Miva Merchant uses the server's standard Secure Socket Layer (SSL) in order to provide a secure shopping cart.  A Secure Certificate can be purchased online from Advanced Hosting and installed on your server through your control panel or you can use your FREE shared ssl certificate provided with your hosting account.  

Once the SSL has been enabled on your website, there is a place in Miva Merchant where you can enter this information.  Miva Merchant will use this information to secure the parts of the storefront that will be used to pass shoppers' personal information as well as the administrative interface.  To find that area, follow the steps below:

• Log into your administration interface.
• Click the link "Domain Settings".
• In the page displayed, click "Site Configuration".
• The first eight text fields contain the different URL's and file paths that Miva Merchant will use.
• Fields 2, 3, 6 & 8 are where the secure server information will be entered:
  
  
  • Field 2 - Secure URL to Miva Merchant: This is the full, secure URL to the Miva Merchant storefront.  This is will be:
    
    For private SSL certificates and Merchant 4 use https://www.YOURDOMAIN.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc? (YOURDOMAIN = your actual domain)
    
    For private SSL certificates and Merchant 5 use https://www.YOURDOMAIN.com/mm5/merchant.mvc? (YOURDOMAIN = your actual domain)
    
    For shared SSL certificates and Merchant 4 use
    https://host.awaddhosting.com/youruserid/
    Merchant2/merchant.mvc?
    
    For shared SSL certificates and Merchant 5 usehttps://host.awaddhosting.com/youruserid/
    mm5/merchant.mvc?
    
    
  
  
  • Field 3 - Secure URL to Administration:
  This is the full, secure URL to the Miva Merchant administration interface.  This is similar to the "Secure URL to Miva Merchant" looking like:
  
  For private SSL certificates and Merchant 4 use https://www.YOURDOMAIN.com/Merchant2/admin.mvc? (YOURDOMAIN = your actual domain)
  
  For private SSL certificates and Merchant 5 use https://www.YOURDOMAIN.com/mm5/admin.mvc?
  (YOURDOMAIN = your actual domain)
  
  For shared SSL certificates and Merchant 4 usehttps://host.awaddhosting.com/youruserid/
  Merchant2/admin.mvc?
  
  For shared SSL certificates and Merchant 5 usehttps://host.awaddhosting.com/youruserid/
  mm5/admin.mvc?
  
  
  • Field 6 - Secure Base URL to Graphics: This is the Secure URL to the Miva Merchant graphics directory.  It usually points to a "/Merchant2/" subdirectory of the secure server.  It is usually either of the following URL's:
  
  
  For private SSL certificates and Merchant 4 use https://www.YOURDOMAIN.com/Merchant2/ (YOURDOMAIN = your actual domain)
  
  For private SSL certificates and Merchant 5 use https://www.YOURDOMAIN.com/mm5/ (YOURDOMAIN = your actual domain)
  
  For shared SSL certificates and Merchant 4 usehttps://host.awaddhosting.com/youruserid/Merchant2/
  
  For shared SSL certificates and Merchant 5 usehttps://host.awaddhosting.com/youruserid/mm5/
  
  
  • Field 8 - Secure Root Directory for Modules:
  This is the subdirectory of the secure server in which Miva Merchant can access all of its program files.  Usually, it is one of the following:
  
  For shared SSL certificates and Merchant 4 use/Merchant2/
  
  For shared SSL certificates and Merchant 4 use/mm5/
  
  




• Once these fields are populated with the correct information, click Update.  
• Test your storefront.  The following screens should display securely:
  
  "Sign In"
  "Account"
  "Buy 1 Now"
  "Checkout"

If the information above does not secure your Miva Merchant properly, contact customer support.