marcygiff Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 I am trying to set up a very simple cart w/ 6 products and I a little overwhelmed. Here's a couple initial questions: 1. I am getting the following error when I view the catalog: Warning: I am able to write to the configuration file: /home/barkersc/public_html/osc/includes/configure.php. This is a potential security risk - please set the right user permissions on this file. What am I doing wrong? 2. The products display the British flag instead of the US flag. How do I change this? 3. I need to charge individual shipping/handling amounts based on how many items they order (i.e. 1 pkg, shipping = $4.70, 2-3 pkgs, shipping =$6.05, 4-5 pkgs, shipping = $9.00, etc.). Can I do this simply or am I better off setting up the USPS module. If I use the USPS shipping module, how hard is it to set up? 4. We are shipping from Ohio and each county w/in the state has a separate tax rate. What do I need to do so that anything shipping w/in Ohio is charged the right amount of tax? Is this already built in or do I need to do something separate? 5. I am using PayPal Website Standard for payment processing. I added the PayPal module and put in the e-mail address. Is it as simple as that to have it checkout through PayPal or do I need to do something else? Thanks so much for any help you can give me. I'm sure I'll have lots more questions as time goes on but that should get me started for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 1 - change the permissions on the includes/configure.php file to 444. 2 - change the image at includes/languages/english/images. You generally receive better answers if you post your questions separately and in the support thread for the contribution they are about. It is easier for you to post them all at once but harder for the people trying to help you. Jack Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgt Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 1. You can set this with your FTP client or via your host's file manager (usually found through your control panel.) You want to make sure the file is not writeable. Ask your host for assistance if you cannot figure out how to do it. 2. http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,4639 3. Look through the contributions section. I found one immediately, but there are probably others: http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,928 4. http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,2956 Also see search page: http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contri...arch,tax+county 5. Yes, though you might want to install a contribution like paypal IPN. Also, read through this post to make sure you've got paypal set up right: http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?sho...184766&st=0 Contributions Discount Coupon Codes Donations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNemo Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 I am trying to set up a very simple cart w/ 6 products and I a little overwhelmed. Here's a couple initial questions: 1. I am getting the following error when I view the catalog: Warning: I am able to write to the configuration file: /home/barkersc/public_html/osc/includes/configure.php. This is a potential security risk - please set the right user permissions on this file. What am I doing wrong? OK, the easiest way for me to do this was that I used filezilla to ftp to my site. this is an awsome program. Use filezilla, ftp in, find your directory with the configuration.php(should be osc/includes/configuration.php or close to that) and right click on the file and go down to attributes. Make sure that only read permissions are applied(the numeric value should be 644). If you have not already, I would go into your install directory and delete the install.php file right away. This is a big security risk. 2. The products display the British flag instead of the US flag. How do I change this? in order to change this you will actually have to find the image directory this british flag pic pulls from and make an american flag image with the exact same proportions and write over it with the same file name. This will fake the system into thinking it is still the british flag in a sense. You can do this same thing for whatever images you want changed. But all the british flag is there for is to show the language is english since england is the founder of the english language, not america. 3. I need to charge individual shipping/handling amounts based on how many items they order (i.e. 1 pkg, shipping = $4.70, 2-3 pkgs, shipping =$6.05, 4-5 pkgs, shipping = $9.00, etc.). Can I do this simply or am I better off setting up the USPS module. If I use the USPS shipping module, how hard is it to set up? I can't help much with this unfortunately. All i do is have the company I have my merchant account through add the shipping and tax costs to the item when the cart sends it over to their end. You do have to option to go the adminstration>configuration>shipping and packaging. in here you can set your local zip code which will let the system determine the shipping costs according to the buyers zip code that he entered when he registered his/her account. I usually turn this feature off and let my merchant account do it for me. 4. We are shipping from Ohio and each county w/in the state has a separate tax rate. What do I need to do so that anything shipping w/in Ohio is charged the right amount of tax? Is this already built in or do I need to do something separate? read comment for #3 5. I am using PayPal Website Standard for payment processing. I added the PayPal module and put in the e-mail address. Is it as simple as that to have it checkout through PayPal or do I need to do something else? yes, it is that easy. you go through all the checkout steps on the oscommerce side, and then once the buyer has to enter credit card info and the like, they get sent over to paypal. Once they finsih checking out and paying, paypal will send them right back to your shopping cart Thanks so much for any help you can give me. I'm sure I'll have lots more questions as time goes on but that should get me started for now. I hope this has helped. Let me know if you need anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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