Changes to main page

kleines · October 4, 2006

Hello, I know I have to go to includes/languages/english/index.php to make changes to my main page. However I don't know where I need to insert what. I would just like to add a note on my main page for my customers and since it's very important I would like it to be in red. Does anyone know what I need to insert and where??? Here's my index.php

<?php

/*

$Id: index.php,v 1.1 2003/06/11 17:38:00 hpdl Exp $

osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions

http://www.oscommerce.com

Released under the GNU General Public License

*/

define('TABLE_HEADING_NEW_PRODUCTS', 'New Products For %s');

define('TABLE_HEADING_UPCOMING_PRODUCTS', 'Upcoming Products');

define('TABLE_HEADING_DATE_EXPECTED', 'Date Expected');

if ( ($category_depth == 'products') || (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'])) ) {

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Let\'s See What We Have Here');

define('TABLE_HEADING_IMAGE', '');

define('TABLE_HEADING_MODEL', 'Model');

define('TABLE_HEADING_PRODUCTS', 'Product Name');

define('TABLE_HEADING_MANUFACTURER', 'Manufacturer');

define('TABLE_HEADING_QUANTITY', 'Quantity');

define('TABLE_HEADING_PRICE', 'Price');

define('TABLE_HEADING_WEIGHT', 'Weight');

define('TABLE_HEADING_BUY_NOW', 'Buy Now');

define('TEXT_NO_PRODUCTS', 'There are no products to list in this category.');

define('TEXT_NO_PRODUCTS2', 'There is no product available from this manufacturer.');

define('TEXT_NUMBER_OF_PRODUCTS', 'Number of Products: ');

define('TEXT_SHOW', 'Show:');

define('TEXT_BUY', 'Buy 1 \'');

define('TEXT_NOW', '\' now');

define('TEXT_ALL_CATEGORIES', 'All Categories');

define('TEXT_ALL_MANUFACTURERS', 'All Manufacturers');

} elseif ($category_depth == 'top') {

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'What\'s New Here?');

} elseif ($category_depth == 'nested') {

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Categories');

}

?>

jpweber · October 4, 2006

You're missing a line of code. It should be like this:

define('TEXT_MAIN', '

Put whatever you want here

');

define('TABLE_HEADING_NEW_PRODUCTS', 'New Products For %s');

define('TABLE_HEADING_UPCOMING_PRODUCTS', 'Upcoming Products');

etc., etc. etc.

And of course, all color changes, etc., are done with your catalog/stylesheet.css. Just change things and upload, refresh your browser. Change, upload, refresh. Here are the Basics For Design Change for you to review and use as a reference. Good luck.

squeekit · October 4, 2006

to make a message appear in red only for your customers (after they log in) in your mainpage you can simply saddle up to the design already implimented...

open includes/languages/english.php for editing...

find the following line:

define('TEXT_GREETING_PERSONAL', 'Welcome back <span class="greetUser">%s!</span> Would you like to see the <a href="%s"><u>latest items</u></a> we've added to our catalog?');

append it in this manner:

define('TEXT_GREETING_PERSONAL', 'Welcome back <span class="greetUser">%s!</span> Would you like to see the <a href="%s"><u>latest items</u></a> we've added to our catalog?
<br><br><span class="errorText">I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU RETURNED TO MY WEBSITE!</span>');

kleines · October 4, 2006

Thank you guys :)!!

kleines · October 4, 2006

Ok, I just put it in like you told me and it's not whoing on my website. This is what I entered:

define('TEXT_MAIN', 'NOTE TO ALL CUSTOMERS:

We will be out of town Oct. 9-15, 2006. All orders received by midnight on Saturday 10/07/06, will be shipped on Monday 10/09/06. All orders received after that will be shipped on Monday 10/16/06. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Thank You!');

I refreshed my page several time but nothing :(.

Please help!!

jpweber · October 4, 2006

On your main index page (catalog/index.php), do you have TEXT_MAIN defined?

Something like this:

<td class="main"><?php echo TEXT_MAIN; ?></td>

If you do, then that's not a worry. Please post your entire catalog/includes/languages/index.php file here.

kleines · October 5, 2006

This is it. When you say catalog, what do you mean, I don't see catalog anywhere. I'm sorry :(.

<?php

/*

$Id: index.php,v 1.1 2003/06/11 17:38:00 hpdl Exp $

osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions

http://www.oscommerce.com

Released under the GNU General Public License

*/

define('TABLE_HEADING_NEW_PRODUCTS', 'New Products For %s');

define('TABLE_HEADING_UPCOMING_PRODUCTS', 'Upcoming Products');

define('TABLE_HEADING_DATE_EXPECTED', 'Date Expected');

if ( ($category_depth == 'products') || (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'])) ) {

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Let\'s See What We Have Here');

define('TABLE_HEADING_IMAGE', '');

define('TABLE_HEADING_MODEL', 'Model');

define('TABLE_HEADING_PRODUCTS', 'Product Name');

define('TABLE_HEADING_MANUFACTURER', 'Manufacturer');

define('TABLE_HEADING_QUANTITY', 'Quantity');

define('TABLE_HEADING_PRICE', 'Price');

define('TABLE_HEADING_WEIGHT', 'Weight');

define('TABLE_HEADING_BUY_NOW', 'Buy Now');

define('TEXT_NO_PRODUCTS', 'There are no products to list in this category.');

define('TEXT_NO_PRODUCTS2', 'There is no product available from this manufacturer.');

define('TEXT_NUMBER_OF_PRODUCTS', 'Number of Products: ');

define('TEXT_SHOW', 'Show:');

define('TEXT_BUY', 'Buy 1 \'');

define('TEXT_NOW', '\' now');

define('TEXT_ALL_CATEGORIES', 'All Categories');

define('TEXT_ALL_MANUFACTURERS', 'All Manufacturers');

} elseif ($category_depth == 'top') {

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'What\'s New Here?');

} elseif ($category_depth == 'nested') {

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Categories');

}

?>

squeekit · October 5, 2006

it is very common that "catalog" when in a path indicates the root (main) directory (folder) that you have osCommerce installed in - be default when you install osCommerce it installs in a folder call "catalog" >http://yoursite.com/catalog/ -- that's by default - if you installed osCommerce in your websites root directory then when we refer to "catalog/includes/etc.." you should understand it to mean "http://yoursite.com/includes/etc.." (or how you've been refering to such as "includes/etc..") -- if you osComerce is installed in a subfolder on your site that's named shop then when we refer to "catalog/includes/etc.." you should understand it to mean "http://yoursite.com/shop/includes/etc.." (or how you've been refering to such as "includes/etc..") -- put simply "catalog" is another way of saying the main folder you have osCommerce installed in....

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

now.........

you said "I would just like to add a note on my main page for my customers" ---- what this means is the ONLY thing you have to do is what i stated in my post above (look for squeekit) --- that and only that edit will display the message in red only for customers only once they log in....

IF you want the message to display for every one (customers and visitors) on the main page in red then the only thing you have to do is edit includes/languages/english/index.php

<?php
/*
 $Id: index.php,v 1.1 2003/06/11 17:38:00 hpdl Exp $

 osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions
 http://www.oscommerce.com

 Copyright (c) 2003 osCommerce

 Released under the GNU General Public License
*/

define('TEXT_MAIN', '
<p>
<span class="errorText">NOTE TO ALL CUSTOMERS:<br>
We will be out of town Oct. 9-15, 2006. All orders received by midnight on Saturday 10/07/06, will be shipped on Monday 10/09/06. All orders received after that will be shipped on Monday 10/16/06. We apologize for the inconvenience.<br>
Thank You!</span>
</p><p>
Any other welcome message you want to include put here.
</p> ');

squeekit · October 5, 2006

please understand, of course there is more to includes/languages/english/index.php than i've indicated above - but you shouln't have to worry about that ----

review:

- if you want the message to only show up for customers once they log in then ONLY do the edit i gave in my first post above...

- if you want the message to apear to both customers and visitors then ONLY do the edit in my second post (directly above this one)...

jpweber · October 5, 2006

Okay, maybe I shouldn't call it 'catalog', although most would understand that all that means is really your (path to catalog).

Some peoples' stores/catalogs are located in the root:

http://www.somewebsite.com/index.php

Some are located in the default OSC catalog folder:

http://www.somewebsite.com/catalog/index.php

Some customize their OSC for installation in their own folders:

http://www.somewebsite.com/onlinestore/index.php

In the explanation I gave you a few posts above, I had assumed you had left the default OSC installation alone, and all your files were located in the catalog directory.

Why don't you post your URL so I can tell you exactly what to edit, where to edit, etc.? It'd make things a lot more simple. Then we can give you more accurate, simplified instructions, and be done with this post. Thanks,

squeekit · October 5, 2006

What everybody is looking for is that you have certain things on the index.php (within your main oscommerce directory - commonly refered to as catalog/index.php at this forum ;) )

specifically they want to know if you have "<td class="main"><?php echo TEXT_MAIN; ?></td>" still present within that file - the reason is because "TEXT_MAIN" is a varible that is defined in the file includes/languages/english/index.php - if "TEXT_MAIN" is not present in catalog/index.php then it won't look to the file includes/languages/english/index.php to find what it should display - meaning you'd have to look somewhere else to define what should be displayed or add that line.

below is the very bottom of catalog/index.php (i removed the top for simplicity)

- notice the presence of "<td class="main"><?php echo TEXT_MAIN; ?></td>"

- does the bottom of your catalog/index.php look like this???

[ --- ABOVE HAS BEEN EDITED OUT FOR SIMPLICITY --- ]

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
	<td><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
	  <tr>
		<td class="main"><?php echo tep_customer_greeting(); ?></td>
	  </tr>
	  <tr>
		<td><?php echo tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '100%', '10'); ?></td>
	  </tr>
	  <tr>
		<td class="main"><?php echo TEXT_MAIN; ?></td>
	  </tr>
	  <tr>
		<td><?php echo tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '100%', '10'); ?></td>
	  </tr>
	  <tr>
		<td><?php include(DIR_WS_MODULES . FILENAME_NEW_PRODUCTS); ?></td>
	  </tr>
<?php
include(DIR_WS_MODULES . FILENAME_UPCOMING_PRODUCTS);
?>
	</table></td>
  </tr>
</table></td>
<?php
 }
?>
<!-- body_text_eof //-->
<td width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH; ?>" valign="top"><table border="0" width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH; ?>" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
<!-- right_navigation //-->
<?php require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'column_right.php'); ?>
<!-- right_navigation_eof //-->
</table></td>
 </tr>
</table>
<!-- body_eof //-->

<!-- footer //-->
<?php require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'footer.php'); ?>
<!-- footer_eof //-->
<br>
</body>
</html>
<?php require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'application_bottom.php'); ?>

also notice that six lines above "<td class="main"><?php echo TEXT_MAIN; ?></td>"

is the line "<td class="main"><?php echo tep_customer_greeting(); ?></td>" - that's where the text gets switched back and forth for visitors and customers (one greeting for visitors and another different one for customers)...

starcad · October 5, 2006

Another thing that is worth mention is that you should not do your editing with the provided FILE editor that is included with OSC in the admin area. Use a good text editor not NotePad and my suggestion is MetaPad that can be downloaded free just do a search for it.

Before you modify any of the code be sure to BACK UP YOUR SITE AND THE FILE YOU ARE WORKING ON ALONG WITH THE DATABASE FILES. Then back them up again. When your working with just one file you can save a copy to your local hard drive and then just rename the file your working with as "index.bak" on your server. Go back to the file you saved on your HD and make the mods and upload to your server and test. That way if you get nothing but white space on the screen you know you messed something up, but you still have a backup file to fix the problem.

There are a lot of little tricks that will help you here in the forums and participation is one of the biggest helpers of all. Good luck with your site and post a url sharing your work with everyone.

October 5, 2006

i just purchased a template from templatemonster..just so u guys know where i got my template..everything in un touched in the indexs..

Ok I understand what you guys are saying..where to edit..which index it is..but im tried doing it but nothing happens.. i want to add text in the main page..heres my index..

on my main page..i added a product under a category..and it shows the product on the main page..i dont want any products on the main page..just text i wanna to enter..how do i take that off too..

catalogue/index.php..

<?php

/*

$Id: index.php,v 1.1 2003/06/11 17:37:59 hpdl Exp $

osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions

http://www.oscommerce.com

Copyright ? 2003 osCommerce

Released under the GNU General Public License

*/

require('includes/application_top.php');

// the following cPath references come from application_top.php

$category_depth = 'top';

if (isset($cPath) && tep_not_null($cPath)) {

$categories_products_query = tep_db_query("select count(*) as total from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " where categories_id = '" . (int)$current_category_id . "'");

$cateqories_products = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_products_query);

if ($cateqories_products['total'] > 0) {

$category_depth = 'products'; // display products

} else {

$category_parent_query = tep_db_query("select count(*) as total from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " where parent_id = '" . (int)$current_category_id . "'");

$category_parent = tep_db_fetch_array($category_parent_query);

if ($category_parent['total'] > 0) {

$category_depth = 'nested'; // navigate through the categories

} else {

$category_depth = 'products'; // category has no products, but display the 'no products' message

}

require(DIR_WS_LANGUAGES . $language . '/' . FILENAME_DEFAULT);

?>

<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

<head>

</head>

<?php require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'header.php'); ?>

<?php

if ($category_depth == 'nested') {

$category_query = tep_db_query("select cd.categories_name, c.categories_image from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd where c.categories_id = '" . (int)$current_category_id . "' and cd.categories_id = '" . (int)$current_category_id . "' and cd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "'");

$category = tep_db_fetch_array($category_query);

?>

<?php include(DIR_WS_MODULES . FILENAME_NEW_PRODUCTS); ?>

<?

} elseif ($category_depth == 'products' || isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'])) {

// create column list

$define_list = array('PRODUCT_LIST_MODEL' => PRODUCT_LIST_MODEL,

'PRODUCT_LIST_NAME' => PRODUCT_LIST_NAME,

'PRODUCT_LIST_MANUFACTURER' => PRODUCT_LIST_MANUFACTURER,

'PRODUCT_LIST_PRICE' => PRODUCT_LIST_PRICE,

'PRODUCT_LIST_QUANTITY' => PRODUCT_LIST_QUANTITY,

'PRODUCT_LIST_WEIGHT' => PRODUCT_LIST_WEIGHT,

'PRODUCT_LIST_IMAGE' => PRODUCT_LIST_IMAGE,

'PRODUCT_LIST_BUY_NOW' => PRODUCT_LIST_BUY_NOW);

asort($define_list);

$column_list = array();

reset($define_list);

while (list($key, $value) = each($define_list)) {

if ($value > 0) $column_list[] = $key;

}

$select_column_list = '';

for ($i=0, $n=sizeof($column_list); $i<$n; $i++) {

switch ($column_list[$i]) {

case 'PRODUCT_LIST_MODEL':

$select_column_list .= 'p.products_model, ';

break;

case 'PRODUCT_LIST_NAME':

$select_column_list .= 'pd.products_name, ';

break;

case 'PRODUCT_LIST_MANUFACTURER':

$select_column_list .= 'm.manufacturers_name, ';

break;

case 'PRODUCT_LIST_QUANTITY':

$select_column_list .= 'p.products_quantity, ';

break;

case 'PRODUCT_LIST_IMAGE':

$select_column_list .= 'p.products_image, ';

break;

case 'PRODUCT_LIST_WEIGHT':

$select_column_list .= 'p.products_weight, ';

break;

}

// show the products of a specified manufacturer

if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'])) {

if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['filter_id']) && tep_not_null($HTTP_GET_VARS['filter_id'])) {

// We are asked to show only a specific category

$listing_sql = "select " . $select_column_list . " p.products_id, p.manufacturers_id, p.products_price, p.products_tax_class_id, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, NULL) as specials_new_products_price, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as final_price from (" . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd, " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS . " m, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " p2c ) left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id where p.products_status = '1' and p.manufacturers_id = m.manufacturers_id and m.manufacturers_id = '" . (int)$HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'] . "' and p.products_id = p2c.products_id and pd.products_id = p2c.products_id and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' and p2c.categories_id = '" . (int)$HTTP_GET_VARS['filter_id'] . "'";

} else {

// We show them all

$listing_sql = "select " . $select_column_list . " p.products_id, p.manufacturers_id, p.products_price, p.products_tax_class_id, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, NULL) as specials_new_products_price, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as final_price from (" . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd, " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS . " m) left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id where p.products_status = '1' and pd.products_id = p.products_id and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' and p.manufacturers_id = m.manufacturers_id and m.manufacturers_id = '" . (int)$HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'] . "'";

}

} else {

// show the products in a given categorie

if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['filter_id']) && tep_not_null($HTTP_GET_VARS['filter_id'])) {

// We are asked to show only specific catgeory

$listing_sql = "select " . $select_column_list . " p.products_id, p.manufacturers_id, p.products_price, p.products_tax_class_id, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, NULL) as specials_new_products_price, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as final_price from (" . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd, " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS . " m, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " p2c) left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id where p.products_status = '1' and p.manufacturers_id = m.manufacturers_id and m.manufacturers_id = '" . (int)$HTTP_GET_VARS['filter_id'] . "' and p.products_id = p2c.products_id and pd.products_id = p2c.products_id and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' and p2c.categories_id = '" . (int)$current_category_id . "'";

} else {

// We show them all

$listing_sql = "select " . $select_column_list . " p.products_id, p.manufacturers_id, p.products_price, p.products_tax_class_id, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, NULL) as specials_new_products_price, IF(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as final_price from ((" . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p) left join " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS . " m on p.manufacturers_id = m.manufacturers_id, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " p2c) left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id where p.products_status = '1' and p.products_id = p2c.products_id and pd.products_id = p2c.products_id and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' and p2c.categories_id = '" . (int)$current_category_id . "'";

}

if ( (!isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['sort'])) || (!ereg('[1-8][ad]', $HTTP_GET_VARS['sort'])) || (substr($HTTP_GET_VARS['sort'], 0, 1) > sizeof($column_list)) ) {

for ($i=0, $n=sizeof($column_list); $i<$n; $i++) {

if ($column_list[$i] == 'PRODUCT_LIST_NAME') {

$HTTP_GET_VARS['sort'] = $i+1 . 'a';

$listing_sql .= " order by pd.products_name";

break;

}

} else {

$sort_col = substr($HTTP_GET_VARS['sort'], 0 , 1);

$sort_order = substr($HTTP_GET_VARS['sort'], 1);

$listing_sql .= ' order by ';

switch ($column_list[$sort_col-1]) {

case 'PRODUCT_LIST_MODEL':

$listing_sql .= "p.products_model " . ($sort_order == 'd' ? 'desc' : '') . ", pd.products_name";

break;

case 'PRODUCT_LIST_NAME':

$listing_sql .= "pd.products_name " . ($sort_order == 'd' ? 'desc' : '');

break;

case 'PRODUCT_LIST_MANUFACTURER':

$listing_sql .= "m.manufacturers_name " . ($sort_order == 'd' ? 'desc' : '') . ", pd.products_name";

break;

case 'PRODUCT_LIST_QUANTITY':

$listing_sql .= "p.products_quantity " . ($sort_order == 'd' ? 'desc' : '') . ", pd.products_name";

break;

case 'PRODUCT_LIST_IMAGE':

$listing_sql .= "pd.products_name";

break;

case 'PRODUCT_LIST_WEIGHT':

$listing_sql .= "p.products_weight " . ($sort_order == 'd' ? 'desc' : '') . ", pd.products_name";

break;

case 'PRODUCT_LIST_PRICE':

$listing_sql .= "final_price " . ($sort_order == 'd' ? 'desc' : '') . ", pd.products_name";

break;

}

// optional Product List Filter

$manu1="";

if (PRODUCT_LIST_FILTER > 0) {

if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'])) {

$filterlist_sql = "select distinct c.categories_id as id, cd.categories_name as name from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " p2c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd where p.products_status = '1' and p.products_id = p2c.products_id and p2c.categories_id = c.categories_id and p2c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' and p.manufacturers_id = '" . (int)$HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'] . "' order by cd.categories_name";

} else {

$filterlist_sql= "select distinct m.manufacturers_id as id, m.manufacturers_name as name from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " p2c, " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS . " m where p.products_status = '1' and p.manufacturers_id = m.manufacturers_id and p.products_id = p2c.products_id and p2c.categories_id = '" . (int)$current_category_id . "' order by m.manufacturers_name";

}

$filterlist_query = tep_db_query($filterlist_sql);

if (tep_db_num_rows($filterlist_query) > 1) {

$manu1.= '<table width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-top:1px solid #969696;"><tr> <td align="center" class="main">' . tep_draw_form('filter', FILENAME_DEFAULT, 'get') . TEXT_SHOW . '?';

if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'])) {

$manu1.= tep_draw_hidden_field('manufacturers_id', $HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id']);

$options = array(array('id' => '', 'text' => TEXT_ALL_CATEGORIES));

} else {

$manu1.= tep_draw_hidden_field('cPath', $cPath);

$options = array(array('id' => '', 'text' => TEXT_ALL_MANUFACTURERS));

}

$manu1.= tep_draw_hidden_field('sort', $HTTP_GET_VARS['sort']);

while ($filterlist = tep_db_fetch_array($filterlist_query)) {

$options[] = array('id' => $filterlist['id'], 'text' => $filterlist['name']);

}

$manu1.= tep_draw_pull_down_menu('filter_id', $options, (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['filter_id']) ? $HTTP_GET_VARS['filter_id'] : ''), 'onchange="this.form.submit()"');

$manu1.= '</form></td></tr></table>' . "\n";

}

// Get the right image for the top-right

$image = DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'table_background_list.gif';

if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'])) {

$image = tep_db_query("select manufacturers_image from " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS . " where manufacturers_id = '" . (int)$HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'] . "'");

$image = tep_db_fetch_array($image);

$image = $image['manufacturers_image'];

} elseif ($current_category_id) {

$image = tep_db_query("select categories_image from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " where categories_id = '" . (int)$current_category_id . "'");

$image = tep_db_fetch_array($image);

$image = $image['categories_image'];

}

?>

<?php include(DIR_WS_MODULES . FILENAME_PRODUCT_LISTING); ?>

<?

} else {

?>

<?php include(DIR_WS_MODULES . FILENAME_NEW_PRODUCTS); ?>

<? } ?>

</td>

</table>

</td></tr>

<?php require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'footer.php'); ?>

</body>

</html>

<?php require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'application_bottom.php'); ?>

==================

end

and where my catalogue\includes\languages\english\index..

======

<?php

/*

$Id: index.php,v 1.1 2003/06/11 17:38:00 hpdl Exp $

osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions

http://www.oscommerce.com

Copyright ? 2003 osCommerce

Released under the GNU General Public License

*/

define('TEXT_MAIN', '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. <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="2"><tr><td class="main" valign="top">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'default/1.gif') . '</td><td class="main" valign="top">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.</td></tr><td class="main" valign="top">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'default/2.gif') . '</td><td class="main" valign="top">Editing Page Texts The text shown here can be modified in the following file, on each language basis: [path to catalog]/includes/languages/' . $language . '/' . FILENAME_DEFAULT . ' That file can be edited manually, or via the Administration Tool with the Languages->' . ucfirst($language) . '->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 <a href="http://www.php.net/define" target="_blank">here</a>.</td></tr><tr><td class="main" valign="top">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'default/3.gif') . '</td><td class="main" valign="top">Securing The Administration Tool It is important to secure the Administration Tool as there is currently no security implementation available.</td></tr><tr><td class="main" valign="top">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'default/4.gif') . '</td><td class="main" valign="top">Online Documentation Online documentation can be read at the <a href="http://www.oscommerce.info" target="_blank">osCommerce Knowledge Base</a> site. Community support is available at the <a href="http://www.oscommerce.com/forums" target="_blank">osCommerce Community Support Forums</a> site.</td></tr></table> If you wish to download the solution powering this shop, or if you wish to contribute to the osCommerce project, please visit the <a href="http://www.oscommerce.com" target="_blank">support site of osCommerce</a>. This shop is running on osCommerce version ' . PROJECT_VERSION . '.');

define('TABLE_HEADING_NEW_PRODUCTS', 'New Products For %s');

define('TABLE_HEADING_UPCOMING_PRODUCTS', 'Upcoming Products');

define('TABLE_HEADING_DATE_EXPECTED', 'Date Expected');

if ( ($category_depth == 'products') || (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'])) ) {

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Let\'s See What We Have Here');

define('TABLE_HEADING_IMAGE', '');

define('TABLE_HEADING_MODEL', 'Model');

define('TABLE_HEADING_PRODUCTS', 'Product Name');

define('TABLE_HEADING_MANUFACTURER', 'Manufacturer');

define('TABLE_HEADING_QUANTITY', 'Quantity');

define('TABLE_HEADING_PRICE', 'Price');

define('TABLE_HEADING_WEIGHT', 'Weight');

define('TABLE_HEADING_BUY_NOW', 'Buy Now');

define('TEXT_NO_PRODUCTS', 'There are no products to list in this category.');

define('TEXT_NO_PRODUCTS2', 'There is no product available from this manufacturer.');

define('TEXT_NUMBER_OF_PRODUCTS', 'Number of Products: ');

define('TEXT_SHOW', 'Show:');

define('TEXT_BUY', 'Buy 1 \'');

define('TEXT_NOW', '\' now');

define('TEXT_ALL_CATEGORIES', 'All Categories');

define('TEXT_ALL_MANUFACTURERS', 'All Manufacturers');

} elseif ($category_depth == 'top') {

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'What\'s New Here?');

} elseif ($category_depth == 'nested') {

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Categories');

}

?>

======

end

squeekit · October 5, 2006

LOL - OF COURSE - TEMPLATES!!! LOL

templates are a whole 'nother story -- lol lol -- basically / typically they work like substitutes -- although i am not familier with the template you might be using - they commonly work like this...

when using templates...

whatever theme you might be using the php looks in that theme's folder first (it's almost like the main folder - almost, sort of) - what ever files that the php needs that are in the theme's folder it will use - if the php needs a file or something that isn't in the themes folder then the php falls back to use the default (original) files --- SO, if you're using a template then instead of looking at editing catalog/index.php and catalog/includes/languages/english/index.php you should be looking to edit these files in your template folder >> example: catalog/"template-folder"/index.php and catalog/"template-folder"/includes/languages/english/index.php < whatever the path may be to your "template-folder" --- that's typically how those things work...

jpweber · October 6, 2006

I'm very unfamiliar with templates; I don't get involved in them, but if I was a betting man, I'd say your editing goes right here:

<td width="497" valign="top">

<?php

if ($category_depth == 'nested') {

$category_query = tep_db_query("select cd.categories_name, c.categories_image from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd where c.categories_id = '" . (int)$current_category_id . "' and cd.categories_id = '" . (int)$current_category_id . "' and cd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "'");

$category = tep_db_fetch_array($category_query);

?>

SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY, YOUR TEXT WILL END UP HERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S DONE WITH TEMPLATES -- IF YOU HAVE TO PHP DEFINE IT, OR IF YOU HARD CODE IT IN WITH HTML. YOU HAVE TO READ THE TEMPLATEMONSTER INSTRUCTIONS.

<?php include(DIR_WS_MODULES . FILENAME_NEW_PRODUCTS); ?>

<?

} elseif ($category_depth == 'products' || isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'])) {

I'm really surprised that your purchased template from template monster didn't come with simple instructions, however. If I were you, I'd Download Crimnson Editor -- so click "download", save to your desktop, and double click it, and install it. Open up Crimson Editor, and do a search / find in files .... and search for the text that appears on your main page. It would have helped if you'd have given us a link. Anyway, search for that, and find out where in the heck templatemonster puts it, and then you'll know what to edit.

squeekit · October 6, 2006

Jason, right on! Advanced search is definately the best - that way the actual text to be edited can be searched for - more than once at these forums i've recommended such ;) and particularly here - the best suggestion yet :)

----------

however, sidenote...

i use templates but not with osc -- but if they work with osc like they do with other php scripts - and i suspect they do - then editing any file outside of the template folder when there is a file of the same name (and relative location) in the template folder is 100% useless

let me explain...

pretend below is the directory structure:

catalog

--- images

--- languages

------- english

--- templates

------- design

----------- images

----------- languages

--------------- english

in the above example any image in the catalog/templates/design/images/ folder will be used instead of the images in catalog/images/ folder -- for example if "banner.jpg" is in both the locations mentioned the "banner.jpg" in catalog/templates/design/images/ will be the one used - if there is no "banner.jpg" in catalog/templates/design/images/ then the one in catalog/images/ will be the one used...

this means if there is an "index.php" in catalog/templates/design/ then it will be used instead of the "index.php" in catalog/ ---

soooo..........

if templates are being used then the location of the files that we've been directing the target editing for would/could, well, just plain wrong...

as i said i do not use templates with osc - so i don't know how those folders are set up - but at least now we got a possible cause behind our ineffectual help :) --- hence i release the "LOL" --- also note there are a few varitions on the template example i gave above - but the basics are there none the less...

---------

AND YES --- an advanced search is the ticket ;)

kleines · October 6, 2006

Ok, I changed my index.php to look like this, however the main page of my website has not changed at all. I really don't understand what I'm doing wrong. I have tried playing around with it, removing and adding things, but then I get a parse error.

<?php

/*

$Id: index.php,v 1.1 2003/06/11 17:38:00 hpdl Exp $

osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions

http://www.oscommerce.com

Released under the GNU General Public License

*/

define('TEXT_MAIN', '

NOTE TO ALL CUSTOMERS:

We will be out of town Oct. 9-15, 2006. All orders received by midnight on Saturday 10/07/06, will be shipped on Monday 10/09/06. All orders received after that will be shipped on Monday 10/16/06. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Thank You!

');

define('TABLE_HEADING_NEW_PRODUCTS', 'New Products For %s');

define('TABLE_HEADING_UPCOMING_PRODUCTS', 'Upcoming Products');

define('TABLE_HEADING_DATE_EXPECTED', 'Date Expected');

if ( ($category_depth == 'products') || (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'])) ) {

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Let\'s See What We Have Here');

define('TABLE_HEADING_IMAGE', '');

define('TABLE_HEADING_MODEL', 'Model');

define('TABLE_HEADING_PRODUCTS', 'Product Name');

define('TABLE_HEADING_MANUFACTURER', 'Manufacturer');

define('TABLE_HEADING_QUANTITY', 'Quantity');

define('TABLE_HEADING_PRICE', 'Price');

define('TABLE_HEADING_WEIGHT', 'Weight');

define('TABLE_HEADING_BUY_NOW', 'Buy Now');

define('TEXT_NO_PRODUCTS', 'There are no products to list in this category.');

define('TEXT_NO_PRODUCTS2', 'There is no product available from this manufacturer.');

define('TEXT_NUMBER_OF_PRODUCTS', 'Number of Products: ');

define('TEXT_SHOW', 'Show:');

define('TEXT_BUY', 'Buy 1 \'');

define('TEXT_NOW', '\' now');

define('TEXT_ALL_CATEGORIES', 'All Categories');

define('TEXT_ALL_MANUFACTURERS', 'All Manufacturers');

} elseif ($category_depth == 'top') {

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'What\'s New Here?');

} elseif ($category_depth == 'nested') {

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Categories');

}

?>

jpweber · October 6, 2006

Can you please provide a URL please?

squeekit · October 6, 2006

Kleines, OK Great! --- you are almost done...

Jason asks you this:

Can you please provide a URL please?

because he wants to be sure that you made the edit you mention on the file includes/languages/english/index.php

(or as some call it catalog/includes/languages/english/index.php)

--- I am going to assume the answer to Jason's question is "YES" (am i right to assume that ;) ?????)

now open your index.php from your main folder (or as some call it catalog/index.php)

-- the very bottom of that page should look something like this...

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[ --- NOTE: TOP OF PAGE HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SIMPLICITY --- ]

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

<tr>

</tr>

<tr>

</tr>

<tr>

<td class="main"><?php echo TEXT_MAIN; ?></td>

</tr>

<tr>

</tr>

<tr>

</tr>

<?php

include(DIR_WS_MODULES . FILENAME_UPCOMING_PRODUCTS);

?>

</table></td>

</tr>

</table></td>

<?php

}

?>

<td width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH; ?>" valign="top"><table border="0" width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH; ?>" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">

<?php require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'column_right.php'); ?>

</table></td>

</tr>

</table>

<?php require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'footer.php'); ?>

</body>

</html>

<?php require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'application_bottom.php'); ?>

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[ --- NOTE: END OF PAGE --- ]

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

Notice that <td class="main"><?php echo TEXT_MAIN; ?></td> is the important line you are looking for...

UNLESS you are using a Template system with your shop...

If that line is there then it "SHOULD" work -- if it is not there and you put it there then it "SHOULD" work...

UNLESS you are using a Template system with your shop...

IF you are using a Template system with your shop...

then the files you have been editing are being replaced with files from your template -- and you will have to edit the files in your template to get it to work...

just to check if you are using a template, let us know if you have any other folders in your main folder other than the following...

- admin

- download

- images

- includes

- pub

of course if it works now, you don't have to answer the question directly above ;)

kleines · October 6, 2006

Thank you sooooooooooooooooooooo much, you rock. I finally got up at 5AM and started working on this and paypal ipn, I thought if I mess it up, I'll have a fresh back up :). The main page finally displays the message. I can't help you enough. Now I have to figure out the paypal ipn and how to add extra images and then I'll be good to go.

Thank you so much you guys!!!

jpweber · October 6, 2006

I can't help you enough.

Vanja, it's "I can't THANK you enough" for future reference. Basically, all you're doing when you say what you said is complimenting yourself, and thanking/praising yourself for your good work. You're saying that you've been helping us so much for so long, and we continue to need help, and you can't help us enough.

I'm sure you realize that the default paypal module that comes with OSC doesn't work. I'm not pro-Paypal, but I do know that in order to get it to work on here, you have to install this contribution: http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,2679/

Then you have to go to yoru paypal business account, and click 'profile', and then 'instant payment notification preferences'. Then you point to your ipn.php, which will be something like http://www.yoursite.com/ext/modules/paymen...pal_ipn/ipn.php.

Then you go into your ADMIN section and configure things in your newly installed Paypal IPN (you put your paypal business account username, password, etc.).

kleines · October 6, 2006

I'm so sorry. I meant to say THANK you enough. I wrote that at 5AM, give me a break. Thank you for all your help. I cannot THANK you enough, better :)?

February 23, 2007

Great answer! It even help me! I might be able to upgrade from my abacus yet.

thanks to all,

Jim

You're missing a line of code. It should be like this:

define('TEXT_MAIN', '

Put whatever you want here

');

define('TABLE_HEADING_NEW_PRODUCTS', 'New Products For %s');

define('TABLE_HEADING_UPCOMING_PRODUCTS', 'Upcoming Products');

etc., etc. etc.

And of course, all color changes, etc., are done with your catalog/stylesheet.css. Just change things and upload, refresh your browser. Change, upload, refresh. Here are the Basics For Design Change for you to review and use as a reference. Good luck.

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