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BookTrakker automatically
creates and uploads your data when you click "Process and Upload
Records" or "Process/Upload to Selected Service" on the
Online page. Once you have setup an FTP account for once or more of the
services, (see below) the process works like this:
1. Add, Edit or change Status to your records.
2. Click the Online button at the top.
3. To upload to all "Active" services click the Process and
Upload Records button.
4. To upload to one selected "Active" service click the
Process/ Upload to Selected Service button.
5. What happens after you click either of these buttons is BookTrakker
gathers the records to be uploaded and creates the upload file to send,
via FTP, to the services you have checked as Active. If you upload to
Amazon then UploadIt takes care of that before the UIEE uploads take
place for all other services.
6. UIEE file creation takes place when you see the Export Records form
appear and the file creation progress bar is displayed at the bottom.
When the progress bar field is completed the form closes and the upload
to the first Active service begins. BookTrakker connects to each service,
uploads the file, then verifies that the file arrived, (writing a
success/failure message to the Export log) then closes the connection and
moves onto the next Active service, repeating the upload process.
7. When the uploads to all or one service is
complete BookTrakker opens the Export Log so you can see the results of your
upload.
To
begin this process you need to set up the FTP program to do this. Click
the Online button at the top of your BookTrakker screen.
The
following information applies to new users who have books listed on
services already through another program or listed directly online. If
you are a new user with no records listed online then
go here.
WARNING: Before doing your initial upload you have the option of
doing a purge/replace of your records from all the online services you
are using, or not. If your Record Numbers are going to be identical in
BookTrakker as they are online then a purge/replace may not be required.
(You can verify your Record Numbers in BookTrakker by clicking on List
View tab, left side in Inventory, then looking at the Record_Code
column to see what your Record Numbers will be. If they match what you
have now online then no purge/replace is necessary. However, online record formats in BookTrakker will be
different from what you have now. It is a good idea to do an upload of
All Online Inventory to convert previous formats to BookTrakker format,
but it is not required.
You should wait until
you are satisfied with all your data importing before doing any upload,
since you need to send a replacement file from BookTrakker for this to
work.
You
must also inform the online services, other than Amazon and Alibris, that you are changing to BookTrakker and
uploading with a BookTrakker UIEE file, via FTP, before setting up the
online services in BookTrakker. You may not be able use the same
username/passwords you use for uploading through the service
website.
Most of the online services use a different username and password for FTP
uploads, which is how you will be uploading through BookTrakker. They do
this for security reasons. You will need to contact each service and ask
for a new username and password for uploading through BookTrakker.
Website usernames and passwords usually will not work. (Alibris is
the exception, as is Amazon, which is not covered in these instructions.
See: Amazon for Amazon upload instructions.)
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In BookTrakker, click the
Online button at the top of the screen:
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The Online Control Panel opens.
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Click the New Service
button in the bottom left of the Online Control Panel:
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Click the dropdown button in the top field, select the service desired.
The service address fills out below. If your service is not in the list
then you will need to type it in, as well as the URL. See the list below.
Click  : once
you have selected or typed in a new service name.
After entering all the information for this page you MUST click the Test button to see if
you have set the account up correctly. If you get any other message than
"Host Found. Test Passed" then either you set it up incorrectly
or the service did not properly set up your account. After you have
tested the service you MUST
click if you
want to save any of the information typed in the Service or Account
pages, followed by  on the File tab. Click Yes
to the error message you may get if the Test fails. If you click Cancel
then any changes made are lost. Even if the Test fails, you need to do
this to save information. You can always change it later.
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Also
see specific instructions that follow General Upload Instructions for
each service.
If required, replace "Username" or "Password" with
yours, or use the defaults required by the services. Pay attention to the slashes "/" and
other info in the account path. The Account Path must be filled in exactly
as specified by each service.
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Enter
account name as provided by the service:
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username
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Account
password:
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password
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Account
path:
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/username
or
/
NOTE: Some services require that you leave everything blank after the
slash.
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In "Account Path" type in a slash followed by your Online
Service supplied User Name, or type in a slash with the following spaces
left blank, as required by the individual service.
Note: The slash is essential; do not omit the slash UNLESS SPECIFIED by a
Service. If you must enter a username after the slash (/) do not leave a
space between the slash and your Account Name. Example: /BigBookstore
Do not use the ABE example as your template for
all the other services; they are all different.
IMPORTANT: After doing your first upload, be sure to read the
last few paragraphs in this document! You do not have to upload All Online Inventory after the
initial upload.
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Index for general and
specific service instructions. Click on link or
scroll down page.
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1. SetUp
for Uploading Files: General
Instructions
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If required, replace "Username" or "Password" with
yours, or use the defaults required by the services. Pay attention to the
"/"'s and other info in the account path. The Account Path MUST be filled in as specified
by each service, starting with a slash character / and then followed
by a username or left blank, depending on the service.
In "Account Path" type in a slash followed by your Online
Service supplied User Name, or type in a slash with the following spaces
left blank, as required by the individual service.
Note: The slash is essential if required by a service; do not omit the
slash unless instructed otherwise. If you must enter a username after the
slash (/) do not leave a space between the slash and your Account Name.
Example: /BigBookstore
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Service
Name:
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nameofservice.com
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Host
address (URL):
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supplied
by service
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Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
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Username
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Account
password:
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Password
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Account path:
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/username or / *while these are typical entries for this
field, a number of services require that you leave everything
blank after the / or that
additional information be provided. See lists below for specific
instructions.
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TESTING THE NEW SERVICE
Click
Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click OK.
Click  after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK  . Next follow instructions in INITIAL UPLOAD FILE below to finish the
set up and perform a Records Test.
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Service
Name:
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Abebooks
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Host
address (URL):
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uploads.abebooks.com
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Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
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Username
(Click https://www.abebooks.com/my-account/seller-info/
to get Userid scroll down to the bottom of the page, Account Information)
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Account
password:
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Password
(Click https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/ApiKey
to generate API Key which is now used for the ABE Password)
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Account path:
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/ (for ABE do not enter anything after the
slash)
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TESTING THE NEW SERVICE
Click
Test. If you get "Host Found; Test Passed. Response from server: etc" then Click OK. Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL UPLOAD FILE below to finish the
set up and perform a Records Test.
BookTrakker now renames the actual file being uploaded to ABE to
include a time and date stamp. You will see this change in the Export
Log if you hold your mouse over the success message in the Note column,
the message will say New File Name: upload_1_XXXXXXX.txt with XXXXXXX
replaced by the time of day and the date. This should eliminate the
problems ABE has been having with getting the same filename for each
upload. The rules for reuploading remain the
same, except the file uploaded will also be renamed, as above. The user
will always see Upload_1.txt in the Transfer folder, only the actual
file uploaded to ABE gets the name change.
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Manual
Upload to ABE:
When you click Process and Upload Records button the upload file is
created in the C:\BTP\Transfer folder. Upload_1.txt is the name of the
file.
Login to your ABE account and click the Upload a Book or Picture
File link. Click the Browse button and find the Upload_1.txt file in
the the C:\BTPro\Transfer folder. Select it,
click Send File. Wait for ABE to process.
For Manual Purge/Replace go here to create
a Hit List and set the records for upload, then
create the file.
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Purge/Replace
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Login
to your account. Click Books. Click Purge all listed books. Click Purge
button.
Make sure you do your regular upload to all Active services before
you do the Purge/Replace on Abebooks.
Select Abebooks. Place a check in All
Online Inventory. Click Process/ Upload to Selected Service if
you use 3.4 or later, otherwise you have to uncheck all services but Abebooks, then click Process and upload Records,
for 3.3 users or earlier.
Do not forget to recheck all your active services, 3.3 or earlier.
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SetUp for Uploading Zipped Images
to ABEBooks back to Index of services
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Service
Name:
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ABEBOOKS
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Host
address (URL):
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uploads.abebooks.com
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Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
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username
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Account
password:
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Password
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Account path:
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/ (for ABE do not enter anything after the
slash)
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TESTING THE NEW SERVICE
Click
Test. If you get "Host Found; Test Passed. Response from server: etc" then Click OK. Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Type in Images.zip in the Choose File to Transfer
field. Click Finish.
Edit Service and change the name to ABEBOOKS Images. Click the File
tab, click Finish.
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Creating an Images.zip file in the BTPro\Transfer
folder:
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Trakkers who want to use BookTrakker to
upload images are expected to be fairly sophisticated computer
users.
Go to your BTPro\Data\Images folder. Select the images you wish to
upload as a group. Right click on the group, click Send to (or if you
have a zip utility, use that). You want to zip up the group of images
into the BTPro\Transfer folder, and name it Images.zip
Do NOT check
the new service as Active. Select the service by clicking on the name,
then do either Manual Transfer to Selected service if 3.3 or earlier,
or Reupload to Selected Service in 3.4 or
later.
Remember to recreate the Images.zip file for each subsequent upload.
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Service
Name:
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AntiqBook
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Host
address (URL):
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dusty.antiqbook.com
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Enter
account name:
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username
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Account
password:
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password
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Account path:
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/ (for Antiqbook do not enter anything after
the slash)
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TESTING THE NEW SERVICE
Click
Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click OK.
Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL UPLOAD FILE below to finish the
set up and perform a Records Test.
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Purge/Replace
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Do
File > Export > UIEE > Export Setup (Instructions)
In the second or third row under Online Filename and Path make
sure you have "C:\BTPro\Transfer\Purge_1.txt" (No
Quotes) and have selected a price in the dropdown list on the
left. Close both forms. See Purge for more
instructions.
Make sure you do your regular upload to all Active services before
you do the Purge/Replace on Antiqbook.
Set up a new Antiqbook service. Name it Antiqbook - Purge. Click
Next. Enter account name and password as described above. Test setup.
Click Next. In Choose file to Transfer, select or type in Purge_1.txt.
Click finish. Set as Active to do the Purge. Upload a file with All
Online Inventory checked, using Process/Upload File to Selected
Service if you have 3.4 or later.
Do not forget to uncheck as Active after the upload of the Purge
file, and recheck the regular Antiqbook service, for 3.3 users or
earlier.
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Service
Name:
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AOB
(The Art of Books)
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Host
address (URL):
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ftp.theartofbooks.com
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Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
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username
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Account
password:
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password
(as provided by the service)
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Account path:
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/ (for AOB do not enter anything after the
slash)
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Special
Instructions for Upload to AOB: AOB prefers the Amazon upload file,
which for 3.3 and earlier is named AmazonUpload.txt and for 3.4 and
later AmazonUpload_1.txt. If you updated from 3.3 to 3.4 then you will
need to edit your AOB service and change the upload file from
AmazonUpload.txt to AmazonUpload_1.txt on the File tab, then click
Finish. If you do not already upload direct to Amazon then create a
fake Amazon service, selecting Amazon from the dropdown list after
clicking New Service. Click Next. Type in a fake email and password,
click Finish. Make sure the fake Amazon service is checked as Active.
When you do uploads to AOB the Amazon file will be created first, then the
upload to Amazon will fail, then the new Amazon upload file will be
sent to AOB.
AOB also accepts BookTrakker's UIEE file. You
should contact AOB and tell them which file you plan to use. UIEE
default filename in Upload_1.txt
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TESTING THE NEW SERVICE
Click
Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click OK.
Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL UPLOAD FILE below to finish the
set up and perform a Records Test.
NOTE: Substitute
AmazonUpload.txt or AmazonUpload_1.txt for Upload_1.txt for the Initial
Upload File setup.
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Purge/Replace
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Login
to your account. Click Inventory. Upload an Inventory File. Scroll to
the bottom. Check Perform Purge and Replace. Scroll up the page to the
Upload Complete File section. Select Tab Delimited or UIEE for File
Format. Browse and upload your file. Any file from BookTrakker will do,
as you are going to immediately check All Online Inventory then click
the Process and Upload Records button in BookTrakker to upload a
replacement file.
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Service
Name:
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Alibris
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Host
address (URL):
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aus.alibris.com
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Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
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username
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Account
password:
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Password
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Account path:
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/ (for Alibris do not enter anything after the
slash)
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TESTING THE NEW SERVICE
Click
Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click OK.
Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL UPLOAD FILE below to finish the
set up and perform a Records Test.
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Purge/Replace
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Make
sure you do your regular upload to all Active services before you do
the Purge/Replace on Alibris.
Select Alibris. Place a check in All Online Inventory. Click
Process/ Upload to Selected Service if you use 3.4 or later, otherwise
you have to uncheck all services but Alibris, then click Process and
upload Records, for 3.3 users or earlier.
Warning: Alibris does batch processing of upload files, so they warn
that it may take up to 24 hours for changes to appear.
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Service
Name:
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Alibris
Images (Type in the name)
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Host
address (URL):
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aus.alibris.com
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Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
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username
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Account
password:
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Password
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Account path:
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/ (for Alibris do not enter anything after the
slash)
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TESTING THE NEW SERVICE
Click
Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click OK.
Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Type in Images.zip in the Choose File to Transfer
field. Click Finish.
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Creating an Images.zip file in the BTPro\Transfer
folder:
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Trakkers who want to use BookTrakker to
upload images are expected to be fairly sophisticated computer
users.
Go to your BTPro\Data\Images folder. Select the images you wish to
upload as a group. Right click on the group, click Send to (or if you
have a zip utility, use that). You want to zip up the group of images
into the BTPro\Transfer folder, and name it Images.zip
Do NOT check
the new service as Active. Select the service by clicking on the name,
then do either Manual Transfer to Selected service if 3.3 or earlier,
or Reupload to Selected Service in 3.4 or
later.
Remember to recreate the Images.zip file for each subsequent upload.
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Service
Name:
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TomFolio
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Host
address (URL):
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204.246.14.212
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Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
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username
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Account
password:
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Password
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Account path:
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/username
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TESTING THE NEW SERVICE
Click
Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click OK.
Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL UPLOAD FILE below to finish the
set up and perform a Records Test.
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Purge/Replace
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Log
into your member's account on Tomfolio, click
on Inventory Manager, where you will find:
Purge/Remove All Books:
To remove all of your currently listed books in the TomFolio.com
Database, click
here
Make sure you do your regular upload to all Active services before
you do the Purge/Replace on TomFolio.
Then upload All Online Inventory to TomFolio,
using Process/Upload File to Selected Service if you have 3.4 or
later.
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Service
Name:
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Bibliophile
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Host
address (URL):
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www.bookbase.com
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Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
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username
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Account
password:
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Password
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Account path:
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/books/UIEE/process (Replace
"process" with "purge" to purge. See below.)
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TESTING THE NEW SERVICE
Click
Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click OK.
Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL UPLOAD FILE below to finish the
set up and perform a Records Test.
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Purge/Replace
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Edit
the Bibliophile service. Click Next. At the bottom of the tab is
Account Path. Replace "process" with "purge"
to purge. Click Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed."
click OK. Click Next. Click Finish.
Make sure you do your regular upload to all Active services before
you do the Purge/Replace on Bibliophile.
After the Purge/Replace is finished, repeat and change back to
"process". Make sure you click the Finish button to save
changes.
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Service
Name:
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ABAA/ILAB
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Host
address (URL):
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www.ilabdatabase.com
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Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
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username
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Account
password:
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Password
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Account path:
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/ (for ABAA/ILAB do not enter anything after
the slash)
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TESTING THE NEW SERVICE
Click
Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click OK.
Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL UPLOAD FILE below to finish the
set up and perform a Records Test.
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Purge/Replace
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Service
Name:
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Choice
Books
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Host
address (URL):
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choice-books.com
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Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
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username
(supplied by the service)
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Account
password:
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Password (supplied
by the service)
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Account path:
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/ (for Choice Books do not enter anything after the
slash)
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TESTING THE NEW SERVICE
Click
Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click OK.
Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL UPLOAD FILE below to finish the
set up and perform a Records Test.
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Purge/Replace
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Service
Name:
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Americana
Exchange
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Host
address (URL):
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ftp.americanaexchange.com
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Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
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clientftp2
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Account
password:
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cF%5998
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Account path:
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/username
Username is what you use when
you login to the Americana Exchange website.
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TESTING THE NEW SERVICE
Click
Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click OK.
Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL UPLOAD FILE below to finish the
set up and perform a Records Test.
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Purge/Replace
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Service
Name:
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Biblion
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Host
address (URL):
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ftp.biblion.co.uk
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Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
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username
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Account
password:
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Password
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Account path:
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/ (for Biblion do not
enter anything after the slash)
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TESTING THE NEW SERVICE
Click
Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click OK.
Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL UPLOAD FILE below to finish the
set up and perform a Records Test.
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Purge/Replace
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Do
File > Export > UIEE > Export Setup (Instructions)
In the second or third row under Online Filename and Path make
sure you have "C:\BTPro\Transfer\Purge_1.txt" (No
Quotes) and have selected a price in the dropdown list on the
left. Close both forms. See Purge for more
instructions.
Make sure you do your regular upload to all Active services before
you do the Purge/Replace on Biblion.
Set up new Biblion service. Name it Biblion - Purge. Click Next. Enter account name and
password as described above. Test setup. Click Next. In Choose file to
Transfer, select or type in Purge_1.txt. Click finish. Set as Active to
do the Purge. Upload a file with All Online Inventory checked, using
Process/Upload File to Selected Service if you have 3.4 or
later.
Do not forget to uncheck as Active after the upload of the Purge
file, and recheck the regular Biblion
service, for 3.3 users or earlier.
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Service
Name:
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BookLovers
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Host
address (URL):
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ftp.booklovers.co.uk
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Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
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username
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Account
password:
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Password
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Account path:
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/ (for BookLovers do
not enter anything after the slash)
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TESTING THE NEW SERVICE
Click
Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click OK.
Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL UPLOAD FILE below to finish the
set up and perform a Records Test.
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Purge/Replace
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13. SetUp for Uploading Files to BooksandCollectibles back to Index of
services
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Service
Name:
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Books
& Collectibles
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Host
address (URL):
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ftp.booksandcollectibles.com.au
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Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
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username
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Account
password:
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Password
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Account path:
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/ (For Books & Collectibles do not enter
anything after the slash)
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TESTING THE NEW SERVICE
Click
Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click OK.
Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL UPLOAD FILE below to finish the
set up and perform a Records Test.
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Purge/Replace
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Service
Name:
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Biblio
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Host
address (URL):
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ftp.biblio.com
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Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
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Username
(Click https://www.biblio.com/app/booksellers/settings#upload
to get username/password)
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Account
password:
|
Password
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Account path:
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/ (For Biblio do not enter anything after the
slash)
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TESTING THE NEW SERVICE
Click
Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click OK.
Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL UPLOAD FILE below to finish the
set up and perform a Records Test.
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Purge/Replace
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Do
File > Export > UIEE > Export Setup (Instructions)
In the second or third row under Online Filename and Path make
sure you have "C:\BTPro\Transfer\Purge.txt" (No Quotes)
and have selected a price in the dropdown list on the left. Close both
forms. See Purge for more instructions.
Make sure you do your regular upload to all Active services before
you do the Purge/Replace on Biblio.
Set up a new Biblio service. Click Next. Enter account name and
password as described above. Test setup. Click Next. In Choose file to
Transfer, select or type in Purge.txt. Click finish. Set as Active to
do the Purge. Upload a file with All Online Inventory checked, using
Process/Upload File to Selected Service if you have 3.4 or
later.
Do not forget to uncheck as Active after the upload of the Purge
file, and recheck the regular Biblio service, for 3.3 users or earlier.
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SetUp for Uploading Zipped Images
to Biblio back to Index of services
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Service
Name:
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Biblio
Images (Type in the name)
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Host
address (URL):
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ftp.biblio.com
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Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
|
username
|
|
Account
password:
|
Password
|
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Account path:
|
/ (For Biblio do not enter anything after the
slash)
|
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TESTING THE NEW SERVICE
Click
Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click OK.
Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Type in Images.zip in the Choose File to Transfer
field. Click Finish.
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Creating an Images.zip file in the BTPro\Transfer
folder:
|
Trakkers who want to use BookTrakker to
upload images are expected to be fairly sophisticated computer
users.
Go to your BTPro\Data\Images folder. Select the images you wish to
upload as a group. Right click on the group, click Send to (or if you
have a zip utility, use that). You want to zip up the group of images
into the BTPro\Transfer folder, and name it Images.zip
Do NOT check
the new service as Active. Select the service by clicking on the name,
then do either Manual Transfer to Selected service if 3.3 or earlier,
or Reupload to Selected Service in 3.4 or
later.
Remember to recreate the Images.zip file for each subsequent upload.
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Service
Name:
|
Chrislands
|
|
Host
address (URL):
|
ftp.chrislands.com
|
|
Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
|
username
|
|
Account
password:
|
Password
|
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Account path:
|
/ (For Chrislands do not enter anything after
the slash)
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TESTING THE NEW SERVICE
Click
Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click OK.
Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL UPLOAD FILE below to finish the
set up and perform a Records Test.
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|
Purge/Replace
|
Do
File > Export > UIEE > Export Setup (Instructions)
In the second or third row under Online Filename and Path make
sure you have "C:\BTPro\Transfer\Purge.txt" (No Quotes)
and have selected a price in the dropdown list on the left. Close both
forms. See Purge for more instructions.
Make sure you do your regular upload to all Active services before
you do the Purge/Replace on Chrislands.
Set up new Chrislands service.[Your website
domain] Name it [Your website][Purge] (Avocado Pit - Purge) Click Next.
Enter account name and password as described above. Test setup. Click
Next. In Choose file to Transfer, select or type in Purge_1.txt. Click
finish. Set as Active to do the Purge. Upload a file with All Online
Inventory checked, using Process/Upload File to Selected Service
if you have 3.4 or later.
Do not forget to uncheck as Active after the upload of the Purge
file, and recheck the regular Chrislands service, and recheck the
regular Biblio service, for 3.3 users or earlier.
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SetUp for Uploading Zipped Images
to Chrislands back to Index of services
|
|
|
Service
Name:
|
Chrislands
Images (Type in the name)
|
|
Host
address (URL):
|
ftp.chrislands.com
|
|
Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
|
username
|
|
Account
password:
|
Password
|
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Account path:
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/images
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TESTING THE NEW SERVICE
Click
Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click OK.
Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Type in Images.zip in the Choose File to Transfer
field. Click Finish.
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Creating an Images.zip file in the BTPro\Transfer
folder:
|
Trakkers who want to use BookTrakker to
upload images are expected to be fairly sophisticated computer
users.
Go to your BTPro\Data\Images folder. Select the images you wish to
upload as a group. Right click on the group, click Send to (or if you
have a zip utility, use that). You want to zip up the group of images
into the BTPro\Transfer folder, and name it Images.zip
Do NOT check
the new service as Active. Select the service by clicking on the name,
then do either Manual Transfer to Selected service if 3.3 or earlier,
or Reupload to Selected Service in 3.4 or
later.
Remember to recreate the Images.zip file for each subsequent upload.
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|
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|
|
Service
Name:
|
ZVAB
|
|
Address/URL:
|
en.ZVAB.com
|
|
Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
|
username
|
|
Password:
|
No password is required, leave this field blank
|
|
Account path:
|
/
Note that the Account path is just a
slash "/" by itself. Do NOT add your account name after
the "/".
|
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PURGE
AND REPLACE - File name should contain: PURGE
|
|
TESTING THE NEW SERVICE
Click
Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click OK.
Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL UPLOAD FILE below to finish the
set up and perform a Records Test.
|
|
Purge/Replace
|
Do
File > Export > UIEE > Export Setup (Instructions)
In the second or third row under Online Filename and Path make
sure you have "C:\BTPro\Transfer\Purge.txt" (No Quotes)
and have selected a price in the dropdown list on the left. Close both
forms. See Purge for more instructions.
Make sure you do your regular upload to all Active services before
you do the Purge/Replace on ZVAB.
Set up new ZVAB service. Click Next. Enter account name and password
as described above. Test setup. Click Next. In Choose file to Transfer,
select or type in Purge.txt. Click finish. Set as Active to do the
Purge. Upload a file with All Online Inventory checked, using
Process/Upload File to Selected Service if you have 3.4 or
later.
Do not forget to uncheck as Active after the upload of the Purge
file, and recheck the regular ZVAB service, and recheck the regular
Biblio service, for 3.3 users or earlier.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service
Name:
|
BookByte.com
|
|
Address/URL:
|
ftp.bookbyte.com
|
|
Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
|
username
|
|
Password:
|
Enter
your password as supplied by the service.
|
|
Account path:
|
/
Note that the Account path is just a
slash "/" by itself. Do NOT add your account name after
the "/".
|
|
TESTING THE NEW SERVICE
Click
Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click OK.
Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL UPLOAD FILE below to finish the
set up and perform a Records Test.
|
|
Purge/Replace
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service
Name:
|
BookFound
|
|
Address/URL:
|
my.bookfound.com
|
|
Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
|
username
|
|
Password:
|
Enter
your password as supplied by the service.
|
|
Account path:
|
/
Note that the Account path is just a
slash "/" by itself. Do NOT add your account name after
the "/".
|
|
TESTING THE NEW SERVICE
Click
Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click OK.
Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL UPLOAD FILE below to finish the
set up and perform a Records Test.
|
|
Purge/Replace
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service
Name:
|
ValoreBooks.com
|
|
Address/URL:
|
ftp.valorebooks.com
|
|
Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
|
username
|
|
Password:
|
Enter
your password as supplied by the service.
|
|
Account path:
|
Type in: /Inventory/
|
|
TESTING
THE NEW SERVICE
Click Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click
OK. Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL
UPLOAD FILE below to finish the set up and perform a Records
Test.
|
|
Purge/Replace
|
Check
All Online Inventory, click Process and Upload Records.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service
Name:
|
Bibliopolis
|
|
Address/URL:
|
Contact
Bibliopolis - Click: mailto:support@bibliopolis.com
|
|
Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
|
supplied
by service
|
|
Password:
|
supplied
by service
|
|
Account path:
|
supplied by service
|
|
|
|
TESTING
THE NEW SERVICE
Click Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click
OK. Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL
UPLOAD FILE below to finish the set up and perform a Records
Test.
|
|
Purge/Replace
|
Contact
Bibliopolis - Click: mailto:support@bibliopolis.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service
Name:
|
Maremagnum
|
|
Address/URL:
|
2.229.48.29
or ftpfile.maremagnum.com
|
|
Username:
|
username
|
|
Password:
|
password
|
|
Account path:
|
/
Note that the Account path is just a slash "/" by
itself. Do NOT add your account name after the "/".
|
|
Contact
"Librerie Maremagnum"
<librerie@maremagnum.com>
to setup an FTP account for BookTrakker
|
|
TESTING
THE NEW SERVICE
Click Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click
OK. Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL
UPLOAD FILE below to finish the set up and perform a Records
Test.
|
|
Purge/Replace
|
If
you upload a file containing over 75% of your records online then an
automatic purge/replace takes effect. Checking All Online Inventory to Maremagnum will do a purge/replace of your existing
records.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service
Name:
|
IOBA
Books
|
|
Host
address (URL):
|
www.iobabooks.com
|
|
Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
|
username
|
|
Account
password:
|
Password
|
|
Account path:
|
/ (For IOBABooks.com do not enter anything
after the slash)
|
|
TESTING
THE NEW SERVICE
Click Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click
OK. Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL
UPLOAD FILE below to finish the set up and perform a Records
Test.
|
|
Purge/Replace
|
Login
to Bookseller Menu. Click the dropdown button under My Inventory and
select Request a purge and replace. Type "CONFIRM" (no quotes)
into the field. Click the Purge button. Upload a file with All Online
Inventory checked.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service
Name:
|
Booksatpbfa
|
|
Host
address (URL):
|
ftp.booksatpbfa.com
|
|
Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
|
username
|
|
Account
password:
|
Password
|
|
Account path:
|
/ (For Booksatpbfa do
not enter anything after the slash)
|
|
TESTING
THE NEW SERVICE
Click Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click
OK. Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL
UPLOAD FILE below to finish the set up and perform a Records
Test.
|
|
Purge/Replace
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service
Name:
|
Fillz
|
|
Host
address (URL):
|
ftp.fillz.com
|
|
Enter
account name (login/user) as provided by the service:
|
username
|
|
Account
password:
|
Password (Login
to your Fillz account, click Settings at the
top, then click the link at the bottom of the first section where it
says Change FTP or API token. This brings you to a new page to set your
Fillz FTPS password. Click the link to
generate a password, copy into the Password field in Online Service
Wizard Account page)
|
|
Account path:
|
/ (For Fillz do not
enter anything after the slash)
|
|
TESTING
THE NEW SERVICE
Click Test. If you get "Host Found; Test Passed. Response from
server: etc" then Click OK. Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL
UPLOAD FILE below to finish the set up and perform a Records
Test.
|
|
Purge/Replace
It is not recommended that you do a Purge/Replace very often on Fillz if you are listing on Ebay Stores. You will
be charged insertion fees each time you do a Purge/Replace.
|
Do
file > Export > UIEE > Export Setup
In the second or third row under Online Filename and Path make sure you
have "C:\BTPro\Transfer\Purge.txt" (No Quotes) and have
selected a price in the dropdown list on the left. Close both forms.
See Purge for more instructions.
Set up new Fillz service. Click Next.
Enter account name and password as described above. Test setup. Click
Next. In Choose file to Transfer, select or type in Purge.txt. Click
finish. Set as Active to do the Purge. Upload a file with All Online
Inventory checked.
Do not forget to uncheck as Active after the upload of the Purge
file, and recheck the regular Fillz service.
You can also do an All Online Inventory upload to one of the services
using your Fillz price, then change the name
of the file to Purge.txt, then do a Manual Transfer to Selected
Service, selecting the renamed file to send to Fillz.
|
|
|
|
|
Service
Name:
|
Bookzangle
|
|
Address/URL:
|
ftp.bookzangle.com
|
|
Username:
*usernames and passwords are the same for all users
|
Account
Name supplied by Bookzangle
|
|
Password:
*usernames and passwords are the same for all users
|
Password
supplied by Bookzangle
|
|
Account path:
|
/ (For Bookzangle do
not enter anything after the slash)
|
|
|
TESTING
THE NEW SERVICE
Click Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click
OK. Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL
UPLOAD FILE below to finish the set up and perform a Records
Test.
|
|
Purge/Replace
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service
Name:
|
TextbookRush
|
|
Address/URL:
|
Marketplace-ftp.textbookrush.com
|
|
Username:
|
Username
supplied by the service
|
|
Password:
|
Password
supplied by the service
|
|
Account path:
|
/ (For TextbookRush
do not enter anything after the slash)
|
|
Use
the Amazon upload file for Choose File to Transfer. Either
AmazonUpload.txt or AmazonUpload_1.txt. You will need to either
upload All Online Inventory to Amazon to create the initial file, or
create a fake Amazon service, then do All
Online Inventory to that. A fake service is Email and Password that
won't work. The file is created, the upload fails.
|
|
TESTING
THE NEW SERVICE
Click Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click
OK. Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL
UPLOAD FILE below to finish the set up and perform a Records
Test.
|
|
Purge/Replace
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service
Name:
|
Bookshops.com.au
|
|
Address/URL:
|
bookshops.com.au
(FTP address)
|
|
Username:
|
username
set by Bookshops.com.au
|
|
Password:
|
password
set by Bookshops.com.au
|
|
Account path:
|
/ (For Bookshops.com.au do not enter anything
after the slash)
|
|
|
|
|
TESTING
THE NEW SERVICE
Click Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click
OK. Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL
UPLOAD FILE below to finish the set up and perform a Records
Test.
|
|
Purge/Replace
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service
Name:
|
Scribblemonger Book Exchange
|
|
Address/URL:
|
ftp.scribblemonger.com
(FTP address)
|
|
Username
(login):
|
username@bisibat.com
(username as assigned to you by scribblemonger)
|
|
Password:
|
password (same password used for login to scribblemonger website.)
|
|
Account path:
|
/ (For Scribblemonger.com
do not enter anything after the slash)
|
|
Inventory
upload help is available here: http://scribblemonger.com/member/genPg.pl?page=invHelp
|
|
TESTING
THE NEW SERVICE
Click Test. If you get "Host Found. Test Passed." then Click
OK. Click after testing service - DO
NOT CLICK . Next follow instructions in INITIAL
UPLOAD FILE below to finish the set up and perform a Records
Test.
|
|
Purge/Replace
|
|
|
|
INITIAL
UPLOAD FILE back to Index of
services
Finish SetUp
For all services choose Upload_1.txt in the
"File" form after Testing your accounts, where it says File to
Transfer. This is not the actual upload, it is
just setting the process up. Only the button  can initiate an upload, and  or  only
uploads a previously created file to the selected service.
DO NOT CHECK OVERWRITE!
Click .
After you click Finish, you need to look
in the Online Services Grid below the  or  button and place a
check in the box in the Active column for each of your online services.
DO NOT CHECK BookTrakker.com, this service is not active.
Initial Upload - Records Test
To make sure all your records are set for your
INITIAL UPLOAD you need to perform the following procedure, which is NOT
part of your normal upload process:
|
After your INITIAL UPLOAD, this
Records Test Procedure is no longer necessary.
|
|
|
Records Test Procedure - for INITIAL UPLOAD ONLY
Click the Hit Lists tab along the left side of the Inventory screen.
Click New. When the Name form appears, click OK. Notice the cursor
blinking in the upper left under Search Field. Click on the dropdown
button v and select Status. Click Execute. You will now be in List
View, check the Red Navigational Bar at the bottom to see if your
Available record count is correct. Next, click the Hit Lists tab again,
look over to the upper right for the Action tab. Click this. Select
Upload from the choices on the left side. Click Execute. Confirm. Now
your records are set for Upload. Click on the Red Hit List button at
the top of your screen to Exit Hit Lists.
|
|
Initial
Upload - Settings
For your initial upload, after setting up your online services, you need to place a check in the  just
below the  on the Online
screen. Then, making sure you are connected to the Internet, press the button. You
only do for
the first upload, for future uploads leave it unchecked:
 .
After your First
Upload to a Service
Be sure is left
unchecked as stated above, and leave it unchecked for further uploads.
All
Further Uploads - Just Click the "Process
and Upload Records" button
For all future uploads all you need to do is make sure all your Active
services are checked and click . You
should be connected to the Internet before you do this. BookTrakker will
automatically keep track of what records need to be uploaded, including
Sold books.
Export Log - Where you
end up after every upload
After each upload BookTrakker will switch your view from the
upload page to the Export Log page. This page records every upload event
for each service. The page is divided into two parts, upper and lower.
The upper section is the Export Log:
Records how many records in each upload and when. If the Total exceeds
Available plus Sold then the difference refers to Removed, On Hold or
other Status changes that deletes records from online.
The lower section is the Transfer Log:
The Transfer Log has an Event ID, Date, Event and a Note. The upload
process works as follows:
1. Initiating Automatic Transfer (Event ID 6132) is what you get when
you click the Process and Upload Records button that starts the upload
process. If you sell on Amazon then that is the first service that
BookTrakker uploads to, since the file creation and upload is done
differently than all of the other services. So in the above example Event
ID 6133 and 6134 refer to Amazon. If you get Amazon upload Processed then
the upload was successful. The record count may not match because of what
records are set for upload to Amazon vs. the other services. You can hold
your mouse over the Note for Amazon to see if their
is additional information available that does not fit the space:
2. Begin Upload Process. Event ID 6135) This
starts the file creation and upload for all of your other services. Event
ID 6136 reports on how many records were exported into the files for
uploading to the services, in this case 7 records, which matches the
Total in the Export Log.
3. File Upload Successful and File Verified. (Event ID's 6137 and
6138) After the file is created BookTrakker connects to each service and
uploads the file. The upload may have worked, but to make sure it
actually arrived BookTrakker compares the file in the folder on the FTP
server for the service in question to the same file located in the
BTPro/Transfer folder on your Hard Drive. If they match File Verified is
reported. The upload process moves onto the next service.
File Verified is the MOST
important message for all services other than Amazon. If you do not get
File Verified, or get an error message then the file was not uploaded.
See the next section on what to do about upload failure.
4. When the upload process is complete the last message is End Upload
Process. BookTrakker then takes you to the Export Log tab. READ the Export Log. If you don't then you
might miss the fact that an upload failed and end up reselling books you
no longer have.
Reupload File to Selected Service in the Event
of an Upload Failure
Error: "Action Failed! Non-Recoverable errors: FORMERR, REFUSED,
NOTIMP" or "The connection with
the server has been reset. Internet Error" or "The attempt to
connect to the server has failed" usually means the FTP server is
down for that service. You can try reuploading
the file, but often you may find you just have to wait it out until the
service is notified of the problem and fixes it. This can sometimes take
several hours. Explanation
C addresses this issue when it is not fixed quickly.
Explanation A: If your upload file is
created, but fails to upload for any reason, then select the service in
the grid below (click on the gray square to the left of the Active
column)
and click the button. This will
upload the file just created.
If you have version 3.4 or later then the name of the button has changed
to:
After upload is finished click the Export Log tab, lower left side. Look
in the Transfer Log, lower half-screen. In the event column you should
see the following:
|
Begin
Upload Process
|
|
|
Inventory
Records Exported
|
|
|
Followed
by, for each service:
|
|
|
File
Upload successful
|
|
|
File
Verified
|
|
If you get an error message following File Verified, you can ignore
it. File Verified can only happen if the file resides on the destination
server, which means the upload was successful.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO EDIT OR TEST EACH
SERVICE ONCE THEY ARE PROPERLY SET UP.
Explanation B: BookTrakker puts
a flag—“upload me next” -- on each record if it is 1) newly created and
never uploaded yet, or 2) edited in any way.
In BookTrakker, when you hit that green button, “Process and Upload
Records,” BookTrakker finds all the flagged records, copies them into an
upload file, uploads the file, and REMOVES all the flags.
That’s why BookTrakker says “no records” when you try to upload again
right away. Now nothing is flagged.
”Manual Transfer or Reupload File to Selected
Service” is Plan B. It’s the workaround. It sends your
most recent upload file to the service you highlight, rather than trying
to make a new upload file.
So, when your upload stops in the middle and never finishes, just assume
that something hiccupped somewhere (it could be your computer, or your
ISP, or an internet hub in South Dakota, it doesn’t matter what) and go
to Plan B.
Sit back and watch BookTrakker work for you!
Explanation C: This is for when the upload fails, you
don't catch it in time, or you need to do more data entry and
uploads.
Click into the Filename field where it says Upload_1.txt or equivalent,
click the dropdown, and select an older file.
You can check to see which older file to start with by clicking on Export
Log, looking at the top grid, upper half of the page. Click the Refresh
button over on the right to make sure it's up to date. Last file uploaded
is Xxxxxx_1.txt, next one above it is
Xxxxxx_2.txt, etc. So you figure out backwards from the last upload file
to see which one to upload first.
If its Upload_2.txt then you click the Online Control Panel tab, then
click into the Filename field across from the service that failed, click
the dropdown button, and select Upload_2.txt. Then click Manual Transfer
to Reupload File to Selected Service.
If you have 3.3 or earlier then you need to change it back to
Upload_1.txt and repeat. 3.4 or later will
automatically change it back to the original filename, you can click Reupload File to Selected Service again to upload the
file.
|
|
|
Creating a Purge.txt
file for services that require Purge in the upload filename:
Do File > Export > UIEE > Export Setup
In the second or third row under Online Filename and Path type in the
following:
C:\BTPro\Transfer\Purge_.txt
Select a Price on the left. You should end up with something like
this:
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|
Close the form.
|
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