newest newbie needs advice

[Guest]

I have only recently installed the OScommerce package and I've used frontpage forever but given just about everything that needs editing is .php

So when I go to catalog-index.php I can open it with FP and preview it with IEexplorer and I can see what i want to change, BUT, I can't edit it like I would any html page with Frontpage - so there must be some other easy method of making the appropriate changes on this page without having to wade thru a hundred lines of code!

 

Can somebody enlighten me how best to modify said page (and all the other php pages) when one's experience with php is rather limited? Do you actually have to modify code line by line? - It would take FOREVER!

 

I'm really perplexed and would ask for some assistance. Thx a bunch!

 

JCD

[vasttech]

First piece of advice, don't use Frontpage.

 

Second, get yourself a good PHP editor. Try searching on Google for one. Get one that shows lines numbers, as it makes changes and adding contributions a whole lot easier. There are free ones and ones you can pay for.

 

Third, use the knowledge base and documentation for help on making changes. If you can't find the answer there search the forums. If you still are unable to find the answer ask away.

 

Lastly, you can install the STS contribution (search the contributions area for this) to make editing the pages easier.

 

Hope that helps.

[ddp]

I have only recently installed the OScommerce package and I've used frontpage forever but given just about everything that needs editing is .php

So when I go to catalog-index.php I can open it with FP and preview it with IEexplorer and I can see what i want to change, BUT, I can't edit it like I would any html page with Frontpage - so there must be some other easy

 

You are better off even using notepad that FP

[Guest]

Lastly, you can install the STS contribution (search the contributions area for this) to make editing the pages easier.

This makes editing your TEMPLATE easier, but your actual content would still be no easier than it is now.

 

Quite a bit of the text in your front page is actually in includes/languages/english/index.php - do a quick search of the forum for "edit front page" and you will quickly see both how many people have the same problems to start with, and the huge variety of ways you can approach this! http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?act...=edit+index.php

 

Hope that gets you started!

[Guest]

First piece of advice, don't use Frontpage.

 

Second, get yourself a good PHP editor. Try searching on Google for one. Get one that shows lines numbers, as it makes changes and adding contributions a whole lot easier. There are free ones and ones you can pay for.

 

Third, use the knowledge base and documentation for help on making changes. If you can't find the answer there search the forums. If you still are unable to find the answer ask away.

 

Lastly, you can install the STS contribution (search the contributions area for this) to make editing the pages easier.

 

Hope that helps.

[Guest]

Thanks big time! I'll follow up on those leads. .