osCommerce 2.2-MS2 upgrade to Online Merchant v2.2 RC2a

[Leo1861]

Hi,

 

Please excuse me, but I am completely new to this. After investigating a number of eCommerce software, I have decided on osCommerce. I have a multiple domains and hosting plans to experiment with.

 

On one of the domains I downloaded a template loaded with osCommerce v2.2-MS2 install folder, which I have installed successfully into my Linux host. On another domain I requested my host provider to install osCommerce Online Merchant v2.2 RC2a. The latter came with the standard template. However, I have discovered that there are a number of features available in v2.2 RC2a and not in v2.2-MS2, such as administrator list for example.

 

My questions are:

 

1- How can I upgrade from v2.2-MS2 to v2.2 RC2a without affecting my template skin and setup?

 

2- Which files from v2.2-MS2 template can I copy to v2.2 RC2a hosting folder to achieve the same look of the template (skin)?

 

3- Which files that I can edit in, say Dreamweaver, so I can change the skin of an existing osCommerce based website?

 

Many thanks,

 

Leo1861

[spax]

1 and 2, Download RC2 and all the changes are documented within the package. http://www.oscommerce.com/solutions/downloads

3, You need to "skin" the root level files, includes/column_left.php, includes/column_right.php, includes/header.php and includes/footer.php.

 

You won't be able to see your changes in Dreamweaver. For that, you either have to upload the changed files as you do them (very slow) or preferably, set up a local server using WAMP, XAMPP etc.

[♥joli1811]

Hi,

 

I found this very useful when upgrading the database.

 

http://addons.oscommerce.com/info/6467

 

John

[Jan Zonjee]

I found this very useful when upgrading the database.

Perhaps, just perhaps, this contribution might be a tiny bit useful too.

[Leo1861]

Thanks all,

 

I'll try all the suggestions and let you know how I got on.

 

Thx

 

Leo 1861