Okay, I think I need the simplified "I've never used Visual Studio" instructions for this.
I copied the files into the administration directory of the source code.
I added the 2 files by using Project > Add existing item
Then I did Build NopCommerceStore
Next I did Build Solution
Then I compressed the directory NopCommerceStore into a file and uploaded to the server.
After extracting all the files, I can get to the add on, but id does not show up on the productshome page, and it does not show the correct title in the dropdown. It is there, though and I can access it.
Products Home page screenshot (http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/7673/productshome.jpg)
Menu dropdown screenshot (http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/2688/menuz.jpg)
Here is the appropriate section of the admin.sitemap file after editing.
<siteMapNode title="Products" url="~/administration/productshome.aspx" description="Products Home" nopResourceTitle="Admin.Sitemap.ProductsHomeTitle" nopResourceDescription="Admin.Sitemap.ProductsHomeDescription" >
<siteMapNode title="Manage Products" url="~/administration/products.aspx" description="Manage Products" nopResourceTitle="Admin.Sitemap.ProductsTitle" nopResourceDescription="Admin.Sitemap.ProductsDescription" />
<siteMapNode title="Bulk Edit Products" url="~/administration/bulkeditproducts.aspx" description="Bulk Edit Products" nopResourceTitle="Admin.Sitemap.BulkEditProductsTitle" nopResourceDescription="Admin.Sitemap.BulkEditProductsDescription" />
<siteMapNode title="Manage Reviews" url="~/administration/productreviews.aspx" description="Manage Product Reviews" nopResourceTitle="Admin.Sitemap.ProductReviewsTitle" nopResourceDescription="Admin.Sitemap.ProductReviewsDescription" />
<siteMapNode title="Product Tags" url="~/administration/producttags.aspx" description="Manage Product Tags" nopResourceTitle="Admin.Sitemap.ProductTagsTitle" nopResourceDescription="Admin.Sitemap.ProductTagsDescription" />
<siteMapNode title="Low Stock Report" url="~/administration/productvariantslowstock.aspx" description="View Low Product Stock Report" nopResourceTitle="Admin.Sitemap.LowStockReportTitle" nopResourceDescription="Admin.Sitemap.LowStockReportDescription" />
<siteMapNode title="Manage Stock Products" url="~/administration/productsStock.aspx" description="Manage Stock Products" nopResourceTitle="Admin.Sitemap.ProductsStockTitle" nopResourceDescription="Admin.Sitemap.ProductsStockDescription" />
</siteMapNode>
Is there any easy way to fix this? Or even better, can someone who has installed this successfully post a step by step procedure so that I know what I missed.
Thanks in advance!