The administration page is used to administer and originally configure the Web Store. Note that you may be prompted for a login if you configured the Admin directory to disallow access for Anonymous users.

On the left you can see the Configuration section which you can follow to configure the store.

Web Store Adminstration Link: (change /webstore/ to your virtual's name)
http://localhost/webstore/admin/default.aspx

Testing the Store

There are two ways you can test the store:

• Use the default database in APP_DATA to 'play'
  In this mode you can connect to the database in APP_DATA and simply run. This should work out of the box without any special configuration if you have SQL Server Express installed. If you have the full version of Sql Server you'll need to attach the database in APP_DATA first. The sample is the same basic data base that is created with the new database creation step, but it gives you a quick way to look at the store without any configuration.

• Create a new Database from scratch
  This mechanism lets you start completely from scratch to create a new database, add categories inventory items etc. T
  

Getting started with a new Database

The following topics describe the latter approach of creating a database from scratch. The configuration is managed through several links on the Administration page under the Configuration heading.

Start by clicking on the Step 1 - Create SQL Server Database option which starts the 'Wizard' that takes you through each of the steps.