This category deals with installing and editing osCommerce templates.
Requirements to install osCommerce Templates
The requirements to install an osCommerce template are the same requirements to install a standard osCommerce release which are as oscommerce.com specifies: osCommerce can be installed on any server where a web server with PHP has been installed on and has access to a MySQL database server. T ...
What are osCommerce Templates?
osCommerce templates are ready made designs based on the open source ecommerce system. osCommerce is a well know e-commerce system used by tens of thousands of online shops. While preserving all the advanced ecommerce features of the osCommerce system; our osCommerce templates give your online ...
How to hide prices
Some stores may not want to show their prices, such as in the case of a wholesale supplier, or perhaps a seller wants the customer to call for pricing on certain items. The enclosed Demo Movie leads you through the steps necessary to turn off the price display in all pages and modules included ...
How to install a contribution
Ok, if you want to install a contribution for your OsCommerce shop you should follow the steps below: 1. Please, goto http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions and download a contribution you need 2. Save and unzip a file 3. Each contribution has a detailed instruction on how to install ...
How to link the osCommerce template banners to a specific category or product
Any osCommerce template can contain banners in the header and side columns. The template's programmer often links them to a category, new products, specials listing and so on. You may want to link them to your own category or to your own featured products. It's not difficult to do. First you nee ...
How to turn infoboxes on or off
There is a possibility to turn on/off all the standard osCommerce infoboxes. Due to design some of them are turned off but you can easily turn then on in the " /includes/column_left.php" or " /includes/column_right.php" files. All you need is to remove comment of the appropriate box: <?php /* ...
Setting osCommerce Templates File Permissions
Please, do the following steps: Rename the "catalog/install" folder or delete it. Reset the permissions on "/includes/configure.php" to 644 (if you are still getting the warning message at the top of the page after setting this configure.php files to 644 then set the "catalog/includes/config ...
Registering globals in osCommerce template
Q: I'm receiving the error that I need to enable register globals in my php.ini file. A: It's not a problem with our OsCommerce template or the installation process. The problem is with your hosting. You should contact your hosting provider and ask the tech guys to enable register globals. Othe ...
Updatig Images in osCommerce Templates
You should open your PSD file in Adobe Photoshop. Go to "\sources\psd" folder and there you will find all the PSD files for your osCommerce Template. You can edit any text using text tool (hotkey "T"). To add a new image open image file and then just drag and drop it to your template opened in P ...
Changing the number products on the front page
The number of columns shown in the New Products section of the front page of the shop can be changed by editing the "includes/modules/new_products.php" file. The number should be changed appropriately. The default is "2", which will show three columns because the counter starts at "0". $col ++ ...
Applying osCommerce Templates To Exisiting Shop
Ok, let's see how to install our OsCommerce Template on your existing shop without re-installing. Open your OsCommerce shop on the server and open the OsCommerce package you received. What you have to do: 1. Copy all the files from the root folder (excluding folders). 2. Copy /images folder 3. O ...
How to install an osCommerce template
Once you have downloaded a ZIP file, you should unpack the archive and save the unpacked files to any folder on your computer. Your archive manager will create an "osc" folder inside your unpacked root directory. You should upload the contents (every single file and folder) of this folder to th ...