ATG Merchandising is an application that runs on top of the ATG platform. Once you have downloaded and installed ATG Merchandising, to use the product, you need to start it up and access it through your browser. ATG provides evaluation copies of its products so you can sample them before making a purchase. Evaluation products are designed to be easy to start up so they run in a different environment and use a different database than production products do. If you decide to purchase ATG Merchandising, you need to configure your product so that you can use it in concert with your live Web site.
The tasks described in this chapter should be performed by a site administrator skilled in installing, configuring and running technical software. Refer to the following topics for instructions:
