Administration

Once you complete the initial setup, you can access the admin page, where you specify your PayPal details, general options and define your digital products.

Note: The screenshots below are from the Pro version of . In the standard version, the Pro features and options will not be presented.

Once you have set up your , you can enter the admin area to configure it. You will need your admin credentials (that you set up during installation setup), your PayPal email address (so that your customers can pay you), and your database details (to save your potential purchases -- you may need to contact your web server admin for this information).

Entering the Admin Control Panel

WordPress Plugin Versions

To access the Admin Control Panel in your WordPress installation, log on to your blog admin section (http://yourblog/wp-admin) and click on "Easy PayPal Lite" or "Easy PayPal Pro" under your "Settings" menu.

Standalone Versions

You can enter the admin screen by clicking Admin button right after installing .

You can also find a link to the Admin page in all the pages presented by . Look for it in the right hand side top corner as shown below.

Once you enter the admin page, the first thing you will be asked to do is to authenticate yourself.

Warning: Please note down your Admin username and password. If you have forgotten either, there is no way to recover it. You will have to access your database and delete the table with a name like ezpp_5e81f9859d223ea420aca993c647b839M, where the part before the underscore is the database prefix you chose during installation, and the part after is a random string. After deleting this table, please go to the installation script (http://yoursite/setup.php where yoursite is the location where you installed.

Admin Sections

Regardless of whether you are using the standalone or the WordPress plugin version of , you will get an Admin Control Panel as the screenshots below. The Admin Control Panel has three sections, and we will discuss them separately below.

In the Pro versions, these three sections are arranged as tabs, with the Product Definition tab on top because we expect you to navigate to it most often after your is set up. Please access the sections described below by clicking on the corresponding tabs.

The screenshots shown are from the Pro version of . If you have installed the Lite edition, you may see fewer option entries on this screen. The easiest way to get information on a feature or option is to hover over the (?) icon next to it.

PayPal Details

This section has the following fields.

General Options

This section has the following fields.

Product Definitions

Here is where you define your digital products. This section has the following fields.

Once you have defined at least one product, your e-shop is already up (in the standalone versions) at http://yoursite/ez-shop.php. In WordPress plugin editions, you will use shortcodes to generate a shop front or "Buy Now!" kind of links. See the chapter on Your Shop for details.