How to edit my php files?

[hqizil]

I've searched for weeks on information on how to edit the php files for my site. I have no experience with php at all and only recently began using OsCommerce due to money restraints. I downloaded DzSoft PhP editor and still can not figure out how to edit, for example, my about.php to show the text I want.

 

To see how far I was able to get you can go to www.hqemart.biz and click the "about us" tab. It simply takes you to a separate html page, which is what I created in DzSoft. Apparently it's not as simple as creating the about us in html and then saving it as a php file, because that's what I did. I then replaced the about us in my catalog folder of the store. Obviously not right.

 

Can anyone simplify this process for me? I will need to edit my contact us, FAQ and about us.

[davidinottawa]

I've searched for weeks on information on how to edit the php files for my site. I have no experience with php at all and only recently began using OsCommerce due to money restraints. I downloaded DzSoft PhP editor and still can not figure out how to edit, for example, my about.php to show the text I want.

 

To see how far I was able to get you can go to www.hqemart.biz and click the "about us" tab. It simply takes you to a separate html page, which is what I created in DzSoft. Apparently it's not as simple as creating the about us in html and then saving it as a php file, because that's what I did. I then replaced the about us in my catalog folder of the store. Obviously not right.

 

Can anyone simplify this process for me? I will need to edit my contact us, FAQ and about us.

 

download editplus at http://editplus.com

downlaod your entire site to your local computer

open the about.php

inside there will be something like : echo TEXT_ABOUT

echo means 'print to screen'

this text is control in separate files called language files.

these language files are at /include/languages/english.php and also all the files in the /include/languages/english/* directory.

 

inside one of these files wil be the text for the about us page - and every other page on your site.

if you want to edit the text, then change the text in the appropriate language file, and re-upload into the correct directory.

if you want to edit the placement of the text, move the :

<? echo TEXT_ABOUT_WHATEVER ?>

line in the page you are referencing.

 

here is a sample of the language file :

http://oscommerce-reference.swisscart.com/...php.source.html

 

be careful what you edit - AND ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR FILE BEFORE EDITTING.

If you put in a word with a single quote like : don't

you have to escape the apostrophe like this :

don\'t

 

hth, david