have an old browser or your browser security settings are blocking

cookies. Check your security settings and/or download a current browser for free from Microsoft,

Netscape, or Mozilla.

To return to the Administration Panel index page from any other page in the admin panel, click on

the AShop logo at the top of any page within the Administration Panel. This will redirect to the first page

that you see after logging in.

The Administration panel is divided into four main sections:

Configuration

Edit Catalog

Manage Affiliates

Manage Sales

2.23.2 Store Configuration

The Configuration menu is divided into seven submenus.

Shop Parameters

Change Administrators Password

Shop Name, Address, Telephone, Email

Default Language Selection

Currency Selection