Main index page text

[Guest]

I am trying to replace \the index page content text. I know it is in includes/language/english/index.php

However, It still seems very complicated and I think i may prefer to just include a different file that contains the main body text.

 

Any ideas?

[♥Vger]

That file, apart from containing the text you see on the page, controls a lot of definitions. Unless you are prepared to lose a good part of the functionality of osCommerce you will have to work with that file.

 

To find out how to edit that file use the link below my name entitled "Psst?? Got a parse error??", and don't forget that any text you use which has apostrophies in it needs for those apostrophies to be 'escaped' with a preceeding backslash, as in:

 

Let's = wrong

Let\'s = right

 

Where you put your content in that file is quite simple, as outlined below:

 

define('TEXT_MAIN', 'Remove everything between those two apostrophies and then replace with your own text. These two apostrophies do not need backslashes in front of them, they are part of the php');

 

Then leave everything including what I've put below in place:

 

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');

}

?>

 

Vger

[Guest]

Excellent, that is the kind of explanation I needed. Made things a lot clearer. I reckon it should be made much simpler to change the text though.

 

Thank you very much for your prompt response.