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Common questions on the general support/ installation and configuration forums answered:

I see threads pertaining to these common issues too frequently while surfing the forums.

1) SSL Questions

Before posting a SSL question, search the forums.
Then review this article:
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Also read the following article: SSL, A General Discription

2) Feature Questions

Example:
I need to set a minimum order quantity per product. How can this be done?
or
I want to give my customer’s a discount for orders over $30.00. How can this be done?

Before posting a question regarding the addition of extra features do a search on the contribution section of osCommerce.
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3) Password Protection of admin area

If you need to protect your admin panel consider using a .htaccess file.
Password Protect Directories

4) register_globals is disabled in your PHP configuration error

To fix this problem I recommend this solution:
a ) create a text file
b ) rename it to php.ini (when renaming be sure to rename the file utitled.txt to php.ini not php.ini.txt)
c ) include the following in this text file (now named php.ini):
register_globals = ON
d ) upload this file into your catalog folder

Feel free to add to this entry, hopefully people new to osCommerce will find this information useful.

Before posting a question.
Always remember to do a forum search. All to often your question will already be answered!