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EasyPHP is an application that you install on your Windows computer which you can use as a development system for PHP / Apache and mySQL databases.
It can be downloaded form http://www.easyphp.org/ and I find it a very good way to develop applications using PHP on my Windows computer.
EasyPHP contains a single exectuable which when run, [...]

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What currency should you sell your products in ? 
PayPal is able to handle quite a wide range of currencies and you have to descide which currency you should sell your products in. 
I guess the question really is “are you selling to the world or are you expecting payments from customers who are based in your [...]

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This is the results so far of the survey which is on the page :  http://www.withinweb.com/phpeseller/index.php
These are running results :
mp3 audio files 34.1%
ebooks 15.1%
video files 14.6%
physical cds/dvds 9.8%
images 8.1%
software 7.4%
other physical goods 5.9%
other content 5%

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PHP-eSeller is a PHP/mySQL application for selling mp3 and other digital files from your web site.
PHP-eSeller will work with Google Checkout and with PayPal.  As PHP-eSeller is based around IPN (instant payment notification) it will work with all PayPal accounts.
For a full description of PHP-eSeller, go to http://www.withinweb.com/phpeseller/index.php

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For free hints tips and tricks see
http://www.withinweb.com/global/hints_tips_and_tricks/digital_files.pdf

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The fckeditor is described on the web site http://www.fckeditor.net and is a configurable html text editor with many add ons and plugins.
The configuration file in the fckconfig.js file is set to use the english language ‘en’ with a toolbar set called ‘pg_toolbar’. The FCKEditor web site provides full desciption on its options and configuration.
The [...]

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Sometimes you may want to display one page using a link to the shop, say page 2.
This is easily done by the following link :
http://www.yourservername.com/shop/index.php?page=2

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When you have completed the set up of PHP-eSeller, here are a few pointers which you should check if emails are not being sent out after a purchase.

Make sure that you have assoicated a digital file with the product that you are purchasing.  If you have not assoicated a digital file with the product, an email [...]

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phpMyAdmin is a program used to manipulate databases remotely through a web interface. A good hosting package will have this included.

Login to phpMyAdmin.
Create a new blank database first.
Click databases, and select the database that you will be importing your data into.
Across the top of the screen will be a row of tabs. [...]

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This desciption is applicable to all the applications PHP-eSeller, PHP-SecureArea and PHP-KeyCodes.
You should backup your database at regular intervals. You will then be able to restore the database if something goes wrong.
phpMyAdmin is the name of the program that you can use to manipulate databases.  It is usually provided as part of you control panel [...]

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