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[edited by: engine at 3:21 pm (utc) on Oct. 25, 2005]
You don't mention how you upload or publish changes to your website - maybe FrontPage?
Uploading/Downloading: you'll need an ftp program to accomplish this. FTP stands for file transfer protocol. An FTP program let's you easily work with, or transfer files between your local computer and your web server account. Upload means you send a file from your local computer to your web server. Download is the reverse. See ftp programs [google.com] You'll set up your ftp program with the account information to your hosting account by telling it 3 basic items: hostname, user name, password.
To edit the vars.dat file from Dansie, you'll use your ftp program to login to your web server. Usually you'll see your local computer files on one side of the ftp program's window and the remote (web server) files on the other side.
In the remote (web server window) navigate to the directory (folder) where that file resides on the web server. The vars.dat file should be in the same folder as cart.pl. Also navigate to the folder where you want the file to be located on your local computer. Then you'll download it to your local computer, use ASCII (text) mode.
Before you edit vars.dat, make a backup copy of the vars.dat file, this way if you make a mistake you can upload the original and try again.
So now you have a copy of vars.dat as well as a backup of vars.dat.bak on your local computer and one vars.dat on the web server. You'll edit the one on your local computer, then upload the changes back to the web server.
Edit vars.dat in a text editor (not Word, but Notepad or similar), make your changes and save. Make sure it's saved as plain text.
Now you'll upload your updated vars.dat file from your local computer to the web server which will replace or overwrite the one on the server. Check your shopping cart pages, you should see your changes now.
Most ftp programs work similar to this, so this should get you going. Hope that helps!
LisaB
