When It’s Time to Upgrade phpCOIN

Cirtex — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:58:23 +0000

Do you provide a service that you need to bill for over the internet? Many times, service providers of all types find that the free phpCOIN solution works very well for their needs. The COIN in phpCOIN stands for Clients, Orders, Invoices and Notes. The point of the system is to allow those who bill for services to be able to do so easily. When you can take orders online and use your a customer management system like this to make the whole process easier, you will find that you make quite a bit more money because you have just done the one thing that will help any service provider make more money faster: you have made things easier. Customers are always going to be fond of simple ways to order products and if you can decrease the amount of effort they have to go through to order your services, then you are far more likely to achieve higher order rates.

Since there are so many different types of services out there, those who provide them are going to need different looks to suit their service. With the right phpCOIN templates, you can create a look that suits the rest of your site. Whether you are a graphic designer, online mentor, astrology chart reader or even a lawyer, phpCOIN themes abound that will help you customize the look of your site. You can even consider having a custom phpCOIN theme created specifically for your site to make sure that you get exactly the appearance you need in order to sell far more of your service than you ever have before.

It is definitely important to make sure that you are using the latest version of this script. You will want to be positive you are using the most recent incarnation because as with any software package, phpCOIN makes use of regular updates to tighten any security flaws and create a smoother experience for both you and your customers. Upgrading phpCOIN is very simple no matter which version you are currently using, here are the steps you must take to upgrade this invaluable script:

1) Backup your phpCOIN installation. Do this before you do anything else because there is nothing more frustrating that ruining your own script!

2) Download the latest version of phpCOIN and uncompress the file onto your computer.

3) Open the config.php file within the phpCOIN package you just uncompressed. Use a text editor such as Notepad2 to enter your MySQL database name, user name and password. Save and close this file once you are through.

4) Using an FTP client of your choice upload all of the files, including the config.php file that you edited, to your server and be sure you have the new files overwrite the previously existing files.

5) Use your web browser to navigate to your phpCOIN installation. This is generally a subdirectory on your site so that it would like this:

http://www.YourDomainName.com/phpcoin

6) Since phpCOIN automatically recognizes that is being updated, all you need to do is follow the onscreen directions to set it up once again.

That’s all there is to upgrading phpCOIN

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