Customizing layout

[FredB]

I'm very new to this and have a question. I want to figure out how to customize the look of an osCommerce store. In the knowledge base under "Changing the ocCommerce logo it tells you to do the following:

 

Using your favorite FTP client, upload your logo to the /catalog/images/ directory of your store.

 

Download the file catalog/includes/header.php and open it in a text editor.

 

When I go to the catalog directory there is nothing in it but an empty index.html page and an images directory that also only contains a blank index.html page. There is no header.php page in the catalog directory. Should there be items in the catalog directory? Did my install go bad? I do have these directories in the root osCommerce directory. Any input would be appreciated as well as any pointers to where to find a good tutorial on osCommerce. For what it's worth, I'm hosted at HostMySite and installed osCommerce through the Plesk Control Panel.

 

Thanks for any help.

 

Fred

[DaKorman]

Hey Fred;

 

Sounds like it might be a bad install.

I have 45 default images in my images directory, (plus now 80 or so of my product images are in that directory too)!

 

Also - there are 7-8 other subfolders in there too.

 

You might want to try to reinstall.

 

-Kory

[♥toyicebear]

I'm very new to this and have a question. I want to figure out how to customize the look of an osCommerce store. In the knowledge base under "Changing the ocCommerce logo it tells you to do the following:

 

Using your favorite FTP client, upload your logo to the /catalog/images/ directory of your store.

 

Download the file catalog/ and open it in a text editor.

 

When I go to the catalog directory there is nothing in it but an empty index.html page and an images directory that also only contains a blank index.html page. There is no header.php page in the catalog directory. Should there be items in the catalog directory? Did my install go bad? I do have these directories in the root osCommerce directory. Any input would be appreciated as well as any pointers to where to find a good tutorial on osCommerce. For what it's worth, I'm hosted at HostMySite and installed osCommerce through the Plesk Control Panel.

 

Thanks for any help.

 

Fred

 

 

The instructions are for a default install where the shop is installed in a folder called /catalog/

 

If its in the root , then it will be just includes/header.php

[FredB]

Thanks for the assist. Leave it to me to have ended up with a non default install!

 

So it appears that it really doesn't matter if the files are in the root as opposed to the /catalog.

 

I'm sure I'll be back with more questions as I go.

 

Thanks again.

 

Fred