need help adding products

I'm obviously missing something, after 2 weeks of fiddling and
scouring the manual, I haven't gotten past the most basic
steps...which as a professional developer is obviously
infuriating.

I've got SalesCart Pro 5 installed, FrontPage, created a new
website, add Product Link. I fill in a part number and a
description and price, click OK.

Now, I recognize I'm actually just adding a link. So...how do I
add the actual product? I'm assuming that the products are
stored in shop.mdb, but the modification date isn't changing (I
don't have MS Access so I can't open it to look at it). But in
looking at the asp code in the cgi-bin folder, it looks like it
actually keeps products in product.db? At what point/how does
this get created?

Why is it when I add a product link I get a little icon that says
"SalesCart Component View On WebServer" and its code is <!--
webbot bot="shopadd" description="Light Bulb" units
dynamicdb="FALSE" postpone_checkout="FALSE" discount5="0"
discountpath="discountcode.gif" volume6 expire_date
bid_path="BIDbutton.gif" volume1 prod_shipping prod_handling
code4 cdiscount3 part="1234" size bid="FALSE"
qtyimg="QTYButton.gif" price_path="auction.gif" discount3="0"
price="5" divqty name="shopadd" volume4 code2 cdiscount1
demo="0" taxed="No" price_size="5"
emailfriendpath="emailfriend.gif" weight requiresku
expired="No" quantity="1" optionon="FALSE" discount1="0"
discount6="0" payloadurl="None" freeqty upsell volume3
expire="FALSE" code1 emailfriend="FALSE" quantityon="TRUE"
volume2 extratax auction="FALSE" price_min cdiscount4
merchantcode discount4="0" sameline="FALSE"
upsellpath="related.gif" discounted="No" volume5 code3
cdiscount2 addimg="ADDButton.gif" optionsize="3"
checkout="../cgi-bin/shop1.asp" expire_message codesize="0"
buyqty includeon="FALSE" include="include.htm"
optionname="option.gif" taxed2="Yes" discount2="0"
PREVIEW="<img src="viewbot.gif" alt="View
with a Web Server">" minqty -->