New to the script

Hi,

Thanks for your interest in Price Tapestry.

To answer your questions...

> Is usd supported?

Yes. You can use the script in any currency you like. In your config.php file you simply setup the currency HTML in one of the variables, so for USD you would use:

> How do I get the data feeds i need to get started?

The data feeds you need to obtain from the affiliate networks that you are a member of (for example shareasale.com, Linkshare etc.), although in some cases, merchants provide their product feeds independently of the network. Once you have access to the feeds (contact support at the affiliate networks you use if you're not sure how to access them), you can download them to your computer, upload them to your Price Tapestry site (into the /feeds/ directory), and away you go...

> How much programing experance do I need?

If you don't want to make any complex modifications to the script then not a lot. It's very easy to install (instructions here) so if you think you can handle that you shouldn't have any other problems. You are more likely to want to change the look and feel of your site, which can be done with almost no PHP knowledge, just a little HTML and CSS. All the files in the /html/ directory are mostly HTML, so you can edit them to change the look and feed of your site easily.

> Can I add a craw script for auto importing?

You can setup a CRON script for automating everything, including downloading feeds and then importing. It takes the right access to your server in order to do this, and a little familiarity with writing a shell script that you then trigger using cron, but it's not that difficult. There's a full walk through for setting up automation here:

http://www.pricetapestry.com/node/198

Hope this helps!
Cheers,
David.