Needing to know about the files

[Guest]

Hi i have just installed a Oscommerce template onto a sub domain. and i am willing to have a bash at this my self in changing a few things on the actual template.

 

I want to change the create an account to a membership fee account, however i have read so many books now and also been on many forums to try and find out how this program actually works.

 

This is basically what i am needing to know and i hope you can kindly help me out?

 

 

I need to know the structure of the Oscommerce for Create an Account, about us etc etc i,e where the files are what files i have got to change.

 

here is a link of the site structure i have uploaded to a sub-domain for playing with: http://www.buildaweb.eu/reselleverything2

 

 

Please let me recap here so i am clear i hope anyway :)

 

1. I want to change the customer create an account to a membership page.

 

2. add other internal html pages to the site like FAQS, Terms, Affiliates etc

 

3. Make all products to DownLoad only

 

So i need to know where to find these pages so that i can attempt to edit everything to work the way i want it to work.

 

I Really Hope i am clear "Sorry indvance if i am not".

 

Thanks

 

Molie

[multimixer]

I need to know the structure of the Oscommerce for Create an Account, about us etc etc i,e where the files are what files i have got to change.

 

Here you can see the filestructure of osCommerce --> click me

 

Most of the things you need exist in the addon section. Thre are instructions about how to install the various addons, also a topic in "tips and tricks" that will help you. In geberla everything is possible, but it depends on your skills. It's impossible to start answering such a general question, you need to take it one by one.

 

PS Put at least an index.html file to your domain root, you don't want that everybody see what else you have stored on your server, right?

[Guest]

Here you can see the filestructure of osCommerce --> click me

 

Most of the things you need exist in the addon section. Thre are instructions about how to install the various addons, also a topic in "tips and tricks" that will help you. In geberla everything is possible, but it depends on your skills. It's impossible to start answering such a general question, you need to take it one by one.

 

PS Put at least an index.html file to your domain root, you don't want that everybody see what else you have stored on your server, right?

 

 

I Just tried to have a look atthe create an acoount file sadly it come up with an error :(

 

But tbh honest i think i have wrote this all out wrong. Please let me try to write this again.

 

 

I have installed this Template with out the admin file as i used the admin file from the installation of oscommerce in my C/Panel.

 

So here as you can see is the Template i have installed on the Sub-Domain: http://buildaweb.eu/reselleverything2

 

What i want to do is create a membership download site but from this template. So what i am going to want to change is just a few things like the create an account to a membership fee page, add HTML pages like FAQS, TERMS create a section in the admin area and in the user to upload products and also download products etc. So what i need to know is what files i need to edit to achieve my goal here. once i know that i will be able to march on.

 

 

I have very basic skills in PHP but i am a fighter and i like a challenge even if i do bang my head on my desk and hit brick walls i am willing to learn.

 

I do know about html im no conasir at it but i get by in it.

 

Hope this is a little clearer in what i am aiming to achieve with this template i have installed on this Sub-Domain

 

 

 

Cheers

Molie

[multimixer]

Molie, I understood your meaning, don't worry.

 

Don't expect that anybody will give you straight instructions right now on how to do this all you want. Having, as you say, very basic skills in php, you need to invest some time to read and try so that you get a better understanding on how everything works.

 

It is not recommended to mix plain html pages into osCommerce, for the reason that users will loose their session ID. Just an example, to show you that you need to reconsider your plan

 

The good news are that most of the things you want are available in the addons section. I would start installing them one by one, and let the membership thing for the end. Then I would ask very concrete questions about how to do this or that.

 

I also would not start with a template, since templates contain very often modified or even "bad" code, made just to fit the look but destroying the functionality. It's much more hard to add addons or even to get help on the forum having a template.

[Guest]

Thanks miltimixer

 

I understand what your saying my friend.

 

maybe your right i should re-think my strategy here and just start with the basic template for now to see everything working as it should.

 

Cheers

 

 

Molie