madmanbean Posted March 17, 2006 Posted March 17, 2006 I am totally new to this oscommerce and have been asked by a freind to change a few details on his oscommerce website home page. I have looked at this in dreamweaver having uploded all his files and cannot see the page layout as on the screen. Is there an easy way around this? Forgive me if I am sounding a little thick but I cannot fathom how to change anything that cannot be done via the admin section of his website. I have looked and loooked for a relevent template but there does not seem to be one. Someone please put me on the right track. Thanks all you much wiser people!
rabbitseffort Posted March 17, 2006 Posted March 17, 2006 php files are not like html files--you need to know code to edit the files--there is not a wysiwyg with dreamweaver for php files--you can use dreamweaver to edit the files--but you have to understand the code, to just edit the words etc on the main index page the file to edit will be includes/languages/english/index.php good luck--make copies of the files though since you dont know what you are doing and are bound to mess it up! "I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings." ---Margaret Mead--- "The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you'll always be seeking. I've never seen anybody really find the answer -- they think they have, so they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer. --Ken Kesey"
spax Posted March 17, 2006 Posted March 17, 2006 If you want to edit text, you'll find most of that defined within: includes/languages/english.php includes/languages/english/ admin/includes/languages/english.php admin/includes/languages/english/ Assuming you want English. :)
madmanbean Posted March 17, 2006 Author Posted March 17, 2006 Thanks for rapid responses so far!! I guessed that that may be the case as I had found the text in the english/index.php file but I just wondered if there was an easy way. So..assuming it was a new site would one upload the basic oscommerce site to your testing server or ftp location and then simply update from the includes pages? I have not really seen any written advice in the os manual or on the site as to how best to tackle this.
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