Changing CONTACT US page.

[DazJ]

Hi!

 

First of all, I just want to say what an amazing program OSCommerce is. It's a brilliant piece of work and I'm very thankful for it.

 

Right, my question...My host has tweaked send_mail so that emails from my website can only be sent to customers with the same email as my host. Pathetic, I know.

 

So, what I'm wanting to do is simply change the CONTACT US, remove the fields, and have it simply say:

 

"If you have any queries, comments or suggestions then please send us an email at [email protected]"

 

How do I go about this?

 

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Yours, Daz.

[vasttech]

If your hosting company is only allowing e-mails to be sent to people who are using the same host then I would switch hosts without looking back. If they are that strict on something like that then you are going to have more problems down the road.

[kirikintha]

You just answered your own question, take out everything you don't need ( all the dynamic code ) and replace it with just plain old text. You don't even need to get into the guts of the program - be careful and back up

 

Also - Jeff is correct - if you can only send mail in your own domain - then your hosting company has serious issues with security - there is no reason sendmail should care about what domain you are on or sending too. Sounds like them trying to upsell you into something.

[DazJ]

Thanks for the suggestions, lol...Yeah I know, I'm wanting a new host myself but in the meantime, which file do I edit (which folder) and what do I delete and what do I not delete?

 

Cheers!

[kirikintha]

ok - so catalog/contac_us.php is the file - now, what you delete is up to you - just remember to copy the original to a place you won't destroy it and mess with it a bit - it'll be easier in the future if you make some "blind" modifications ands ee what happens - if you have a working backup copy, you can do whatever and go right back to the original if need be.

 

Having said that on contact_us.php

 

you can comment out the code, so you are really not deleting anything

 

like take this:

<?php echo tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '10', '1'); ?>

 

and change it to this:

 

<?php //echo tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '10', '1'); ?>

 

All you've done is hiddent the code from execution. Try that, and then in one of the table cells:

 

<td>Just type in there and see what happens, if you have a backup you can be worry free in making any change!</td>

[DazJ]

ok - so catalog/contac_us.php is the file - now, what you delete is up to you - just remember to copy the original to a place you won't destroy it and mess with it a bit - it'll be easier in the future if you make some "blind" modifications ands ee what happens - if you have a working backup copy, you can do whatever and go right back to the original if need be.

 

Having said that on contact_us.php

 

you can comment out the code, so you are really not deleting anything

 

like take this:

<?php echo tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '10', '1'); ?>

 

and change it to this:

 

<?php //echo tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '10', '1'); ?>

 

All you've done is hiddent the code from execution. Try that, and then in one of the table cells:

 

<td>Just type in there and see what happens, if you have a backup you can be worry free in making any change!</td>

 

Problem solved! Thankyou so much!

[csk]

Hi. I'm tring to insert my contact details (text) below the Contact heading. I can't seem to find the right place to insert the text in the code in the Catalog/Contact_Us file.

 

Is there any other way to do this?

 

Help! :angry: