georgyp Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 hello there people, i am extremely new to both os commmerce and webmastery, i am attempting to create an online shop selling toys to fund several local charities, however, i am struggling with generally each and every aspect of building this shop, (i think i may have bitten of more than i can chew, is there anyone out there that can spend a little time and help me up and running? kind regards georgy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldpar Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 I am fairly new at working with osCommerce but have made good headway. I may have overcome some issues you mite be now facing. Fire away and we'll see what we can do. Thanks Worldpar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgyp Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 well, basically, im not to sure where to start, erm, firstly i have several hundred photos of my products for sale saved on an independant server, how do i copy the photo url into the product area as there dosent seem to be a facility to add self hosted pictures, ive only found the facility to add a picture if its stored on the computer its self, also how do i place my website logo on the home page of the webpage. regards georgy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldpar Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 "...how do i copy the photo url into the product area" I am assuming you are going to admin to load products one at a time using the browse option to pick the photo to upload. If so... You can copy your image file to "my documents" or "my pitcures" on your pc and upload from there. But with several hundred to do this will take a long time. The fastest way to do this is to download the database to your pc and add the photo urls, copy your images to ../catalog/images and your up and running. But this is a bit more detailed. "also how do i place my website logo on the home page of the webpage" Here again i'm assuming you are talking about replacing your logo for the osCommerce logo at the top left of the page. That is an image. You can change it by adding your logo image at ../catalog/images/oscommerce.gif Make sure to save your logo as oscommerce.gif Let me know if that is of any help and or if you want to know more about loading the database Thanks Worldpar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgyp Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 "...how do i copy the photo url into the product area"I am assuming you are going to admin to load products one at a time using the browse option to pick the photo to upload. If so... You can copy your image file to "my documents" or "my pitcures" on your pc and upload from there. But with several hundred to do this will take a long time. The fastest way to do this is to download the database to your pc and add the photo urls, copy your images to ../catalog/images and your up and running. But this is a bit more detailed. "also how do i place my website logo on the home page of the webpage" Here again i'm assuming you are talking about replacing your logo for the osCommerce logo at the top left of the page. That is an image. You can change it by adding your logo image at ../catalog/images/oscommerce.gif Make sure to save your logo as oscommerce.gif Let me know if that is of any help and or if you want to know more about loading the database lol, yes i will require some more help, i had not the first clue it was going to be nearly so difficult, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgyp Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 "...how do i copy the photo url into the product area"I am assuming you are going to admin to load products one at a time using the browse option to pick the photo to upload. If so... You can copy your image file to "my documents" or "my pitcures" on your pc and upload from there. But with several hundred to do this will take a long time. The fastest way to do this is to download the database to your pc and add the photo urls, copy your images to ../catalog/images and your up and running. But this is a bit more detailed. "also how do i place my website logo on the home page of the webpage" Here again i'm assuming you are talking about replacing your logo for the osCommerce logo at the top left of the page. That is an image. You can change it by adding your logo image at ../catalog/images/oscommerce.gif Make sure to save your logo as oscommerce.gif Let me know if that is of any help and or if you want to know more about loading the database hi there lonnie, me again, sorry, do let me know if im getting on your nerves, i really do not understand the changing of the logo thing, there dosent seem to be facilities to be able to change any of the webpage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldpar Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 lol, yes i will require some more help, i had not the first clue it was going to be nearly so , osCommerce as far as I can tell is a very good program. It seams to load fast it's very functional. But it does take a little getting used to. Changes are not that difficult really it's just a matter of knowing where to look. Do you have any web experince or working with html code? Thanks Worldpar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgyp Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 osCommerce as far as I can tell is a very good program. It seams to load fast it's very functional. But it does take a little getting used to. Changes are not that difficult really it's just a matter of knowing where to look.Do you have any web experince or working with html code? NO, not at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldpar Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 To edit that osCommerce.gif you need a photo editor that will allow you to add text and images to you photos to create your logo or find a picture you like for your logo and add your text to it. I use MS PitcureIt. I'm sorry to say that you do indeed have your hands full. I use MS FrontPage to edit my websites. You need a way to upload and download files to your server. There are several really good free html editors that will do the job. But having no experience with even html editor software puts you at a disadvantage. Because osCommerce is written in php and some fixes have to be made in the code itself. Thanks Worldpar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgyp Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 To edit that osCommerce.gif you need a photo editor that will allow you to add text and images to you photos to create your logo or find a picture you like for your logo and add your text to it. I use MS PitcureIt. I'm sorry to say that you do indeed have your hands full. I use MS FrontPage to edit my websites. You need a way to upload and download files to your server. There are several really good free html editors that will do the job. But having no experience with even html editor software puts you at a disadvantage. Because osCommerce is written in php and some fixes have to be made in the code itself. ok, well i have microsoft front page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldpar Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 open fp, then file\new\one page web\ok After you create the web go to file\import\from site and follow the wizard to download your site to your pc. Once you do that you can get to everything you need Thanks Worldpar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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