Tools menu

Backup mySQL

Use this menu to create backups of your store database. Backup mySQL avoids potential time-out problems when backing up or restoring large databases. See Store Management, Section 4 of the Online Manual for complete information on creating and restoring database backups.

Backup — Create a backup of your store database. Select "No compression" to create a backup in pure SQL, without compressing the data. Select "Use GZip" to create a compressed database. Select "Download only" to save the backup on your local computer but not on the server.

Restore — Restore a database backup.

Delete — Delete a database backup

Database Backup

Use this menu to create backups of your store database. If you experience time-out difficulties when backing up or restoring a database through this menu, use Backup mySQL instead. See Store Management, Section 4 of the Online Manual for complete information on creating and restoring database backups.

Backup — Create a backup of your store database. Select "No compression" to create a backup in pure SQL, without compressing the data. Select "Use GZip" to create a compressed database. Select "Download only" to save the backup on your local computer but not on the server.

Restore — Restore a database backup.

Delete — Delete a database backup

Cache Control

This menu lets you control the caches. "Use Cache" in Admin => Configuration => Cache must be set to "True" in order to use this menu.

Reset — Click the recycle icon to reset the selected cache.

Credit Card Blacklist

See Order Processing and Management, Section 4.5 of the Online Manual for complete information on blacklisting credit cards.

Insert — Enter the credit card number

Language Editor

This menu allows you to easily edit almost any of the text that displays in your CRE Loaded store, from the welcome message that greets customers when they first enter your store to Infobox and menu headings. Complete information on editing can be found in Customizing Your CRE Loaded Store, Section 5 of the Online Manual.

Language — Select the language you wish to edit from the drop-down menu.

Restore — Click this button to return to the main Language Editor menu screen.

Help — This menu offers help for using the Language Editor.

Full Page Editor — This menu lets you edit the php code for the language files.

Email Subjects (Contact Us Page Only)

This menu lets you create stock subject lines for emails that you send to customers. These subject lines are available in a drop-down menu when you create an email using the Send Email menu.

Insert

Email Subject Name — Enter the email subject line.

Email Subject Category — Enter "1" if emails using this subject will be initiated by you. Enter "2" if emails using this subject will be in response to customer email.

Edit

Click to edit the selected email subject.

Delete

Click to delete the selected email subject.

Send Email

Customer — Select a customer from the drop-down menu. Select "All Customers" to send email to all customers in your database. Select "To All Newsletter Subscribers" to send email to all customers who have subscribed to newsletters.

From — By default this field uses the "Email From" address from Admin => Configuration => My Store. Enter a different email address if you wish.

Subject — Enter a subject, or select a stock subject from the drop-down menu.

Message — Enter your email message.

Server Info

This menu lists complete configuration settings for your web server. This is an informational screen only -- no settings can be edited from this menu.

MySQL Manager

This menu provides complete management of your mySQL databases.