This osCommerce site design

[Danny Buzzby]

hi there

 

i am wondering how to make a site like this. here are a few links from the site to show how not like a normal oscommerce site this is:

http://www.terraplana.com/index.php

http://www.terraplana.com/privacy.php

http://www.terraplana.com/accessories-c-155.html

http://www.terraplana.com/womens-c-154.html

 

i think this has something to do with STS. i have dabbled a little with STS but cannot get my designs to look like this? what is the best way to get this happening?

 

any help is much appreciated

[burt]

Put bluntly, you need to master a very steep learning curve. I think that even the most experienced designer/developer here would see that as a good sized project.

 

STS -not- needed. It RARELY is. That's not saying it's not a useful tool, it is overused. Just start by hacking at the core code of osC.

[Hotclutch]

Also, the site might look good, but there is a lot lacking for SEO. Rather put that in place first, and then change the look afterwards.

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/topic/139426-basics-for-design/

[Danny Buzzby]

hi there

 

forgive me ignorance but looking at these files i see that there is nothing for the central column. i am thinking that includes/languages/english/index.php controls this. what i am after is to be able to display a totally different index page. i dont want to have any left or right column information, rather i just want to have links to categories placed wherever i want them (eg, under the main header image). there is a way of commenting out the left and right columns for the index only to have it return for the other pages but i just not sure how to go about it. i understand that STS is overated and doesnt have to be used. i am fine with that.

[Hotclutch]

hi there

 

forgive me ignorance but looking at these files i see that there is nothing for the central column. i am thinking that includes/languages/english/index.php controls this. what i am after is to be able to display a totally different index page. i dont want to have any left or right column information, rather i just want to have links to categories placed wherever i want them (eg, under the main header image). there is a way of commenting out the left and right columns for the index only to have it return for the other pages but i just not sure how to go about it. i understand that STS is overated and doesnt have to be used. i am fine with that.

 

The page that controls the homepage is index.php in the root directory. The one you refer to contains definitions used in index.php... and I suppose you can get what you want by removing the call to column_left.php and column_right.php in index.php

[binkycrafts]

I am looking for the same thing but removing the call to column left will mean that as soon as a category link (not from column left) is clicked and you move to a second page the left column will not return. As far as I can see what is needed is some kind of if statement to remove the left column on index.php but for inpex.php?cPath=1 and above the left column should be visible. The next issue for me is how to display the category thumbs in the middle of the page but still have them based on the database content? I could simply write the page in html hard code to the category sub pages but this is not ideal.

 

The first step is to conditionally remove column left so I too would appreciate any help. (hope I am not taking over the thread??)

 

Many thanks,