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1. First, you need to sign up for the plugin. Go to http://www.melissadata.com/dqt/magento.htm and choose "Try It" or "Buy It", depending on what you want.
1. First, you need to sign up for the plugin. Go to http://www.melissadata.com/dqt/magento.htm and choose "Try It" or "Buy It", depending on what you want.


A Melissa Data account is required at this point. You will be prompted to log in or create a Melissa Data account if you don’t already have one. You will receive an email with your license string and instructions on how to download the plugin from Melissa Data’s FTP site.
A Melissa Data account is required at this point. You will be prompted to log in or create a Melissa Data account if you don’t already have one. After you do this, you will receive an email with your license string – the instructions for downloading the plugin itself follow below.




==Download==
==Download==
2. Download the plugin by clicking the link sent to you in your email. Save the plugin to a folder of your choice.
2. Download the plugin from ftp://ftp.melissadata.com/updates/MelissaDataMagentoPluginv1.2.6b.tar.gz and save to the Magento root directory (usually /var/www/magento/, yours may vary).
 
 
==Unpack==
3. Use the tar command to unpack the file in the Magento root directory as follows:  ‘tar xvfz MelissaDataMagentoPluginv1.2.6b.tar.gz’




==Login==
==Login==
3. Login to the Magento Admin Panel with the name "admin" and your administrator password.
4. Login to the Magento Admin Panel with the name “admin” and your administrator password.


[[File:Magento_LoginAdmin.png|link=]]
[[File:Magento_LoginAdmin.png|link=]]




==Magento Connect Manager==
==Verify==
4. Once logged in, navigate to the Magento Connect Manager. This is located under '''System''' | '''Magento Connect''' | '''Magento Connect Manager'''.
5. From the admin panel, go to '''System''' | '''Configuration''':


[[File:Magento_ConnectionManager_Menu.png|link=]]
[[File:Magento_ConfigurationMenu.png|link=]]




[[File:Magento_ConnectionManager.png|link=]]
Select ‘Catalog’ on the left.


[[File:Magento_Catalog.png|link=]]


==Upload==
5. Under the heading '''Direct package file upload''', click the '''Choose File''' button and navigate to the location where you saved the plugin from [[#Download|Download]].


Then click the '''Upload''' button.
Finally, select ‘Melissa Data Magento Plugin’


[[File:Magento_Upload.png|link=]]
[[File:Magento_ConfigurationMenuList.png|link=]]




==Verify==
==Configuration==
6. Once the file is done uploading, the page should scroll to the bottom and a console will indicate that the package is installed:
From this page you can enter your license string, configure options, and enable global email as desired.
 
[[File:Magento_Verify.png|link=]]


For more information, see [[Magento Plugin:Configuration|Configuration]].


You should now be ready to set up your plugin by following the steps in [[Magento Plugin:Configuration|Configuration]].
[[File:Magento_PluginConfiguration.png|link=]]




[[Category:Magento Plugin]]
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Revision as of 21:53, 22 September 2016

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Follow the steps below to install the Magento plugin.

Sign Up

1. First, you need to sign up for the plugin. Go to http://www.melissadata.com/dqt/magento.htm and choose "Try It" or "Buy It", depending on what you want.

A Melissa Data account is required at this point. You will be prompted to log in or create a Melissa Data account if you don’t already have one. After you do this, you will receive an email with your license string – the instructions for downloading the plugin itself follow below.


Download

2. Download the plugin from ftp://ftp.melissadata.com/updates/MelissaDataMagentoPluginv1.2.6b.tar.gz and save to the Magento root directory (usually /var/www/magento/, yours may vary).


Unpack

3. Use the tar command to unpack the file in the Magento root directory as follows: ‘tar xvfz MelissaDataMagentoPluginv1.2.6b.tar.gz’


Login

4. Login to the Magento Admin Panel with the name “admin” and your administrator password.


Verify

5. From the admin panel, go to System | Configuration:


Select ‘Catalog’ on the left.


Finally, select ‘Melissa Data Magento Plugin’


Configuration

From this page you can enter your license string, configure options, and enable global email as desired.

For more information, see Configuration.