New To Oscommerce I Want To Change Front Page Stuff

[allyearroundbirds]

hi can anyone help im trying to change something on my front page

can anyone guide me how to

thanks rob

[hostyork]

What do you want to change?

[allyearroundbirds]

What do you want to change?

hi thanks from control panel i need to know which files to go to to change wording on my front page of my shop not my website

 

http://allyearroundbirds.com/catalog/

 

 

thanks rob

[hostyork]

hi thanks from control panel i need to know which files to go to to change wording on my front page of my shop not my website

 

http://allyearroundbirds.com/catalog/

thanks rob

 

Dont think you can do it within the shop admin. I have never done.

 

You need to alter the

 

/includes/languages/english/index.php file

 

If you are using apostrophies in your text you also need to escape them!

 

eg. it's will be it\'s

 

You need to alter

 

define('TEXT_MAIN', 'This is a defaul\'t setup of the osCommerce project.....

 

Hope this helps

[♥Vger]

To clarify how you edit files:

 

1. Most files with on-page text you wish to edit will be found in includes/languages/english.php or in the includes/languages/english/ folder. Payment, Shipping text etc. will be found in includes/languages/english/modules/

 

2. Download the file to be edited via FTP

 

3. Before you start to edit it - take a backup of the file you downloaded, so you'll always have a file you can restore from if things go wrong.

 

4. Edit the file in a plain text editor like Notepad, Text Pad or Crimson Editor - DO NOT use Word or Wordp pad, they are not plain text editors.

 

5. If the text contains apostrophies then they must be 'escaped' with a preceeding backslash e.g.

 

Let's = wrong

Let\'s = right

 

6. Upload the edited file to the correct place, and if you have problems you can restore with the unedited backup you took.

 

7. Don't use the osCommerce File Manager to edit files - even after the update of it you'll still have problems if you use it.

 

Vger

[harvinder]

A suggestion!

 

It seems to me that many shops upload very large pictures for their catalog although it is very good for the customer as they can view very big pictures but on the other hand it takes quite a time to load it. So, I think rather than uploading large image file for catalog you shuold try a bit smaller ones for faster browsing of the website or you mey want to decrease the picture quality for making your site a bit faster for your customers!!!