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Introduction

The opcs SleepingSalesman system is a virtual showroom system designed to be easily updated by yourself. This give you ultimate control over how quickly your products are displayed and also how the products are presented to your customers.

The term "Sleeping Salesman" comes from the motor trade to mean any system used to help sell product without necessarily needing a human salesman to be present.

This user manual will take you through the basic and advanced topics of the SleepingSalesman system.

There are two parts to the SleepingSalesman system. Firstly, there is the front end. This is the part your customers see and is the virtual showroom. Secondly, there is also the SleepingSalesman Administration Module (well refer to it as SSAM for brevity). This is the backend of the system and is where you can add/remove/edit the products on display in the front end.

Features

Same cost irrespective of the number of products displayed. The more it's used, the more cost effective it becomes.
Simple product editing and addition. Via the SleepingSalesman Administration Module.
Attractive and simple to use interface for your customers. Uses Flash 7 application for attractive design and small size.
Widely spread technologies meaning 93%* of web users can view the site. Those that can't are offered simple upgrade paths.
Quick linking to a specific product. Allows you to link to specific products from other sites.
Easy brochure generation and printing. Useful if you want the same information on the site, printed and placed with your product.
Custom developed for your website.
First class technical support.

Requirements

Customer

Internet Explorer, Opera, Firefox, Konqueror, Safari or any other modern web browser.
Flash 7 - If it's not present the user is offered a chance to easily install/upgrade.

Website

A standard web server (Windows or Linux) will be able to run the SleepingSalesman system. It requires nothing special running on the web server. However if you wish to use the remote linking** feature then your web server. must support PHP. Contact your host providers.

Administration PC

The computers that run the SSAM must meet the following requirements: -

Windows 2000 or above
Internet Explorer 5.0 or above.
Internet access must be available.

* Statistics taken from Macromedia.com Flash V7 Market Penetration.

** Remote linking refers to the ability to link to specific products 
in your virtual showroom. This is very useful if you wish to link your 
products on an external site.