EROL^® Developer

EROL Developer Overview (PDF)

Build multiple EROL stores from one installation, each store with all the features of Business Edition.

Ideal for designers and web professionals with multiple clients requiring an online store, as well as for retailers running more than one online business.

Business Includes: All EROL Business Edition Features, plus

• Multiple stores, multiple domains licence
• Build Manager
• Order Manager
• Publish Manager
• Inventory Manager
• Customer Manager
• Supplier Manager
• Project Manager *
• 10,000 products per store

(*) denotes Developer feature only

Using EROL 6 you can…

• Create a new online store, or add e-commerce to your existing site
• Build search engine friendly pages
• Build accessible, XHTML & CSS stores that help improve your search engine rankings
• Implement your custom CSS design to your e-commerce store
• Upload your store direct from your desktop via EROL’s integrated Publish Wizard
• Create store discounts
• Download and process orders using EROL’s comprehensive back office management

Deliver a Great Shopper Experience

• Easy site navigation features including 'breadcrumb trail’
• Fast product search, including Product Code/SKU search
• Basket content and running totals visible at all times
• Automatic email confirmation of order to every customer

Flexible Design Control

• Break the bonds of template-driven stores - whatever you can imagine you can create!
• WYSIWYG design tools with EROL's HTML Editors
• Complete offline basket functionality - test-drive your store before publishing
• Preview your store design offline as you build it
• Store Themes Library with hundreds of combinations of designs and colour schemes
• Use HTML or graphic rollover buttons, or design your own!
• Use with Macromedia Dreamweaver and other web-page editors for 'comfortable environment editing'.
• Explorer-style interface - access any part of your store instantly
• Improved productivity with multiple viewing modes to maximise your workspace
• Use HTML Tidy or EROL’s Optimised output to create clean, structured HTML pages
• Unlimited product categories and sub-categories
• Include product variations, such as size and colour
• Fully customisable store pages - Additional text or images can be added anywhere on any page
• Product data round-trip import / export
• Create and link to static content pages - build your entire website using EROL!

Powerful Product Control

• Flexible price points for product variations, volume price breaks etc.
• Powerful Product Import Wizard - add, update and remove products from your store from one, or multiple, data sources
• Capture personalised customer information to sell personalised products e.g. Add your name to a t-shirt
• Assign different tax groups to different products – e.g. Books at 0% VAT / tax

Secure Payments

• Automatically calculates correct shipping and taxation charges, anywhere in the world.
• Bank-approved security for all secure online payment methods
• Twenty fully supported and integrated Payment Service Providers e.g. PayPal, WorldPay, EROL PAY
• Accept non-real-time payments, too, like orders by cheque, bank transfer etc.

Efficient Order & Customer Management – EROL’s Back Office

• Automatically retrieve orders
• Use the Order Manager to process your orders from receipt to shipment.
• Receive an automatic email receipt for every order taken
• Print Invoices, Delivery Notes, Pick Lists and Print ‘n’ Peel EROL Address Invoice Labels
• Create and view sales reports and charts
• Automatic backup and data integrity check feature
• Export order, customer or product data to CSV for use in other applications
• Connect to Sage Line 50 accounting packages *
• (*) Requires additional software purchase

Marketing Features

• Create search-engine-friendly web stores
• List your products on Google Products (formerly Froogle) using the automatic Google Base export!
• Send individual or group e-mails to your customers
• One click Google Analytics integrations – track your store’s visitors and sales
• Set discounts based on a shopper's total order value
• Offer a free gift, free shipping, percentage and fixed amount discounts

Fast & Friendly Support

• Online Knowledge Base – ask our searchable support database any question
• EROL Customer Community Forums – talk to other online store owners for help and advice
• EROL Cover Plan options available - full ongoing support and upgrade protection, and discount on additional services

System Requirements

• Intel Pentium 4, Intel Centrino, Intel Xeon or Intel Core Duo (or compatible) processor
• Microsoft Windows XP (Service Pack 2), Windows Vista Home Premium, Business and Ultimate (32 bit Editions) or Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate (32 bit Editions)
• 512Mb of available RAM (1Gb recommended)
• 500MB of available hard disk space (additional free space required during installation)
• 800 x 600 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card
• CD ROM drive
• Internet connection required for product activation

Host Server Requirements

• Windows or UNIX / Linux web server
• Perl 5.004 or later (including user writeable CGI Bin and MD5 Perl Module)