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This document details the installation procedure for ShopDev's CubeCart V4 skins.  You should follow this guide to install the following skins:

• Sandbox V4
  
• Catalyst V4 Reloaded
• Neutrino V4
  

Downloading purchased or trial version skins

Before you can install the skin, you need to download the latest version available from the client panel.  You will need to first login to your account before you are able to download any purchases or trial versions.  The client panel also contains your license keys.  You will need your license key later.

Preparing the files for upload

When you download our skins, they are compressed in the ZIP format.  You will need to extract the contents of the archive before uploading.  We suggest that you create a directory on your desktop and extract everything to within that directory.

Preparing your CubeCart store

ShopDev's CubeCart V4 skins use a dynamic image scaling script.  In order to make full use of this script, we suggest that you set CubeCart's image and thumbnail dimension settings to large values.  To do this, you'll first need to login to your CubeCart store's administration panel.  Once your're inside, select "General Settings" from the left hand navigation pane.  Scroll down until you find the "GD Settings" section.  Enter the desired values for the "Max Image Size" and "Thumbnail Size" settings.  Please see the recommended settings below.  Finally select the "Update Settings" button.

We recommend that you enter the following values:

• Max Image Size: 800
• Thumbnail Size: 300

Entering your license key

You will need to enter your license key into a configuration file (contained within the skin).  If you recall, the files were previously extracted to a directory on your computer.  Please navigate to inside that directory.  You should see a folder with the name of the skin.  Inside of this folder, you should see the following directories:

• javascript
• php
• styleImages
• styleSheets
• styleTemplates

Please navigate to inside of the "php" directory.  Inside of the "php" directory you should see a "license_key.php" file.  You need to open this file in a suitable editor.  If you are using a computer running Windows, you can use Wordpad or Notepad.  You should see the following line of code:

$license_key = ""; ## Please insert your license key here!

Login to the ShopDev client panel and copy your license key for the relevent skin.  You now need to paste your license key inside of the quotation marks.  For example, if your license key is "ALPHA-BETA-0123456", the line of code should be changed as follows:

$license_key = "ALPHA-BETA-0123456"; ## Please insert your license key here!

Save the "license_key.php" file.

Uploading the skin

In order to upload the skin, you'll need to use a suitable FTP client (e.g. FileZilla).  Using your chosen FTP client, navigate to within the the "skins" directory of your CubeCart installation.

On your computer, find the folder where you extracted the downloaded skin.  Inside of this folder you should see a single directory with the name of the downloaded skin.  Simply upload this directory to within the "skins" directory of your CubeCart installation.

Enabling the skin

At this point, you will need to complete the installation by selecting the skin through your store's administration panel.  To do so, first login to your CubeCart store's administration panel.  In the left hand navigation pane, select "General Settings".  Scroll down to the "Styles & Misc" section.  In the "Store Skin" option, select the name of the skin you have installed.  Finally, select the "Update Settings" button.