The process of creating a fresh installation of BV Commerce 2020 is identical to creating a fresh install of the 2018 version. Prior to installing please verify that your server supports the minimum requirements. If you are unsure please contact your hosting company or IT department. [More]

The process of creating a fresh installation of BV Commerce 2018 is identical to creating a fresh install of the 2017 version. Prior to installing please verify that your server supports the minimum requirements. If you are unsure please contact your hosting company or IT department. [More]

The process of creating a fresh installation of BV Commerce 2017 is identical to creating a fresh install of the 2015 version. The system requirements, however, have changed. Prior to installing BV Commerce 2017 please verify that your server supports these minimum requirements. If you are unsure please contact your hosting company or IT department.[More]

UPDATE 2: this documentation is also applicable to installing BV Commerce 2015 SP2. The only difference is that you would download BV Commerce 2015.2.1.1206 SP2 from your account in step #1 below. UPDATE 1: this documentation is also applicable to installing BV Commerce 2015 SP1. The only difference is that you would download BV Commerce 2015.1.1.1059 SP1 from your account in step #1 below. The process of creating a fresh installation of BV Commerce 2015 is identical to ... [More]

During beta testing we upgraded a production site to 2013 beta 2. This site, however, was running on IIS 6. Until this upgrade we had not tested IIS 6, though for 2013 we specifically chosen to support ASP.NET 4.0, rather than 4.5, so it would still be compatible. Surprisingly it worked perfectly with no Web.config or IIS changes (other than changing the app pool to .NET 4). However, we did notice one issue. On the first request to the site homepage (new session), the URL shown in the browser ha... [More]

We've gone to great lengths to ensure a simple upgrade process to BV Commerce 2013. Read on for the upgrade instructions for BV Commerce 5.X and 2004. Upgrading from BV Commerce 5.X The process of upgrading to BV Commerce 2013 is similar to previous BV Commerce 5.X upgrades. Let's start with the system requirements, as this is the biggest area of change compared to prior versions. System RequirementsWindows Server 2003 or above (i.e. IIS 6 or above) .NET Framework 4.0 with Full Trust SQL ... [More]

The process of creating a fresh installation of BV Commerce 2013 is nearly identical to 5.X, though there is no Windows installer app like there was on the earlier versions of 5. Let's start with the system requirements, as this is the biggest area of change compared to prior versions. System RequirementsWindows Server 2003 or above (i.e. IIS 6 or above) .NET Framework 4.0 with Full Trust SQL Server 2005 or above with Full Text Search installedSQL Server Full Text Search The Full Text Search... [More]