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Webstoresoftware™ (WSS) Software Documentation

Requirements:

As of the most stable version, the requirements are as follows:

Business Requirements

Remember you or your company must have a Paypal® "business" account to use this software. We are not saying you need to own a business, we are saying that you must have a "business" account with Paypal® to use this software. You will be asked for your Paypal® Merchant ID during the install process. If you do not have a Paypal® "business" account, Paypal® makes it easy to get one and you can even convert your current personal account to a business account. Please log into your Paypal® account and speak to them regarding your account options. TIP: As of this writing Paypal® only needs a company name and to be able to verify a bank account to get you set up, but please contact Paypal® directly as their policies may have changed.

Browser requirements

Due to the added flexibilty that javascript offers we require that javascript be enabled on your browser. You will not be able to use the software without it.

• Browser Requirements:
  • Javascript MUST be enabled on your browser, this applies to vendors and users as well.
  • We currently ONLY support the latest Chrome, Firefox, and IE browsers

Server requirements

At this time we DO NOT provide support for nginx, wamp, lamp, unix, windows or any other installs other than on a Linux Apache machine. We do not yet have the techincal staff to provide adequate support for windows or other server installs, when we do we will. We highly recommend a CentOS 7+ install for the operating system. It is simply a proven OS and has withstood the test of time

Please be sure your host server meets ALL the following requirements:

• Linux Servers Only- At this time we DO NOT support Unix or Windows Installs.
• Apache 2 or higher with:
  • -- mod_rewrite on
  • -- mod_security (strict configurations) off
• PHP 7.3+ with:
  • -- cURL on
  • -- fopen on
  • -- safe_mode off
  • -- suPHP off
  • -- suApache off
  • -- suhosin off
  • -- sessions enabled
• PHP modules:
  • -- PDO
  • -- DOM
  • -- mbstring
  • -- zip
  • -- zlib
  • -- ftp
  • -- json
  • -- php_openssl
• MySQL Version 8.0+
• GD Library 2 with FreeType support
• Mail server (SendMail, Exim or other)
• Cron
• Highly Recommend HTTPS

The server requirements are listed on this page. These requirements are the minimum you will need to run the software. Please be advised that as of the date of this writing the software is compatible with php 7.3 Please be sure your server meets ALL the requirements listed above on this page. WSS is not liable and is held harmless for any and all events which result from installing our software on servers that do not meet our requirements above.

Many of these values can be found on a phpinfo() listing that you can acquire from your server. If you do not know how to run a phpinfo() report, you can ask your host or you may ask on the forum and we will be happy to assist you.