Beginning again

[mblessed]

I want to Thank everyone who tried to help me with my site but I still could not get it fixed so I am going to start over. I did not create the first one so I do not know what all was done to remove certain areas of the site.

 

I would first like to remove the middle part except the New prods section. Could someone give me some directions on that?

 

Also can you upload more than one product at a time? and is it possible to have more then one shopping cart on your site. Like a shopping cart for different types of products. (ex. home decor, jewelry, purses.)

 

All help is appreciated.

[Jack_mcs]

Not everyone is familiar with whatever problems you have had so asking how to "remove the middle part" will probably not mean much to most. You need to state your specific problem or post your question in the thread where you originally posted.

 

Jack

[digbydo]

Also can you upload more than one product at a time?

look at:

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,500

 

and is it possible to have more then one shopping cart on your site. Like a shopping cart for different types of products. (ex. home decor, jewelry, purses.)

 

searching for multi shops has a few contributions:

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contri...lti+shop/page,2

[mblessed]

look at:

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,500

searching for multi shops has a few contributions:

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contri...lti+shop/page,2

 

 

Thank you I will check out those places.

[mblessed]

How do you remove the text information under the What's new here? column that is between the left and right columns of the shopping cart. I want to keep the Welcome guest verbage but I do not need the text underneath it.

 

I am a newby to this.

[Guest]

How do you remove the text information under the What's new here? column that is between the left and right columns of the shopping cart. I want to keep the Welcome guest verbage but I do not need the text underneath it.

It should actually tell you in the default text itself. ;)

 

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.

[mblessed]

It should actually tell you in the default text itself. ;)

 

I know I read information and I tried what it said for removing it by using define('TEXT_MAIN', ''); but I kept getting an error message. I did not delete all the code after that but I did delete it to where it ended in the default text, so I figured that I may have deleted to far and needed to know what code not to remove. I always make a copy of the file before I delete or make changes in case I get an error message and when that happened I just copied the original file back. Any directions?

[Guest]

I know I read information and I tried what it said for removing it by using define('TEXT_MAIN', ''); but I kept getting an error message. I did not delete all the code after that but I did delete it to where it ended in the default text, so I figured that I may have deleted to far and needed to know what code not to remove. I always make a copy of the file before I delete or make changes in case I get an error message and when that happened I just copied the original file back. Any directions?

I'm not quite sure what you've done there nor what error message you're getting. Perhaps that can help us.

 

In the meantime, be sure to edit the includes/languages/english/index.php file.

 

Where you see the define('TEXT_MAIN'), make sure it looks like the following and ONLY edit where bolded. The rest should stay as is. Also, be sure you don't have TWO "define('TEXT_MAIN')" in your code; this will cause an error.

 

define('TEXT_MAIN', 'BE SURE TO ONLY EDIT THIS TEXT, NOTHING ELSE');

 

Oh, and another thing: if you have any apostrophes in your custom text be sure to prefix them with a backslash (eg. "Fred's dog doesn't smell." would be written as "Fred\'s dog doesn\'t smell").

[mblessed]

I'm not quite sure what you've done there nor what error message you're getting. Perhaps that can help us.

 

In the meantime, be sure to edit the includes/languages/english/index.php file.

 

Where you see the define('TEXT_MAIN'), make sure it looks like the following and ONLY edit where bolded. The rest should stay as is. Also, be sure you don't have TWO "define('TEXT_MAIN')" in your code; this will cause an error.

 

define('TEXT_MAIN', 'BE SURE TO ONLY EDIT THIS TEXT, NOTHING ELSE');

 

Oh, and another thing: if you have any apostrophes in your custom text be sure to prefix them with a backslash (eg. "Fred's dog doesn't smell." would be written as "Fred\'s dog doesn\'t smell").

 

 

Thank you for all your help. I got it working and I think it looks pretty good for a newby.

 

Ok new question. How to you change the color of the What's New Here? that is above the greeting?

also is there a way to space the catagories box from the others underneath? ex. Whats'new, Quick Find, and information box.

[Guest]

Thank you for all your help. I got it working and I think it looks pretty good for a newby.

It's a great feeling when things begin to take shape. :)

 

Ok new question. How to you change the color of the What's New Here? that is above the greeting?

I believe it's one of the settings in your catalog/stylesheet.css file. Best thing to do here is to look at the stylesheet definitions from the osCommerce Knowledge base. But also, take a backup of your existing stylesheet and keep it somewhere safe. Then, just play around with the values ... don't be afraid ... and see what results you get. It will help you address your specific problem but more importantly it will help you become familiar with all the other values, demystifying it somewhat. :)

 

also is there a way to space the catagories box from the others underneath? ex. Whats'new, Quick Find, and information box.

I'm not 100% sure but find the following bit of code in the catalog/index.php file and play around with the two cellpadding values. Again, just experiment and see what you get. Remember to KEEP A BACKUP though. ;)

 

<!-- body //-->
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3">
 <tr>
<td width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH; ?>" valign="top"><table border="0" width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH; ?>" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
<!-- left_navigation //-->
<?php require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'column_left.php'); ?>

[mblessed]

Thank you that was a big help.

 

Now another problem has arised. When I go into catalog\includes\application_top.php file to change the size of the Box Column width. I get this error message.

 

 

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /catalog/admin/file_manager.php on this server.

 

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

 

 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Apache/1.3.37 Server at www. Port 80

 

How do I correct this?

[Guest]

:huh:

 

Very odd error, especially since it's complaining about a file completely different to the one you're trying to update. :o

 

Can I assume you're downloading the application_top.php file via FTP before trying to edit it? Sorry if this seems like a daft question but just gotta be sure what process you're following. :)

[mblessed]

:huh:

 

Very odd error, especially since it's complaining about a file completely different to the one you're trying to update. :o

 

Can I assume you're downloading the application_top.php file via FTP before trying to edit it? Sorry if this seems like a daft question but just gotta be sure what process you're following. :)

 

To be honest with you I am not sure how it downloaded. I just followed the instructions from Oscommerce through my web host. Remember I am new at this. Was there something else I needed to do?

[mblessed]

To be honest with you I am not sure how it downloaded. I just followed the instructions from Oscommerce through my web host. Remember I am new at this. Was there something else I needed to do?

 

 

Well I figured out that problem and it is working fine. Now my next problem is this error message I get when I try to go into the check out.

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/simpl11/public_html/catalog/includes/classes/boxes.php:182) in /home/simpl11/public_html/catalog/includes/functions/general.php on line 3

 

And this error when I click on My account

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/simpl11/public_html/catalog/includes/classes/boxes.php:182) in /home/simpl11/public_html/catalog/includes/functions/general.php on line 33

 

Hopefully after I fix these two errors I will have my site complete.

 

Thanks for any assistance.

[fireburn]

hello i also have the same error of "Warning: Cannot modify header information " when i click at my account.. could anyone give some tips to how to resolve this problem

[jenvinem]

Try this site. It's great for newbies and might tell you what you want to know.

 

http://oscommerce-template-easy.com/oscomm...als-center.html

 

Good luck with your sites.

 

Jenny