MiniVend pages are
NOT in normal
HTML space. They are contained in the
catalog directory. Each individual catalog must have its own base directory. The catalog
directory has this structure by default:
- catalog.cfg
-
File containing configuration directives for this catalog. (Subcatalogs
have differing information in a file named for the subcatalog.)
- config
-
Directory that will be read when directives are set with the <filename notation. For example, the file
config/static.pages
will be read when the directive
StaticPage <static.pages
is encountered in the catalog.cfg file.
This directory also contains template information used with the makecat
program.
- error.log
-
File which contains catalog-specific errors.
Check this file when something doesn't work right.
It is also where any syntax errors in embedded Perl code will be shown.
- etc
-
Directory normally used for tracking files, order profiles, and other
configuration and log information.
- pages
-
Directory that contains the pages of your catalog. This can be considered
to be the ``document root'' of the catalog. Pages contained therein are
called with the path information after the script name -- i.e.
/cgi-bin/simple/products/gold will call the page in the file pages/products/gold.html.
- products
-
Directory containing database source files, including the special MiniVend
databases shipping.asc, pricing.asc (and other shipping database files)
- session
-
Directory which contains session files.
- tmp
-
The temporary or scratch directory for various uses like retired
ID numbers, search paging files, sort tests, import
temporary files, etc. This is the default set by ScratchDir; if you wish you can redefine it to be located on another partition.