ciscoeuk Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Hi all, this is my first post, please be kind! i have serveral minor issue, so i am asking for help, please i have osc 2.2 install fresh, with STS install, i have read the docs related to designing a STS website, but this is here i am coming a little unstuck, i am a dreamweaver user cs3, in layout format, and my php is very limited! 1, i need to make the whole site UK base, VAT, counties, channel island, etc but with euro option turn on workout most of it but is there an mod/Addon that can set the site up direct?? 2, i need a muti-shipping mod, that can set up for a flat rate per item, as i have several items that weigh from 100kg to 350kg each, all require a fix shipping price for that item not just a generic one, i get charged by item size and weight, is there a mod out there, also is there a zone shipping mod for the uk, ie zone 1 = scotland, zone 2 = nothern irland/Ise of man, zone 3 = channel Island etc? 3, i trying to replicate a website simular to This site, i want to make the product listings the same in a tabbed format, (check both side & top links) especially the photo bit where you can have several pics with mouse over enlargment, ideally i would like to make my site simular to the layout with a few mod to the boxes to be dispalyed and colours, plus add a "recently purchase" box under the product pages, please look at the whole site to give you an idea. 4, is there a mod/addon that can send a confirmation of purchase html email, and then auto create a pdf invoice with company logo for printing and shipping label? 5. how do you incorporate flash banners and logos see laguna tools main page, i would like to have a events booking page where a person can book in on "Demo Days" 6, is there a mod/addon that can import/export the product dataBase to csv/excel/access DB, format to include images 7, What is the best addons to get me started? 8, which is the best OSC version 3 or v2.2* to start any & all hellp greatly apprechated, all the best richard All the best & Kind Regards Richard Armstrong AKA Ciscoeuk all help greatly apprecated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciscoeuk Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 forgot ask about RRP being listed on the products page and have the word "Our Price = " All the best & Kind Regards Richard Armstrong AKA Ciscoeuk all help greatly apprecated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Nevis Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 There are lots of questions there, some of them very wide, and without meaning to seem unhelpful, I would suggest you should look through the contribution section yourself to identify modules that sound like they might do what you want in various specific ways. Many contributions have their own support threads where you can ask further questions if need be about them. I would only say this in relation to your last two questions: use osc 2.2. osc 3.0 is not ready yet, and you should start by installing the various security addons. www.jyoshna.com. Currently using OsC with STS, Super Download Store, Categories Descriptons, Manufacturers Description, Individual Item Status, Infopages unlimited, Product Sort, Osplayer with flashmp3player, Product Tabs 2.1 with WebFx Tabpane and other bits and pieces including some I made myself. Many thanks to all whose contributions I have used! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPhil Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Don't bother using Dreamweaver. It will be useless for PHP coding. You might as well learn to use a real text (flat file) source editor (ViM or Notepad++ in particular). 1, 2, and 3 are likely possible, and add-ons may already exist for some of them. Be sure to look through the add-ons catalog on this site, and search the forum for likely keywords to see how others have approached this. It's possible that you may have to write your own code for some things. 4, is there a mod/addon that can send a confirmation of purchase html email, and then auto create a pdf invoice with company logo for printing and shipping label? Out of the box, I believe that you get one email to you, and one to the buyer. There is an add-on somewhere for a second email if you need it. There should be a way to turn on HTML in emails. You'd have to look at the add-ons to see if there's anything for PDF production. If not, you'd need to take the shipping information and feed it to some word processor or markup language (via cut and paste) and produce a PDF. 5. how do you incorporate flash banners and logos see laguna tools main page, i would like to have a events booking page where a person can book in on "Demo Days" People add Flash banners and such all the time. Do a search on this forum. It basically involves finding the <img> code for the image you want to replace and replacing it with an embedded object HTML code to run Flash. Don't forget that the fancier you get with such things, the more customers you'll alienate if 1) it makes your site load very slowly or 2) customers who don't have a Flash player installed can't see your page, or are pestered with requests to download a player. For a "booking page", you can look at the add-ons. If nothing, you can look through the forum to see what instructions people have been given to create their own pages (to fit in with the rest of osC) and write your own with a simple form-to-email or some kind of calendar function. 6, is there a mod/addon that can import/export the product dataBase to csv/excel/access DB, format to include images phpMyAdmin (a MySQL database maintenance GUI) can Export to many databases, spreadsheets, and CSV files, as well as the .sql format. Images are not stored in the database, but are kept as separate files. They would have to be copied or backed up separately from the database. There are some add-ons to go the other way, and populate your database from CSV files. 7, What is the best addons to get me started? Other than various security-related add-ons, it really depends on what you're looking to do! Browse around the add-ons part of the site and/or come up with a specific task you need to do and ask if there are any add-ons that can do it. 8, which is the best OSC version 3 or v2.2* to start As version 3 is still in "alpha" (and has been for over a year), I would not use it. 2.2RC2a is the current mainstream/production release, and is quite stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥geoffreywalton Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 There is a link to a contribution to "UK your site" in the useful links thread in my signature block. G Need help installing add ons/contributions, cleaning a hacked site or a bespoke development, check my profile Virus Threat Scanner My Contributions Basic install answers. Click here for Contributions / Add Ons. UK your site. Site Move. Basic design info. For links mentioned in old answers that are no longer here follow this link Useful Threads. If this post was useful, click the Like This button over there ======>>>>>. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciscoeuk Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 thanks all who repled found a pdf in addons and got that to work, found a couple more i was looking for, got them to work just the RRP/our price to work out??? i need to work out how to turn on & off discounts and vouchers, i will ask for further help All the best & Kind Regards Richard Armstrong AKA Ciscoeuk all help greatly apprecated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥geoffreywalton Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Try product extra fields add on Need help installing add ons/contributions, cleaning a hacked site or a bespoke development, check my profile Virus Threat Scanner My Contributions Basic install answers. Click here for Contributions / Add Ons. UK your site. Site Move. Basic design info. For links mentioned in old answers that are no longer here follow this link Useful Threads. If this post was useful, click the Like This button over there ======>>>>>. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciscoeuk Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 Try product extra fields add on thanks geoff will these addon work with errrrrr , oscmax? All the best & Kind Regards Richard Armstrong AKA Ciscoeuk all help greatly apprecated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageStoreDesigner Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Don't bother using Dreamweaver. It will be useless for PHP coding. You might as well learn to use a real text (flat file) source editor (ViM or Notepad++ in particular). Nonsense. I've used Dreamweaver CS3 for years and find it invaluable for PHP coding, especially for OScommerce coding. The code editing features surpass anything Notepad offers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciscoeuk Posted December 8, 2009 Author Share Posted December 8, 2009 Nonsense. I've used Dreamweaver CS3 for years and find it invaluable for PHP coding, especially for OScommerce coding. The code editing features surpass anything Notepad offers. thanks i totally agree, using sts is great for front page and other templates, but my php is limited been trying yo understand it for 3 years, i learn by watching i need to customise the reg/login page, still trying to work that out, i need to add x sell but i will do that on my local computer before live upload also trying to work out how to turn certain boxes off i have looked at oscmax that has an info box control is there an addon? would like to kill the Date Added under each product feature, perm! not requied for the products i intend to sell but still having problems working out on how to make a custom footer with info box links, so i can turn off that box, with "txt" osc and copyright to the right etc any and all help would be great, so if you have time please point me in the direction or posts i need to read? All the best & Kind Regards Richard Armstrong AKA Ciscoeuk all help greatly apprecated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageStoreDesigner Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 would like to kill the Date Added under each product feature, perm! not requied for the products i intend to sell I found the Date Added feature not useful for our store (we are selling service parts for water chillers and temperature controllers). So, I commented out this statement on the products_info.php file... I changed the original <?php echo sprintf(TEXT_DATE_ADDED, tep_date_long($product_info['products_date_added'])); ?> to <?php // echo sprintf(TEXT_DATE_ADDED, tep_date_long($product_info['products_date_added'])); ?>. Hope that helps! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciscoeuk Posted December 8, 2009 Author Share Posted December 8, 2009 I found the Date Added feature not useful for our store (we are selling service parts for water chillers and temperature controllers). So, I commented out this statement on the products_info.php file... I changed the original <?php echo sprintf(TEXT_DATE_ADDED, tep_date_long($product_info['products_date_added'])); ?> to <?php // echo sprintf(TEXT_DATE_ADDED, tep_date_long($product_info['products_date_added'])); ?>. Hope that helps! Thanks. thanks that did help i will sort it soon i would be gratefuk if you can help with any other problems i may incure that would be great!????? All the best & Kind Regards Richard Armstrong AKA Ciscoeuk all help greatly apprecated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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