editing cart

[tomf]

I am very new to all of this and don't know much.. To actully edit the cart like where all the text is such as

 

"This is a default setup of the osCommerce project, products shown are for demonstrational purposes, any products purchased will not be delivered nor will the customer be billed. Any information seen on these products is to be"

 

and the rest...

 

Do I have to edit the php and find all of the lines where that text is and also want to put my store logos ect on top change coloring...

 

Basically I am looking for a Dummies PHP editor I don't understand it at all. I amm looking for something like with HTML editors where you can edit the actual page while looking at it not at the code almost like a Front Page editor.. Or is this something that just has to learned?

[ozcsys]

I am very new to all of this and don't know much.. To actully edit the cart like where all the text is such as

 

"This is a default setup of the osCommerce project, products shown are for demonstrational purposes, any products purchased will not be delivered nor will the customer be billed. Any information seen on these products is to be"

 

and the rest...

 

Do I have to edit the php and find all of the lines where that text is and also want to put my store logos ect on top change coloring...

 

Basically I am looking for a Dummies PHP editor I don't understand it at all. I amm looking for something like with HTML editors where you can edit the actual page while looking at it not at the code almost like a Front Page editor.. Or is this something that just has to learned?

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You will not be able to edit it in wysiwyg mode. You will need to actually edit the file. If you read #2 of the text you want to replace it will tell you where to find the text so you can change it. One thing is it says you can use the online file manager to edit your files. DO NOT DO SO!! Edit the files locally with a text editor and then ftp them back to your server.

[tomf]

You will not be able to edit it in wysiwyg mode. You will need to actually edit the file.  If you read #2 of the text you want to replace it will tell you where to find the text so you can change it. One thing is it says you can use the online file manager to edit your files. DO NOT DO SO!! Edit the files locally with a text editor and then ftp them back to your server.

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So there are no programs to help this editing>? Notepad is fine or would something else assist me better? Any good sources to start learning Php? Certain book, magazine, website? Is this a project to hard for a begginer to make? Would I be better off buying a commerical shopping cart that I can program easily or would I benifit from learning Php and using Os Commmerce>?

 

Thanks

 

Tom

[ozcsys]

So there are no programs to help this editing>? Notepad is fine or would something else assist me better? Any good sources to start learning Php? Certain book, magazine, website? Is this a project to hard for a begginer to make? Would I be better off buying a commerical shopping cart that I can program easily or would I benifit from learning Php and using Os Commmerce>?

 

Thanks

 

Tom

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You do not really need to know php to make changes to osC(though it cannot hurt)

 

Now having said that, there is a learning curve with osC and if you do not have the time to do some learning then you may be better off with something else. If you do have the time and inclination you will find that osC is great cart.

 

 

Notepad will work though I would get a php editor that color codes your code. I use tsw webcoder but there are alot of good ones out there and there have been a few threads on the subject if you want to search them out.

[tomf]

Is there anywheres that tells what lines in php these things are at ... I cannot figure out the header.php at all. Also I only want to use English can I get rid are the German and Esponal do I just erase all files and folders under catalog/includes/? Also would like to get rid of language selector on cart under languge how to do this? Is there anything else to get rid of? Also when cleaning up files does only Install folder need to be deleted any other unessecerry? Are any files in /catalog/ needed or only /catalog/includes/english/ ? Can I use images from another location of my site? /pics/ or do I have to also install them under /catalog/images/?

[♥Vger]

Okay, there is a way you can view osCommerce and edit it, and then see what changes you have made.

 

You need to turn your own computer into a web server. This is not difficult to do. Downlaod a programme called XAMPP - which is an all-in-one type of programme that will install php, mysql, phpmyadmin, and apache web server on your computer. When that is done, download a zip file of osCommerce, unzip into a folder (call it oscommerce), find the 'catalog' folder inside oscommercems2.2 and copy and paste it into the main part of the oscommerce folder, and then drop that folder into C:\apachefriends\xampp\htdocs. Go to phpmyadmin (installed with xammp) and create a new (blank) database (call it whatever you like). Then put this into your browser window (when the server is running) http://localhost/oscommerce/install

This will start the installation procedure for osCommerce. You will need to input your mysql user name and password (set up when you install xampp), and the name of the database you've created.

 

Once osCommerce is installed, because xampp uses php 5, you will need to go to admin/includes/classes/upload.php and on line 31 comment out $this to read //$this. You will now be able to access the 'admin' area of osCommerce.

 

To edit files, download a free text editor called TextPad, install it, in Options select Line Numbers, and you'll be able to track any errors by their line numbers.

 

Vger

[tomf]

What do I use as database name, server names, and logins?

[tomf]

Never Mind last post figured it out

[tomf]

Could someone point me in a direction where some of the configuration options are explained better then they are in the quick sentence on admin screen. Examples among others : Tax decimal places is tax is 6% do I enter decimal version= .06 and what does tare for weight mean>? If I put 1 does that mean 1 pound.. There are some more questions but i will leave it short for now...