Emaze Auction 2.1: Installation

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Copyright and License Agreement:
Emaze Auction is the sole property of Emaze Software Corporation. This license entitles you to install Emaze Auction one time on a single server. Additional installations cost 50% of the normal price. (Discounts are given for multiple installations. Please contact us at sales@emaze.com for more information.) You do not have permission to resell or distribute Emaze Auction in whole or in part, without the permission written approval of Emaze Software.

Installation

  1. Create a directory for Emaze Auction in your webserver's public directory. This can be named EmazeAuction or whatever you wish. For the sake of convenience, we assume you named it EmazeAuction.

  2. Copy all of the subdirectories within the EmazeAuction directory to the directory you just created on your webserver. There are 4 files you need to copy from the the EmazeAuction directory as well:

  3. If you are using Microsoft Access 97, copy the database template, emazeauction.mdb, to your webserver. The database can be anywhere you choose. It does not need to be within the EmazeAuction/ directory. Rather, it should be outside of your public directory. You are welcome to rename the file to anything you want.

    If you do not have Microsoft Access 97, you may use any SQL database. Please email us at support@emaze.com for the file to create the database. We have a script that works for SQL Server versions 6.5 and 7.0. It will probably work with Oracle as well.

  4. Log into the ColdFusion Administrator and add the emazeauction.mdb database to the list of Cold Fusion datasources. You may name the datasource anything you want. Be sure to check that the datasource is working properly. If you are hosting with an ISP, you will need to have your ISP do this for you since they will not give you access to the ColdFusion Administrator.

  5. We highly recommend you use the CF Scheduler for closing auctions. Register for the Scheduler to do the following:

  6. To initialize Emaze Auction, point your browser to: http://www.yourdomain.com/EmazeAuction/initialize.cfm . Fill in the appropriate fields and submit the form to initialize Emaze Auction.

  7. If using a database other than Access, run the createdb.cfm script to set up the database. If you did not FTP the createdb.cfm script to your server, be sure to do so. Point your browser to: http://www.yourdomain.com/EmazeAuction/createdb.cfm.

  8. Delete the EmazeAuction/initialize.cfm file from the server. If necessary, delete the createdb.cfm script as well.

  9. To set up your auctions, point your browser to the Emaze Auction Admin screens at http://www.yourdomain.com/EmazeAuction/admin/index.cfm. 
       username: master
   password: emaze
    We strongly recommend you at least change the password after logging in. Just click on Master in the User section. You should also delete the initialize.cfm file.

BidFind: Emaze has partnered with BidFind to enable auction sites built with Emaze Auction to be included in BidFind's World Wide Web Auction Search database. For more information and to register your auction site, check out BidFind's site at http://www.bidfind.com or email optix@vsn.net.

BidFind works by accessing a designated URL which lists all open lots and the opening bid. The URL to give BidFind is http://www.yourdomain.com/EmazeAuction/program/bidfind.cfm

For an overview of how Emaze Auction works, please see help.html. The help file also contains instructions on what to do upon initializing Emaze Auction.

Thanks again for trying Emaze Auction. We appreciate your support! If you have any questions, or come across any bugs, please let us know!