If this is your first osCommerce store, you should start here - whether you are new at this, or have used many other ecommerce programs. These are desk references you will use every day.

CRE Loaded 6.2 Beta was released on February 11, 2006.

REVISED AND EXPANDED! CRE Loaded Version 6.2 Users Manual now includes both CRE Loaded User Manual AND the osCommerce Users Manual, together at the price of one manual.

Updated with easy directions for TWENTY NEW add-on contributions, over 75 total.

The new 6.2 version of CRE Loaded has a new Admin "Control Center", five new menus, better organization and layout, and dozens of new functions added for both administrator and customers. Security and fraud protection is also beefed-up in this new version. A new installer makes installing easier than ever. And there are now two different versions to accommodate the needs of different users: a PRO version with extra features for power users, and a FREE version that contains the features needed by most normal users.

You can run a full-featured online store without knowing how to program, because all settings and text are set using the Administrative Module.

This book is a complete step-by-step guide to setting up and using the more than 75 powerful add-on contributions that are PRE-INSTALLED FOR YOU in the new CRE Loaded 6.2 Version of osCommerce. Why struggle to incorporate and debug a few contributions when you can have everything pre-installed and tested for you?

COMPLETE INSTALLATION or UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS
FOR CRE LOADED 6.2 OSCOMMERCE

With these CRE Loaded 6.2 PRE-INSTALLED ADD-ON CONTRIBUTIONS you can :

• Easy Installer - easiest install ever!
• Get almost a dozen new reports, including Daily Products Report, Generate Order List, Customer Statistics, Product Notifications Report, Sales Report 2 (See and/or export daily, weekly, monthly or yearly sales reports and customize by detail, order status, etc.), many more
• Link to ShipWire for automatic order fulfillment and warehousing
• Many more new shipping modules for Canada, UK, and Australia automatically installed
• Many new security features including credit card blacklist, Credit Card Encryption/Decryption, Algozone's Fraud Screen Zone to flag potentially fraudulent orders, VVC - visual verify code - to thwart spammers, and anti-hacking measures built in throughout the program.
• Write and manage hundreds of pages of articles - news, consumer or product information, etc.
• Have more than a dozen different reports with a single click - orders report, sales report, many more
• Have better security with Algozone's Fraud Screen Zone, Credit Card Blacklist, and Credit Card Encryption
• Put an entire product category on special OR discount all of a certain manufacturer's products at a % off the normal price
• Many more shipping modules, including Australian, Canadian, and British
• Easily set up Meta Tags to attract Search Engines
• Upload dozens, hundreds or even thousands of products at once with EasyPopulate
• Get your store listed with FROOGLE Product Search Engine
• Offer Specials, Volume Discounts
• Take orders by phone and add them to your stores database
• Accept banner advertising
• Non-Profit sites can accept Donations
• Establish an Affiliate Program, have dozens of others sell your products for a commission!
• Manage Content: Use easy HTML Editor to edit Home, FAQ's, NewsDesk, Information Pages, and create new pages
• Give Discounts and Coupons
• Change the look and feel of your site with a click of a Template!
• Exchange links with other websites automatically
• Customers can purchase without creating an account
• Automatic password protection for your Admin
• Suggest related items: Customers who bought this also bought that
• Get monthly revenue and sales tax reports, save to spreadsheet
• Control product downloads
• Make extra $$ with Google AdSense ads
• Let customers view multiple product pictures and views
• Customers can have Wish Lists
• Manage Email campaigns, newsletters, use photos and special fonts
• Automatic install of credit card payments
• Customers can choose FedEx, UPS, USPS, more.

...plus so much more. FULL FEATURES LIST

NO special skills are needed to use user manuals, although some optional advanced html techniques are included for those web developers who wish to use them.