Please HElp newbie...............

[CluelessinNY]

I just installed Os commerce on my server, I have three questions about basic setup.

 

1) Can someone tell me which files control the color in the stylesheet.css folder for the boxes and the header lines? I been playing with it but cant figure out which is which.

 

2) How do I get Os commerce to point directly to my site name - right now it points to www.sitename.com/shop. and I want it to go right into sitename.com

 

3) how do I get rid of the text in the oscommerce fresh install that is in the middle that says these are the files blah blah and put in the table for products that is now on the bottom of the screen by default.

 

Thats it for now, but I am sure I will have more questions!!

 

:D :D :D :D

 

thanks.

Melissa

[CluelessinNY]

HI I just found this great link in the knowledge base...http://www.oscommerce.info/kb/osCommerce/Catalog_Area/Design_and_Layout/54.

 

so I guess I only have two questions...LOL

 

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CluelessinNY]

I still cant figure this out. Anyone help me pwwwease?

[CluelessinNY]

I still cant figure this out. Anyone help me pwwwease?

[super_chump]

To have the shop on your main site, all the files need to be in the root directory of the website, not in the "shop" directory.

 

Second, to change all the default text , it's located in catalog/includes/languages/english/index.php

 

The code will look like this:

 

define('TEXT_MAIN', '----->TYPE WHATEVER YOU WANT HERE<-----');

[♥Vger]

Bumping of posts is not allowed on the Forums. It is disrespectful to others, because by keeping your posts at the top of the tree their posts get pushed down.

 

How do I get Os commerce to point directly to my site name

 

Either Google for info on .htaccess (only works with Apache servers), or move the contents of your 'shop' folder into the root of your domain and edit out 'shop' from the two configure.php files.

 

how do I get rid of the text in the oscommerce fresh install that is in the middle

 

That text is in shop/includes/languages/english/index.php

 

When adding text to a page remember that all apostrophies in text must be escaped by a preceeding backslash, as in:

 

Let's = wrong

Let\'s = right

 

For more info on how to edit files follow the "Parse Error?" link below my name.

 

Vger

[CluelessinNY]

thank you, sorry didnt mean to bump to be a pain. :( The only think I am not clear of, is that ....can I delete the entire english.php file to get rid of the wording in the middle of the new os commerce install? For now I want it to say. WEb site under construction.

 

I tried to delete some text but then I got error messages, is it possible just to delete it all? or should I not do that? :blink:

 

this is the text i need to get rid of...

What's New Here?

 

 

Welcome Guest! Would you like to log yourself in? Or would you prefer to create an account?

 

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 treated as fictional.

 

Error Messages

 

If there are any error or warning messages shown above, please correct them first before proceeding.

 

Error messages are displayed at the very top of the page with a complete background color.

 

Several checks are performed to ensure a healthy setup of your online store - these checks can be disabled by editing the appropriate parameters at the bottom of the includes/application_top.php file.

Editing Page Texts

 

The text shown here can be modified in the following file, on each language basis:

 

[path to catalog]/includes/languages/english/index.php

 

That file can be edited manually, or via the Administration Tool with the Languages->English->Define or Tools->File Manager modules.

 

The text is set in the following manner:

 

define('TEXT_MAIN', 'This is a default setup of the osCommerce project...');

 

The text highlighted in green may be modified - it is important to keep the define() of the TEXT_MAIN keyword. To remove the text for TEXT_MAIN completely, the following example is used where only two single quote characters exist:

 

define('TEXT_MAIN', '');

 

More information concerning the PHP define() function can be read here.

Securing The Administration Tool

 

It is important to secure the Administration Tool as there is currently no security implementation available.

Online Documentation

 

Online documentation can be read at the osCommerce Wiki Documentation Effort site.

 

Community support is available at the osCommerce Community Support Forums site.

 

If you wish to download the solution powering this shop, or if you wish to contribute to the osCommerce project, please visit the support site of osCommerce. This shop is running on osCommerce version osCommerce 2.2-MS2.

 

 

 

melissa

[CluelessinNY]

YEA I figured out how to get rid of the english index file. But now I have a TEXT_MAIN stuck there floating around on the main page. Can someone tell me where that is?

 

 

 

dahanbridal.com

 

thanks.