Overview

This manual is for the people who run the Ironvale Suspension Works website: the sales and fitment desk that answers quote requests, the person who keeps the catalog up to date, and whoever writes the news, posts jobs and looks after the pages.

The website shows the catalog of suspension parts with a vehicle fitment finder, lets visitors compare parts and request quotes, lists the dealers on a map, and takes job applications. Everything it collects lands in the admin, where one admin account manages products, quotes and inquiries, dealers, news, careers, page text, pictures and settings.

How the pieces fit together

Visitors' forms are saved in the data file; the admin reads and changes the same file; the website shows what the admin saved, right away.

What the website does

• Find a part. The fitment finder (year, make, model) narrows the catalog to parts made for that vehicle.
• Learn about it. Each product page has photos and videos, specifications in US units with metric beside them, the fitment table, what is in the box and PDF downloads.
• Ask for a price. Quote requests, product questions, dealer inquiries, warranty claims and messages arrive in Quotes & inquiries, with a count in the admin menu.
• Find a dealer. A map of the states shows the active dealers.
• Work here. Open positions take applications with a résumé.

How to use this manual

• Chapters 1 and 2 cover signing in and the dashboard. Chapters 3 to 11 follow the admin menu from top to bottom.
• Chapter 12 shows what visitors see, so you know where each request came from.
• Chapter 13 is for whoever installs the site. Chapter 14 lists every status and limit; chapter 15 answers common questions.
• Click any screenshot to see it full size. Use the search box at the top of the menu to find a word anywhere in the manual.

1. Getting Started

1.1 Signing in

Click Admin sign in at the bottom of any page of the website, or go to /AdminLogin. Enter your User name and Password and press Sign in.

The parts of the sign-in page.

• The site has one admin account. Its user name and password are set in My account.
• The user name is not case-sensitive; the password is.
• After a wrong user name or password the page says so in red. After 6 wrong tries within 5 minutes the page answers Too many attempts. Please wait a few minutes. Every refused sign-in is written to the Activity log.

A wrong user name or password.

1.2 The admin layout

Every admin page has the same frame.

The admin frame. The letters match the table below.

1.3 Windows, confirmations and messages

Editing happens in a window over the list. Press Save (or Add product, Add post and so on for something new) to keep your changes, or Cancel to close the window.

• If you close a window with unsaved changes, the admin asks Leave without saving? Choose Keep editing to go back.
• Deleting always asks first. The question says what will be lost; the red button confirms.
• When something is saved, a short message appears at the bottom of the screen, such as Saved.
• If the server refuses, the reason appears in red above the buttons, for example Enter the price. Nothing is saved until you fix it.

A delete confirmation. Keep it closes the question without changes.

1.4 Lists, search and paging

• Search boxes look in the most useful fields: names, part numbers, companies, email addresses, vehicles. Some suggest values as you type.
• Filters (category, status, period and so on) combine with the search.
• Lists of inquiries and the activity log have a period bar: Today, 7 days, 30 days, All, or a From and To date.
• Pages show 20 rows (Media shows 24 items). Use Previous and Next under the list.

1.5 Your session

• A session lasts 8 hours and renews while you work, so an active day does not sign you out.
• When a session has ended, the next click takes you to the sign-in page.
• Changing the user name or password signs out every other browser where the account is signed in.

1.6 On a phone

The admin works on a phone. The menu moves behind the ☰ button at the top left, lists turn into cards and windows fill the screen.

The dashboard, the menu and a quote request on a phone.

2. Dashboard

The dashboard opens after signing in. It greets you by first name with today's date in the company's time zone and shows what is waiting.

2.1 The numbers

Each tile opens the list behind it. A tile with something waiting shows its number in orange.

The buttons at the top right are Add a product and View site.

2.2 Newest quote requests and Needs attention

Newest quote requests lists the six latest quote requests with the parts, the vehicle, the value and the status. New requests show the catalog total; quoted ones show the amount you quoted. Click a row to open it.

Needs attention shows only the lines that have something in them:

• Unanswered for more than two days (inquiries still New after 48 hours)
• New warranty claims
• Quotes sent more than two weeks ago (still Quoted)
• Live products out of stock · Products low on stock
• Draft products not on the website
• New job applications

When nothing is waiting, the panel says Nothing waiting. Nice.

2.3 Most viewed products and the category chart

• Most viewed products: the six live products with the most page views, with how often each was added to a comparison and its stock.
• Quote requests by category, last 90 days: how many quote lines asked for each category. Use it to see which families sell.

3. Products

The catalog. Only products with status Live appear on the website and in the fitment finder; drafts and retired products stay in the admin.

3.1 Finding a product

• Search looks in the name, part number and fitted vehicles (type Kestrel to see every Kestrel part).
• Category, Series, Status and Stock narrow the list. Status starts on All but retired; choose Everything to include retired products.
• Sort: Newest first, Name A to Z, Part number, Price high to low, Most viewed, Most quoted.
• Each row shows the cover photo, the first fitment line (+2 means two more), price, stock, status, flags (Featured, number of documents), views and quote requests.

Stock set to Low stock. The dashboard's Needs attention lines open the list filtered the same way.

3.2 Adding a product

1. Press Add a product.
2. Fill in at least the Name, the Part number and the Price.
3. Leave the status on Draft while you add the text, specs, fitment and photos.
4. Press Add product. The window stays open on the new product so you can carry on.
5. When everything is in, set the status to Live and press Save.

3.3 Details

Cards on the website also show Featured, or New for 45 days after a product first goes live.

3.4 Text

• Overview: up to 4,000 characters. Leave an empty line between paragraphs.
• Features: one per line, up to 8. They show with ticks beside the overview.
• In the box: one per line, up to 10.
• Torque and install notes: one line, up to 200 characters, under Installation on the product page.

3.5 Specs and units

1. Press Add a spec for each row (up to 20).
2. Type the name (Spring rate, front) and the value in US units (560).
3. Pick the unit: in / mm, lb / kg, psi / bar, lb/in / N/mm, ft·lb / N·m, degrees, or Text for anything that is not a measurement.
4. Use the arrows to change the order and × to remove a row.

The website converts each measurement to metric according to Units on the website in Settings. Ranges work too: -0.8 to -3.0 in becomes -20.3 to -76.2 mm.

3.6 Fitment

Each line is one application: Make, Model, first and last year, position (Full set, Front, Rear, Pair) and an optional note. Makes and models come from the Vehicles list in Settings. Press Add an application for another line (up to 20).

Left: how the fitment finder matches a vehicle. Right: one spec value under the three unit settings.

• The years must be real years with the last one not before the first, or the server answers Check the years for Kestrel Falcon. and opens the Fitment tab.
• A line whose make or model is no longer in Settings is dropped when you save.
• Give every live product at least one fitment line; otherwise visitors who use the finder never see it.

3.7 Photos, videos and documents

1. Press Add photos or videos. The Media picker opens.
2. Tap one or more items, then press Add. Use Upload a photo in the picker to add a new photo to Media on the spot.
3. Use the arrows under each item to change the order. The first photo is the cover on cards and in the admin lists.
4. Under Documents, press Attach a PDF from Media for installation guides, spec sheets or the catalog. They show as downloads on the product page.

• Up to 12 photos and videos and up to 8 documents per product.
• Videos show in the product gallery with a play button. A video cannot be the only picture of a live product.
• New PDFs are uploaded in Media, not here.

3.8 History, retiring and deleting

• The History tab lists when the product was created and every status change, with who made it, plus its page views, comparisons and quote requests.
• To take a product off the website but keep it, set the status to Retired. Retired products are hidden from the list until you choose Status Retired or Everything.
• Delete removes the product for good. Quote requests keep the line, shown as No longer in the catalog.
• Open on the website appears for live products.

4. Quotes & Inquiries

Everything visitors send from the website arrives here: quote requests, product questions, dealer inquiries, warranty claims and contact messages. The menu shows how many are still New.

4.1 The list

• The chips at the top choose the kind: All, Quote requests, Product questions, Dealer inquiries, Warranty claims, Messages. Each chip shows how many are new.
• Search looks in the name, company, email, part number, vehicle and request number (Q-5001).
• Status starts on Open (not closed, won or lost), which shows New, Quoted and Replied. Choose a single status or Everything.
• The period bar limits the list by the day the request arrived.
• New items come first, then the newest. Value shows the quoted amount, or the catalog total for quote requests not yet quoted.

The Warranty claims chip.

4.2 Opening a quote request

Press Open on a row. The window shows who sent it, the parts and the message.

• From: name, company, email, phone, state, vehicle and when it arrived (in your browser's time).
• Parts: each product with its part number and current stock, the quantity, the catalog price and the line total. The product name opens it in Products. A product deleted since shows No longer in the catalog.
• Catalog total: quantities times today's catalog prices, before freight and tax.
• Reply by email opens your email program with the address and a subject such as Quote request Q-5001 · Ironvale Suspension Works.

4.3 Status and the quoted amount

The status buttons in the window. Quote requests have five; the other kinds have three.

1. Send your price to the customer (by email or phone).
2. Press Quoted. The window asks for the Quoted amount: the total you sent, including freight.
3. Type it and press Mark quoted. Leave it blank to keep the catalog total (or the amount quoted before).
4. When the customer orders, press Won; when they decide not to, press Lost.

A quoted request: the amount shows under Status and in the notes.

• The dashboard adds up the amounts: Open quotes (Quoted) and Won this month (Won).
• Quotes still Quoted after two weeks appear under Needs attention.
• The current status is shown in orange and cannot be pressed again.

4.4 Questions, warranty claims, dealer inquiries and messages

The window changes with the kind of inquiry.

A warranty claim and a dealer inquiry.

4.5 Notes and deleting

• Type in Add a note (up to 600 characters) and press Add note. Notes show newest first with the time and your name. Use them for calls, promised dates and freight details.
• Delete removes the inquiry and its notes for good. Use Closed instead to keep the record.

4.6 Export CSV

Export CSV downloads the inquiries that match the current chip, search, status and period as inquiries-YYYY-MM-DD.csv, ready for a spreadsheet. The columns are: Id, Kind, Received, Name, Company, Email, Phone, State, Vehicle, Items, Part number, Message, Status, Quoted and Catalog total. Each export is written to the activity log.

5. Dealers

The shops, installers, distributors and online stores listed on the Dealers page of the website. Only dealers marked Show on the website appear there.

5.1 Finding a dealer

• The state chips show how many dealers each state has; click one to see only that state.
• Search looks in the name and city; Type and Shown narrow the list.
• Each row shows the contact details, the type, where it is and its services, the tier (Premier or Authorized) and whether it is shown.

5.2 Adding or editing a dealer

1. Press Add a dealer, or Edit on a row.
2. Fill in the Name, Type, Tier, address, State, phone, email and website.
3. Tick the Services: Installation, Alignment, Corner balancing, Fabrication, Fleet service.
4. Press Add dealer or Save.

• Required: the name and the state. A city is required for every type except Online store.
• The website address must start with https:// (or http://).
• Notes (only you see these) never appear on the website.
• On the website, Premier dealers are listed first, then by state and name.

5.3 From a dealer inquiry

When a shop that sent a dealer inquiry signs up, open the inquiry in Quotes & inquiries and click the Dealers link under Shop. The dealer window opens with the shop name, state, type, email and phone already filled in.

5.4 Switching off or deleting

• To hide a dealer for a while, untick Show on the website and save.
• Delete removes the dealer from the website and this list for good.

6. News

Posts on the News page. The three newest published posts also appear on the home page.

6.1 Writing a post

1. Press Write a post.
2. Type the Title, choose the Tag (Product launch, Trade show, Plant news, Tech note, Community) and the Date.
3. Write a Summary for the card and the top of the post (up to 200 characters).
4. Click Add a picture to choose one from Media, or upload one in the picker.
5. Write the Body. The buttons above it make text Bold or Italic, add a Link to selected words, start a List or Clear formatting.
6. Tick Published on the website when it is ready, and press Add post or Save.

• Required: a title, a date and a body.
• Web address (slug) is made from the title when left empty, for example News?post=open-house-plant-tour. Two posts cannot share one.
• Posts are listed on the website by their date, newest first. A published post shows whatever its date.

6.2 Drafts and deleting

• A post without Published on the website is a Draft: only you see it.
• Open on the website appears for published posts.
• Delete removes the post for good. To take it down but keep it, untick Published.

7. Careers

Open positions on the Careers page and the applications that come in. The two tabs are Positions and Applications; the menu counts new applications.

7.1 Positions

• Search by title; filter by Department and Shown.
• Each row shows the department, type, posted date, the number of applications (and how many are new) and whether it is Open or Closed.

7.2 Adding or editing a position

1. Press Add a position, or Edit on a row.
2. Fill in the Title, Department (Production, Engineering, Quality, Sales, Warehouse, Office), Type (Full-time, Part-time, Contract), Shift or hours and Pay (shown on the website).
3. Write a One-line summary and the Description (bold, italic and lists).
4. Set the Posted date and tick Open: shown on the website and taking applications.
5. Press Add position or Save.

• Required: a title, a description and the posted date.
• The web address is made from the title when left empty, for example Careers?job=warehouse-associate.
• When the job is filled, untick Open. The position leaves the website and its applications stay here.
• Delete removes the position and all its applications and résumés for good.

7.3 Applications

• Search by name or email; filter by Position and Status. The status filter starts on Active (not hired or declined).
• New applications come first, then the newest.

7.4 Reviewing an application

Press Open on a row.

1. Press Download beside Résumé to save the file the applicant sent (PDF or Word).
2. Read In their words, the note the applicant wrote.
3. Move the application along with the status buttons: New Reviewing Interview Offer Hired Declined. Each change adds a note.
4. Use Reply by email and Add a note for interview times and answers.

• Every résumé download is written to the activity log.
• Delete removes the application and its résumé file for good.

8. Pages

Pages edits the text, pictures and layout of eight website pages in place, the way they look: Home, Capabilities, Industries, Dealers, News, Careers, About and Contact. Product pages and the catalog are built from Products; news posts and job descriptions are written in News and Careers.

8.1 How a page is built

• Choose the page with the chips at the top. A page is a stack of blocks: page top, text, cards, steps and so on.
• Each block has a bar with its type, Hide, the up and down arrows and, for blocks you added, the bin to remove it.
• Blocks marked From your data are filled by the site itself (product families, featured products, the dealer finder, the news list, open positions, the contact forms). You can retitle, move or hide them, but not remove them.
• Nothing changes on the website until you press Save page.

8.2 Editing text

1. Click any title or text on the canvas. A dashed frame shows what you are editing.
2. Type. In the longer texts a small bar appears with B, I, Link, List and Clear. Select words first, then press Link and give a page name like Products or a full address starting with https://.
3. Press Save page.

The formatting bar on a longer text, with a word selected.

• Type {name} or {town} to show the company name or town from Settings. If the name changes, every page follows.
• Buttons have a label and a link. A link is a page name (Products), a part of a page (Contact#quote) or a full https:// address. A label with a link the site cannot use is refused: Check the link of the button…
• The page top can also show the Vehicle fitment finder; a picture-and-text block can also show the products, dealers and years-in-business counts (Also show).

8.3 Pictures and videos

1. Press Change on a picture (or Add a picture where there is none).
2. Pick a photo or video in the picker. Use the search, the kind and the tag to narrow it down, or Upload a photo to add a new one.
3. Press Remove to leave the block without a picture.

A video in a page top plays silently and on a loop behind the title; in other blocks it shows a play button. A picture deleted from Media since it was chosen stops the save: A picture in Page top is no longer in Media. Choose it again.

8.4 Moving, hiding and removing blocks

• Move: drag a block by its handle (the dots at the left of its bar) or use the up and down arrows.
• Hide: the block stays in the editor, faded, and disappears from the website when you save. Press Show to bring it back.
• Remove: the bin asks Remove this block?. It disappears when you save. Use Hide to keep it for later.

8.5 Cards, steps, people and questions

Blocks with several items (cards, steps, numbers, checklists, people, questions) show each item with its own small arrows and bin, and a + Add button at the end.

• A block can have up to 12 items.
• Cards have an icon (Gear, Wrench, Shield, Truck, Factory, Test lab and more), a title, a text and an optional link.
• People have a portrait from Media, a name and a role. Checklists have a title and one tick per line.

8.6 Adding a block

At the bottom of every page, Add a block lists the block types. Click one to add it at the end, then move it into place.

A page holds between 1 and 40 blocks.

8.7 Saving and versions

• Save page puts the page live at once. Leaving with unsaved changes asks Leave without saving?
• View page opens the page on the website in a new tab. With unsaved changes it reminds you: Save first to see your changes on the website.
• Versions lists the version live now and the last five saved versions. Restore puts an older version live right away; the current one is kept in the list, so you can switch back.

A page that has never been saved shows only the version live now; earlier versions appear after the first save.

9. Media

One library for the photos, videos and PDF documents the website uses. Products, News and Pages pick from it.

9.1 Finding an item

• The chips choose All, Photos, Videos or Documents, with counts.
• Search looks in the name, tags and description; Tag picks one tag; Used shows Used on the website or Not used yet.
• Each card shows the kind, size and how many places use it (Used ×3). Videos show their length; PDFs their number of pages.

9.2 Uploading a photo

1. Open Upload a photo and choose a JPG, PNG or WebP file.
2. Give it a Name (required), a Description for screen readers and Tags, separated by commas (for example products, coilovers).
3. Press Upload photo. The browser makes it at most 1,600 pixels wide before sending, so large camera files upload quickly.

9.3 Uploading a video

1. Open Upload a video and choose an MP4 or WebM file of up to 60 MB.
2. Give it a name and tags and press Upload video. It is sent in 1 MB parts with a progress bar; the cover picture is taken from the first second.

9.4 Uploading a PDF

1. Open Upload a document and choose a PDF of up to 20 MB.
2. Give it a name (for example Coilover installation guide) and tags, and press Upload document.
3. Attach it to products on their Media tab with Attach a PDF from Media.

9.5 An item and where it is used

Click a card to open it. Change the name, the description (photos) and the tags, then press Save.

Used on lists every product, post and page block that uses the item, and File shows where it is stored.

9.6 Deleting

• An item in use cannot be deleted; the window says In use, so it cannot be deleted. Remove it from the products, posts or pages listed under Used on first.
• Deleting an item you uploaded also deletes its file from the server.

10. Settings

Company details, units, warranty, the vehicles for the fitment finder and office hours. The links at the top jump to each section; Save settings stays at the bottom of the screen and saves all of them at once.

10.1 Company

• Name (required), Town, Tagline, Address, Phone and Email appear in the header, footer and Contact page. Name and town also fill {name} and {town} in page text.
• Legal line (footer) shows at the bottom of every page.
• Accent color is the orange of buttons and highlights on the website and in the admin.
• Website theme is the default for visitors: Light or Dark. A visitor's own choice with the moon button is remembered in their browser.
• Founded (year) drives the years-in-business count on the home page.

10.2 Catalog and units

10.3 Vehicles

The makes and models used by the fitment finder and the Fitment tab of products.

1. Type the make in the small box on the left.
2. In the big box, write one model per line as Name, body, from-to, for example Meridian, Sedan, 2014-2027.
3. Bodies: Sedan, Coupe, Hatchback, Wagon, Crossover, SUV, Pickup, Van.
4. Add a make adds another pair of boxes; × removes a make.
5. Finder years from and to set the years offered in the finder's Year list.

The server checks the list: Meridian: use one of the body names…, give the years as from-to…, a make listed twice or two models with the same name.

10.4 Office hours and time zone

• Tick the days you are open and set the opening and closing times. Closing must be after opening.
• The hours drive the line at the top of every page (Fitment desk open until 5:30 PM, Closed now · opens tomorrow at 8:00 AM) and the hours table on the Contact page.
• Time zone sets the company's clock for that line, the dashboard date and the times in lists. The label shows the time there now.
• 24-hour clock shows times as 17:30 instead of 5:30 PM.

11. Activity log & My account

11.1 Activity log

Everything the admin and the website do, including sign-in attempts the server refused.

• Who: Everyone, Admin or Website. Search looks in the action and the item. Outcome shows Done or Refused rows.
• The period bar starts on Today.
• Admin actions include sign-ins, account changes, every add, save and delete of products, dealers, posts and positions, inquiry status changes and notes, résumé downloads, uploads, page saves and restores, settings and exports.
• Website actions are the forms visitors send: quote, question, dealer inquiry, warranty, message, application.
• Refused rows (for example a wrong password) are tinted red. The log keeps the latest 5,000 entries.

11.2 My account

• Name and Job title show at the top right of every admin page and on notes.
• User name: 3 characters or more; letters, numbers, dots, dashes and underscores.
• To change the user name or the password, type the Current password first. A new password needs 8 characters or more.
• Press Save. Changing the user name or password signs the account out of every other browser.

12. The Public Website

What visitors see, so you know where every request in the admin comes from.

12.1 From the finder to your inbox

The usual path of a quote request. Answer it from the admin by email or phone.

12.2 Home

• The bar at the very top shows whether the fitment desk is open now, from the office hours in Settings, with the phone and email.
• The page top has the fitment finder: choose Year, Make and Model and press Find parts that fit. The counts below it are live: products in the catalog, dealers and installers, years in business.
• Below come the product families, the featured products, why-us cards, the latest news and the quote band. All of it is edited in Pages.

12.3 The catalog

• The left column has the vehicle, Category with counts, Series, a price range and In stock only. The search box takes a part number, a name or a vehicle.
• Sort: Newest first, Most viewed, Price low to high, Price high to low, Name A to Z. Grid or List view. 12 products per page.
• The chosen vehicle shows as a chip above the results; Clear all removes every filter. The address bar keeps the filters, so a filtered catalog can be bookmarked or sent.

12.4 The product page

• Photos and videos open full screen (arrow keys or swipe to move, Esc to close).
• Beside the gallery: the price (MSRP, before tax and freight), stock and shipping time, what it fits, Request a quote, Find a dealer, Compare and Share this product, then the warranty and the shipping line from Settings.
• Further down: the overview and features, Specifications in the units chosen in Settings, the Fitment table, In the box, Installation with the time and torque notes, and the PDF downloads.
• Ask about this part sends a product question with the part number.

Request a quote on a product page: quantity, name, email, vehicle and state. The visitor sees the request number when it is sent.

12.5 Compare

• Compare on a card or product page adds the product to a comparison of up to three. The header shows how many are chosen.
• The table lines up price, category, series, availability, warranty, fit, install time and every specification.
• The choice is kept in the visitor's browser; there is no account.

12.6 Dealers

• The tile map shows the states with active dealers; tapping one filters the list. Search, type and service narrow it further. 12 dealers per page, Premier first.
• Find a dealer on a product page opens this page with a note that every dealer can order that part number.
• The Dealer inquiry form at the bottom sends a dealer inquiry to Quotes & inquiries.

12.7 News and Careers

• News shows published posts with tag chips, 9 per page. Each post opens on its own page with three related posts.
• Careers lists open positions with department chips. A position page has the description and the Apply for this position form: name, email, phone, a résumé (PDF or Word, under 5 MB) and a few words.

12.8 Contact

The Contact page shows the address, phone, email and office hours, and three forms in tabs:

• Request a quote: one or more products (+ Add another part, up to 12) with quantities, name, company, email, phone, vehicle and state. Companies can ask for fleet pricing here.
• Send a message: a topic and the message.
• Warranty claim: the part number, purchase date, where it was bought, contact details, vehicle and what happened.

12.9 Phones, light and dark

• On a phone the menu folds behind ☰ and the catalog filters open with Filters.
• The moon button switches between light and dark; the visitor's choice is remembered in their browser.
• Product news by email in every footer collects email addresses in data/subscribers.json.

Capabilities, Industries and About are built from blocks, like Home.

13. Installation & Setup

For the person who installs and looks after the site.

13.1 Running the site

• The site is an ASP.NET Core application for .NET 10. Open the folder and run dotnet run, or open AutoParts.csproj in Visual Studio and press F5.
• It opens on Home, the start page set in appConfig/application.cfg.
• All content lives in data/site.json. There is no database to set up.

13.2 The first sign-in

From the first start to your own password.

1. Start the site. On the first start it creates data/admin.json with the first admin account.
2. Open /AdminLogin. As long as the first password is unchanged, the page fills in the user name and password and shows them in a hint under the button.
3. Press Sign in.

13.3 Choosing your own password

1. Open My account. A yellow box says the first password is still in use.
2. Enter your name and job title, and change the user name if you like.
3. Type the current password, then your new password (8 characters or more).
4. Press Save. The page reloads; the warning, the filled-in fields and the hint on the sign-in page are gone.

13.4 Locked out

• Too many attempts: after 6 wrong passwords within 5 minutes, wait a few minutes and try again.
• Password lost: on the server, delete data/admin.json and open the sign-in page. The first account comes back, filled in on the sign-in page. Sign in and choose a new password at once (13.3). Products, quotes and everything else stay as they were.

13.5 Folder write rights

The site writes to three folders. On IIS, give the application pool identity (for example IIS AppPool\AutoParts) Modify rights on them.

13.6 HTTPS and private files

• Use HTTPS. The session token travels in a cookie and in each request.
• Open https://your-site/data/admin.json, https://your-site/data/site.json and https://your-site/appConfig/application.cfg in a browser. Each must answer 404. If your host serves them, block the data/ and appConfig/ folders in the server settings.
• Résumés are stored in data/files/resumes/ and are handed out only to the signed-in admin through Download.

13.7 Backups and redeploying

• Back up data/ and images/uploads/ regularly. Together they hold every product, quote, page, setting, upload and résumé.
• Redeploying a new version: publishing copies the data/ folder of the project over the live one. Download the live data/ first, or leave it out of the publish, so you keep your products and quotes.
• Turn off Remove additional files at destination, so temp/ and images/uploads/ are not deleted.

13.8 The starter content

• The site ships with a full set of invented products, dealers, posts, positions, inquiries and applications, so every page shows how it works.
• On the first start, their dates are moved once so they sit around the current day; after that dates stay as they are.
• Replace them with your own: delete inquiries, applications, products, dealers and posts in the admin, and pictures you no longer use in Media.

14. Reference

14.1 Statuses

14.2 Numbers and limits

14.3 Numbers you will see

14.4 Units

15. Quick Answers