E-Commerce Catalog Not Working Properly

sooner711
over 9 years ago

Hello, I recently was tasked to learn Corel Website Creator. I am running version X6. I am having trouble using the E-Commerce function. I have made a page for products. I have inserted a field using the E-Commerce tool. I have populated my catalog with products and content (pictures, descriptions, pricing, part numbers, etc.). Yet, when I click "done", nothing is filled into the E-Commerce field. It is just a white field with a green border around it. Some things that may be notable:

1. I am running Website Creator X6 on Windows 8.1

2. The small Corel load window that pops up sometimes when the program is making several changes seems to stop very quickly and doesn't appear to finish after clicking "Done" in the Catalog Properties window.

3. In reviewing the code, I can find the definition of the size and shape of the E-Commerce field that I had drawn and a call to run Corel's E-Commerce javascript (store.js), but there is no code for the catalog itself. All I can find in the code are notes left by Corel.

<!-- [BEGIN Catalog1] -->
        
        <!-- [END PRE-Catalog1] -->
        <!-- [BEGIN POST-Catalog1] -->

<!-- [END Catalog1] -->

If anyone has any information on this problem I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you for any help in advance.

  • 0 over 9 years ago
    I created my catalog in Corel Website Creator X5 and ported it successfully to X6 in Windows 7. I later built up a new computer with Windows 8.1 and upgraded to Corel Website Creator X7. I ported my Website and Catalog to X7. I encountered the issue you describe in the latter. Knowing that my catalog worked in X6, I then loaded X6 on a different, new machine with Windows 8.1. The issue manifested as you describe with X6.

    I thought that using Google Chrome might have been an issue, so I switched to IE, no help. I navigated to Website-Creator.exe and ran it as an Administrator, no help. I ran the “Troubleshoot compatibility” routine, no help.

    In short, I have come to the conclusion that e-Commerce in Corel Website Creator X6 and X7 are incompatible with Windows 8.1. One final thought is that Corel Website Creator is a repackaged version of NetObjects Fusion, see http://netobjects.com/index.html. One could shell out the $129.95 for the genuine article and see if that fixes the problem. It likely would not. I, for one, am not going to throw good money after bad. I’ll turn my attention to using a different solution that does not involve Corel or NetObjects.
  • 0 over 9 years ago
    Notwithstanding my previous post, I did download the free version of NetObjects Fusion. Its catalog worked fine with Windows 8.1, so I paid the upgrade price and got a copy of NetObjects Fusion 2013. Its catalog also works fine.

    One last comment, when I uninstalled Corel Website Creator X6, I got a dialog that indicated a half dozen files essential to the operation of the program were never registered in Windows 8.1. Since I had already obtained NetObjects Fusion, I did not attempt a reload of Corel Website Creator.

    The issue seems to be with Windows 8.1's Registration Database. If one were to attempt to get Creator to work under Windows 8.1, I would recommend uninstalling it, rebooting, and reloading it before running any other program. One might also disable any antivirus program before reloading.

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