Some Questions

[locust13]

Hello everyone,

I'm new to osCommerce and to these forums. So far it's been a very easy bunch of files to work with and I'm amazed with how easy it is to configure. However, I'm a having a couple of problems.

 

1) For some reason after I applyed a template to my osCommerce website and had the store name changed to the actual stores name, the tab on firefox says osCommerce and not my stores name. I'm wondering in what file I can edit that so it says the stores name.

 

2) I installed my website and configured it in the admin panel a few days ago. I installed WITHOUT SSL enabled. I just recently bought SSL *Yesterday* from godaddy and I"m having my host give me a dedicated/static IP so I can use it. Is there any way I can install SSL WITHOUT having to reinstall? If so, how, linking me to a guide works too ^_-.

 

3) Now...here's a very important question and I can't believe I haven't found the answer on my own... I feel quite bad asking this because I'm sure it's very obvious and I even read the documentation ^^;. However, I need to know, where and how do I link my paypall account so it's the account accepting payments that customers make..? I'm completely lost at this stage haha. I can't find where I put my paypal info in so the payments will go there. That's the major thing stopping me from launching *and I have some more editing to do :P.*

 

Please help me out, I may have some more questions, how knows~ :P.

[jhsands]

1) For some reason after I applyed a template to my osCommerce website and had the store name changed to the actual stores name, the tab on firefox says osCommerce and not my stores name. I'm wondering in what file I can edit that so it says the stores name.

 

Read this.

 

Also see and read Basics for design, Basics for osc design change.

 

2) I installed my website and configured it in the admin panel a few days ago. I installed WITHOUT SSL enabled. I just recently bought SSL *Yesterday* from godaddy and I"m having my host give me a dedicated/static IP so I can use it. Is there any way I can install SSL WITHOUT having to reinstall? If so, how, linking me to a guide works too ^_-.

 

change HTTP_SERVER to https:// and change ENABLE_SSL to true

 

/includes/configure.php

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'https://www.yourdomain.com');

define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.yourdomain.com');

define('ENABLE_SSL', true);

define('HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'www.yourdomain.com');

define('HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'www.yourdomain.com');

 

/admin/includes/configure.php

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'https://www.yourdomain.com');

define('HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER', 'https://www.yourdomain.com');

define('HTTPS_CATALOG_SERVER', 'https://www.allisonscandlecorner.com');

define('ENABLE_SSL', true);

 

Also do a search of the forums for the other 10,000 SSL questions. If you are hosting with Yahoo! or GoDaddy... good luck.

 

3) Now...here's a very important question and I can't believe I haven't found the answer on my own... I feel quite bad asking this because I'm sure it's very obvious and I even read the documentation ^^;. However, I need to know, where and how do I link my paypall account so it's the account accepting payments that customers make..? I'm completely lost at this stage haha. I can't find where I put my paypal info in so the payments will go there. That's the major thing stopping me from launching *and I have some more editing to do :P.*

 

I use linkpoint API on all of mine so I do not know.

[bill110]

Hello everyone,

I'm new to osCommerce and to these forums. So far it's been a very easy bunch of files to work with and I'm amazed with how easy it is to configure. However, I'm a having a couple of problems.

 

1) For some reason after I applyed a template to my osCommerce website and had the store name changed to the actual stores name, the tab on firefox says osCommerce and not my stores name. I'm wondering in what file I can edit that so it says the stores name.

 

2) I installed my website and configured it in the admin panel a few days ago. I installed WITHOUT SSL enabled. I just recently bought SSL *Yesterday* from godaddy and I"m having my host give me a dedicated/static IP so I can use it. Is there any way I can install SSL WITHOUT having to reinstall? If so, how, linking me to a guide works too ^_-.

 

3) Now...here's a very important question and I can't believe I haven't found the answer on my own... I feel quite bad asking this because I'm sure it's very obvious and I even read the documentation ^^;. However, I need to know, where and how do I link my paypall account so it's the account accepting payments that customers make..? I'm completely lost at this stage haha. I can't find where I put my paypal info in so the payments will go there. That's the major thing stopping me from launching *and I have some more editing to do :P.*

 

Please help me out, I may have some more questions, how knows~ :P.

for question 1) go into your admin area. under configuration My store, first line edit that.

for question3) also in admin area under modules install paypal there. you need to edit it with the e-mail on your paypal account

for question 2) I'm not real comfortable with that one someone else maybe. I installed my store without ssl at go daddy and when they installed my ssl I only had a couple of edits but mine is not a static ip.

[locust13]

Thanks for the info on the files I need to switch around when SSL is finally installed. Also, thanks for the info on the paypal info, I have a few more questions but I'll ask them later.

 

As for the title, it still isn't changing. I went to the store name in admin and changed it to my stores name, no dice.

 

Here's the header.php and english.php snip outs.

 

header.php

 

<td valign="middle"><?php echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT) . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'oscommerce.gif', 'Gamewave Computers') . '</a>'; ?></td>

 

english.php snipout

 

// page title

define('TITLE', 'Gamewave Computers');

 

 

Yet still, it has the tab labeled oscommerce.

 

 

 

Another question. What would people recommend I use for accepting payments using my paypal merchant account? Just hte paypal that's already in the admin menu or is there a mod that is better..? Also, when there is a payment made and it goes into my paypal account, can I take it out immediatly. I'll need to seeing as I need to order parts and such. If it can't, what can I use that will let me take it out immediatly.

 

Thanks,

 

Alex

[locust13]

Anyone ^.^;?

[locust13]

Hm I followed your directions jhsands and I end up with this:

 

Warning: mysql_connect(): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/gamewavecomputers.com/httpdocs/includes/functions/database.php on line 19

Unable to connect to database server!

[loewfat]

id like to know the answer of that paypal question too.

[locust13]

heh at the moment I REALLY need the answer on how to fix:

Warning: mysql_connect(): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/gamewavecomputers.com/httpdocs/includes/functions/database.php on line 19

Unable to connect to database server!

 

after following jhsands directions on how to enable SSL after installation.

[Gil_e_n]

You connect your account to Paypal by going to Admin -> Modules -> Payment and installing the default paypal module and filling in the information it asks for. However! The default paypal module has a problem, where if the customer doesn't click back to your site after completing their order, the order isn't completed in the administration section. I usually hear that the best Paypal module is Paypal IPN - Google it.

 

Sounds like you changed your database setting somehow - it's trying to log you in as the default mysql username with no password, and understandably getting an access denied. Go to your control panel, find out what your database username, password, server, and database name is, and add them to your inclues/configure.php where you see this:

 

// define our database connection
 define('DB_SERVER', 'database server goes here'); // eg, localhost - should not be empty for productive servers
 define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', 'username goes here');
 define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', 'password goes here');
 define('DB_DATABASE', 'database name goes here');

[locust13]

You are a LIFESAVER *or so I think, I'm waiting to finish backing up*

 

I think this is waht I did. Instead of downloading the configure.php file from the server which over time and through installation would update itself, I just opened the one on my c drive and then uploaded that. So, now I know to download, edit, upload. Not edit, upload :P.

 

 

Thanks

[Guest]

You connect your account to Paypal by going to Admin -> Modules -> Payment and installing the default paypal module and filling in the information it asks for. However! The default paypal module has a problem, where if the customer doesn't click back to your site after completing their order, the order isn't completed in the administration section. I usually hear that the best Paypal module is Paypal IPN - Google it.

 

 

Does the PayPal module with PayPal IPN contrib installed allow you to accept credit card payments (from non PayPal members) to your PayPal merchant account? Or does it just allow those with PayPal accounts to pay via PayPal?

 

Is there a way to accept plain old credit cards and process them automatically thru PayPal?

 

Thanks.

[Guest]

Does the PayPal module with PayPal IPN contrib installed allow you to accept credit card payments (from non PayPal members) to your PayPal merchant account?

I think it depends on the type of your paypal account but it should.

 

Is there a way to accept plain old credit cards and process them automatically thru PayPal?

try the paypal wpp module.

[Mieke]

Thanks for the info on the files I need to switch around when SSL is finally installed. Also, thanks for the info on the paypal info, I have a few more questions but I'll ask them later.

 

As for the title, it still isn't changing. I went to the store name in admin and changed it to my stores name, no dice.

 

Here's the header.php and english.php snip outs.

 

header.php

 

<td valign="middle"><?php echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT) . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'oscommerce.gif', 'Gamewave Computers') . '</a>'; ?></td>

 

english.php snipout

 

// page title

define('TITLE', 'Gamewave Computers');

Yet still, it has the tab labeled oscommerce.

Another question. What would people recommend I use for accepting payments using my paypal merchant account? Just hte paypal that's already in the admin menu or is there a mod that is better..? Also, when there is a payment made and it goes into my paypal account, can I take it out immediatly. I'll need to seeing as I need to order parts and such. If it can't, what can I use that will let me take it out immediatly.

 

Thanks,

 

Alex

 

 

I am also new to this all and I have gotten just about everything except this...

I have having the same Problem as Alex is, followed the same instructions, and still have it labled OsCommerce.

Also when I went in to change the english.php bit I recieve an error message when I tried to open my Catalogue.

 

Parse error: parse error in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\miekenatale.com\httpdocs\osc\includes\languages\english.php on line 146

 

any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

[locust13]

*nods* Same thing here. I've tried everything I could find and it's still, oddly labeled osCommerce o.O.

[Mieke]

*nods* Same thing here. I've tried everything I could find and it's still, oddly labeled osCommerce o.O.

 

 

Same.

 

When I go to MiekeNatale.com I get the Plesk defult page asking me to upload my index.html file

When I go to MiekeNatale.com/osc I could get into my store, but since I switched the english.php bit I am unable to even do that now!

 

The switched english.php bit

 

// page title

define('TITLE', 'Mieke Natale');

 

The error Message that I get when I try to go though MiekeNatale.com/osc (to see my store)

 

Parse error: parse error in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\miekenatale.com\httpdocs\osc\includes\languages\english.php on line 79

 

Now makes me think that adding Mieke Natale into the page title line on the english.php gave me the error message, but when I change it back to

 

// page title

define('TITLE', 'osCommerce');

 

I still get the same thing.

[Guest]

I think it depends on the type of your paypal account but it should.

try the paypal wpp module.

 

Thanks. ;)