Hello everyone, don't know where to begin

[Elaina]

OKay. I hope that I can get some support here, I am literally at the end of my rope, and would deeply appreciate it. I have a candle company. It is something that I bought from someone. I was sold the website, name, etc. Anyway, I have the website, and a place to add candle scents. I have NO idea how to do anything with it. I bought the site, and was very honest that I didn't know much about web design. I have read through the posts in here and the other forums so many times that my head spins.

 

Let me give you an example of something simple that I want to do. I want to change some of the wording on the paragraph on my front page. I don't even know how to do this. I have looked all over, and don't even have an idea of where to go TO change it. I think that if I could find where to go, then I could just change the wording, without having to rewrite code, which I have NO idea how to do.

 

Is there something else that she should have told me?? Something that I should have had to download to change things on my site? Am I looking for anything in particular?

 

I am sorry to come here sounding like a complete idiot. I have a wonderful site, and it is my way of being a SAHM, so I want to do well with it, and not mess it up. I want to be able to make money, and I don't know how to do simple things on it. Please forgive me for coming to you with stupid questions, and I hope that someone can give me some info, or direct me to someone who can.

 

I realize that none of this is your problem, but I am just desperate for some help. PLease let me know if any of this post made sense, and if you can help me out. Thank you so very much.

[akosh]

Read this oscommerce.info to get a feel for oscommerce.

 

To accomplish what you want, you have to edit the ..../includes/langues/english/index.php file.

 

The text you want to change will most likely be located here:

define('TEXT_MAIN', 'this is probably the text you want to change');

 

Do not edit the file (and most other files) through the file manager located in the admin area, since this can lead to errors. Use an ftp client to download/upload all your files and edit it with notepad, dreamweaver, etc.

[Elaina]

Where would I find the ftp client?

[♥yesudo]

i use http://www.softpedia.com/public/cat/10/2/10-2-3.shtml

[akosh]

I use Filezilla

[Guest]

Hello,

 

My name is Tina. I am also new to php and OsCommerce. I am familar with html but for some reason I can't seem to get things started here. I too have gone through the files, but for some reason I don't feel like I am starting in the right place. My web host is Creation Nation and they have an easy install for Oscommerce just by clicking install. Now if I understand correctly now that it has been auto installed on my site I should be able to go in and edit the info? I had a friend who was gonna help me decipher this (I think once I get it started it will not be so hard) but I have been able to get a hold of her. I've gone to the link listed below for Oscommerce info but I swear I am missing a step somewhere as I can't figure out what file to start with to get things going.

 

If someone can point me in the right direction my brain will figure out the rest :huh: . Also I downloaded PHP edit at the suggestion of my friend.

 

Thanks

Tina

[cyberphool]

Hi Tina,

 

I would say it's a little tricky to get started editing your site, but once you get used to it, it becomes easy pretty quickly.

 

As a very short summary -

 

all of the pages used in the site are found in the main "catalog" directory. This includes the first page "index.php"

 

anything like a box on the left or right hand side, the header, the footer, etc. can be found in the "includes" directory.

 

 

Once you understand where the files are located and how they fit together, you can start to change things and see what happens.

 

As a relatively experienced programmer I would say that if you can, back up the page before you edit it. Otherwise if you can't, comment out the code that you want to remove rather than deleting it. It's easy to just remove the comments later if you want it back in the page.

 

Here is a good place to start reading :

 

http://oscdox.com/modules.php?op=modload&n...name=TxtEnglish

 

 

 

Good luck :)

 

 

 

- david

[Guest]

Hi Tina,

 

I would say it's a little tricky to get started editing your site, but once you get used to it, it becomes easy pretty quickly.

 

Once you understand where the files are located and how they fit together, you can start to change things and see what happens.

 

Good luck :)

 

 

 

- david

Hi David

 

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I go on vacation in a few days ( I'm off to club med Tina this year/no cost relation,lol), so I will give it a go on my days off.

 

Thanks again

Tina

[Guest]

Hi,

 

We have documentation here:

http://wiki.oscommerce.com

and

http://www.oscommerce.info/kb