Guest Posted January 21, 2005 Posted January 21, 2005 Hi everyone, Ok first off, I have SEARCHED this forum and also the knowlege base for help with this, and cant find ANYTHING that resembles a straightforward explanation on how to do these two very basic 'first things I want to do after getting this running' things. Sorry, I appreciate that this is a free program, and I think it's going to work for me very well. Also, I have installed and used loads of php / MySQL software before, so I am not a newbie... so WHY is it so hard to give people BASIC, CLEAR instruction on how to do a GET UP AND RUNNING store without delving into searching forums or looking thru overly-technical knowlege bases? Ok, I don't mean to rant, and I don't want to be flamed for this, I am just pointing out this problem. If this complaint / question has been asked before a million times, maybe it should be in the install notes, first thing after the install and config in the knowlege base, or a sticky in the forum? SO... please someone tell me how do I change the text on the front page, and slot in my own logo? Cheers :rolleyes:
ozcsys Posted January 21, 2005 Posted January 21, 2005 If you read the default text on the front page it tells you what file you need to edit to enter in your own text. I would not however use the online file manager as that is buggy and will cause you problems. The logo is found in the includes/header.php file look for <td valign="middle"><?php echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT) . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'oscommerce.gif', 'osCommerce') . '</a>'; ?></td> Change the oscommerce.gif to the name of your logo image and upload it to the images folder and change the osCommerce to the name of your store. The Knowledge Base is a wonderful thing. Do you have a problem? Have you checked out Common Problems? There are many very useful osC Contributions Are you having trouble with a installed contribution? Have you checked out the support thread found Here BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP!!! You did backup, right??
Guest Posted January 21, 2005 Posted January 21, 2005 LOL I knew that rant would bite me on the ass >_< Maybe the text there should be copied to the knowlege base just after the install instructions, so that numpties like me can find it if they don't bother reading all the front page after install! Thanks for the help ozcsys
ozcsys Posted January 21, 2005 Posted January 21, 2005 LOL I knew that rant would bite me on the ass >_< Maybe the text there should be copied to the knowlege base just after the install instructions, so that numpties like me can find it if they don't bother reading all the front page after install! Thanks for the help ozcsys <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well do not feel alone I probably answer that question once a day always thinking "hello it tells you in text" Sometimes they even copy the text to their post without reading it which really strikes me pretty funny most of the time. The Knowledge Base is a wonderful thing. Do you have a problem? Have you checked out Common Problems? There are many very useful osC Contributions Are you having trouble with a installed contribution? Have you checked out the support thread found Here BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP!!! You did backup, right??
Guest Posted January 21, 2005 Posted January 21, 2005 Yeh, to me (being used to installing things and reading the install notes) the LAST place I would look for instruction on how to change the text on the front page would be to fully read all the default text on the front page... this is unusual. I can see how it would work with some users, but I was looking all over the place, in the admin section, on this forum, on the knowlege base, honestly, I must have spent at least an hour looking! Anyway, it should really be in the documentation as well, especialy if it's a common problem. B)
Guest Posted January 21, 2005 Posted January 21, 2005 Hi, I just did these instructions to replace the oscommerce logo for my own, replacing the oscommerce.gif with toplogo.gif in both the images folders where I found it. The problem is that now the logo at the bottom shows a broken image, and still says 'oscommerce' on it - I've looked all over to find another file that references oscommerce.gif, but can't seem to find it. It's got to be something that is referencing the store/images folder, since I renamed that oscommerce logo to oscommerce_old.gif...but can't seem to figure out where it's being called. Can anybody help? Ideas by Mom Canada (very much in progress :D ) Thanks in advance, An extremely new user (with oscommerce and web design in general)
KennethS Posted January 21, 2005 Posted January 21, 2005 Thats a banner file, check out the banner manager in admin/tools/banners. Kenneth S -------------- Customer "Are you a real programmer?" Me "No, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night"
Guest Posted January 21, 2005 Posted January 21, 2005 Thats a banner file, check out the banner manager in admin/tools/banners. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ok, I did that and now I have a broken image, but it does say my site name...that's progress at least! I've looked around again, but can't find what the problem might be...any help appreciated
Guest Posted January 21, 2005 Posted January 21, 2005 Nevermind....probable user error! I must have typed in the wrong filename. It is fixed...thanks for the help Kenneth!
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