HOW CAN I ADD ENCRYPTION TO THE ORDERS OF MY MIVA STORE?

Answer by: Stuart Pierce, Aplus.Net Knowledge Base Support.

Order encryption is used to protect credit card data already stored in your Miva Merchant. That is, when your customers have already made an order and sent their credit card information, you can encrypt it with a certain pass phrase. Thus, the credit card information will not be readable, unless the pass phrase is applied. With this method you can ensure that only authorized employees from your office can see sensible credit card details.

From the other hand, an SSL certificate is used to protect credit card information from the customer’s computer to your Miva Merchant. By default, Aplus.Net Miva users can take advantage of the shared SSL certificate installed on the hosting server. You can also purchase and install your own certificate, in order to legitimate your identity and business. More information on SSL certificates is available in the following Knowledge Base document:

•  How do I make my Miva Merchant online store secure?

Important: The following screenshots and instructions apply to Unix-based, eCommerce Unix plans using Miva 5.

Here is how to add encryption to the already received orders of your Miva Merchant Store. Please have in mind that your encryption pass phrase is not stored in any database on Aplus.Net or Miva servers, and as such cannot be retrieved. Encrypted order information can be viewed only with your pass phrase.

1. Login into your Miva Admin Panel at http://yourdomain.com/mm5/admin.mvc using the Main FTP Username and FTP Password of your eCommerce Unix shared hosting plan.

Note: If you are in the Simple Administration mode, switch to Advanced Administration mode.

2. Expand the Stores menu.

3. Expand your Miva Store.

4. Then, expand Order Processing.

5. Click on Add from the Order Processing menu.

6. Now, you have to specify the following information:

• Current – check this box to activate the encryption pass phrase.
• Encryption Prompt – enter here a reminder for your pass phrase. It will be visible when you process a new order with your pass phrase.
• Encryption pass phrase – enter your pass phrase. It could contain upper- and lower case letters, numbers, and punctuation.
• Verify pass phrase – confirm your pass phrase.

7. Finally, click the Add button.

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• How do I add a product to my Miva Merchant Store?
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• How do I add/change the full-sized and thumbnail images of a Miva Store product?
• How do I manage the welcome message of my Miva Merchant Store?
• How can I configure my Miva Store to use the Rodopi Payment Gateway (RPG)?
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