Help needed please

[Guest]

I have OScommerce on my site, and am having a nightmare trying to do anything with it. thus far I have managed to change the colour of the shop, and add the index, of sorts, and that is it. the rest has stumped me.

 

Is there anywhere, where there is easy instructions on how to completely set up your store, before I cry lmfao

 

it is so frustrating, as I have managed to do everything else on my site, despite not knowing how, yet the store has just stumped me on how to get it up and running.

 

What I need is easy help steps... so am hoping there is somewhere I can access something like that..... (fingers crossed)

 

Thanks in advance

[Jack_mcs]

It van be very, very frustrating but if you hang with it, it will become easier. The fact that you have gotten as far as you have shows that you won't have a problem getting the rest of it. But in order for someone to help you, you will need to be more specific about your problem. You say you have done everything else but the store won't run. What does that mean esactly? Oscommerce is pretty much ready to run once the admin section is configured (your email address, store name and the like) and a payment method chosen. Have you done those? If so, plase explain how it is failing.

 

Jack

[Guest]

Okay lol..... I was a bit vague... :blush:

 

I dont know how to get the front page writing that is on the bog standard shop off, nor do I know how to set the currancy up for UK pounds...... I have tried, but am useless with currancy.... even if I am english and use the pound daily lol.

 

I also dont know how to add a shop logo to the top of the page, and also install paypal successfully...... it is installed, but not sure what to do from there, do i need to add a paypal button, I have got as far as the install from the actual shop configuration part.

 

I have done the catalogue and know how to add products and images and such like, so that was half the battle lol, but tis the important little things I got a bit lost with.

[Jack_mcs]

All of the text for the shop is located in the languages directory. So whenever you need to change text, that is where you should start looking. In the case of the text for the front page, that is located in the languages/english/index.php file.

 

For adding a currency, go to your admin section, click on Localization and then on Currencies. To add Pounds, click on New Currency, type Pounds for the title, GBP for the code and fill in the other items as needed for that currency, like decimal places (2) and whether you use a comma to separate Thousand PLaces.

 

The default shop logo is named oscommerce.gif. The easiest way to replace this with your own is to upload an image with that name into the images directory.

 

For PayPal to work, a PayPal account is required. When you set that up, with PayPal, enter the email you used to create it in the admin section. That is all that is needed. However, the basic PayPal module doesn't work properly and needs to be replaced with the Oscommerce PayPal_IPN contribution (be sure to get the one that starts with oscommerce). You don't need to do that now but you should do it before you open for business.

 

Jack

[Guest]

Thank you, you are a star lol

[Guest]

Okay when I get the index.php file up, tis all html... and while I have found directions and such like... I dont know what to edit, or where to find the main text, and have searched several times through the html.

 

But I have managed to add the pound as currancy ha ha ha.

 

I undertsand very basic HTML, so my knowledge of working with HTML is not what you would call great, i just cant find where to add my text or anything, or how to remove the text that is already on there.

 

Sorry to be a pain.

[♥Vger]

Make your includes/languages/english/index.php read like so:

 

<?php
/*
 $Id: index.php,v 1.1 2003/06/11 17:38:00 hpdl Exp $

 osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions
 http://www.oscommerce.com

 Copyright (c) 2003 osCommerce

 Released under the GNU General Public License
*/

define('TEXT_MAIN', 'put your text here');
define('TABLE_HEADING_NEW_PRODUCTS', 'New Products For %s');
define('TABLE_HEADING_UPCOMING_PRODUCTS', 'Upcoming Products');
define('TABLE_HEADING_DATE_EXPECTED', 'Date Expected');

if ( ($category_depth == 'products') || (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'])) ) {
 define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Let\'s See What We Have Here');
 define('TABLE_HEADING_IMAGE', '');
 define('TABLE_HEADING_MODEL', 'Model');
 define('TABLE_HEADING_PRODUCTS', 'Product Name');
 define('TABLE_HEADING_MANUFACTURER', 'Manufacturer');
 define('TABLE_HEADING_QUANTITY', 'Quantity');
 define('TABLE_HEADING_PRICE', 'Price');
 define('TABLE_HEADING_WEIGHT', 'Weight');
 define('TABLE_HEADING_BUY_NOW', 'Buy Now');
 define('TEXT_NO_PRODUCTS', 'There are no products to list in this category.');
 define('TEXT_NO_PRODUCTS2', 'There is no product available from this manufacturer.');
 define('TEXT_NUMBER_OF_PRODUCTS', 'Number of Products: ');
 define('TEXT_SHOW', '<b>Show:</b>');
 define('TEXT_BUY', 'Buy 1 \'');
 define('TEXT_NOW', '\' now');
 define('TEXT_ALL_CATEGORIES', 'All Categories');
 define('TEXT_ALL_MANUFACTURERS', 'All Manufacturers');
} elseif ($category_depth == 'top') {
 define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Welcome.');
} elseif ($category_depth == 'nested') {
 define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Categories');
}
?>

 

Read also the link below my name enititled "Psst?? Got a parse error", which will show you how to edit a file properly, and don't forget that any text you add to that page which uses an apostrophy must have the apostrophy 'escaped' by a preceeding backslash, as in:

 

Let's = wrong

Let\'s = right

 

Vger

[Guest]

Okay I followed the above, but I now have a blank space where the shop front is, and nothing on it..... arrgghhhhhh!!!!!!

 

My atalogue has gone, everything... I was like ooooops :-" .....

 

I dont kow what the hell I did as I followed above instructions, but just lost everything

[♥Vger]

I'm guessing that you uploaded the includes/languages/english/index.php file (after editing it) into the root of your website - so now you have two files the same. Check them to see if I am right, and if I am then you need to reload a root level index.php file.

 

Vger

[Guest]

I have checked and I only appear to have one....... I have even gone into the file manager to see if I can find another one, and no there is only one

 

Will I need to uninstall the shop and reinstall it (hopes she doesnt have too lol)