symon Posted June 19, 2010 Posted June 19, 2010 Firstly I would like to say a big hello to all. I have been looking at these pages for a couple of days and looks to be a very friendly helpful place. Now on to my problem,I had a site built by some guys that turned out to be a little on the incompetent side but it has turned out to be a good thing as I now have become very passionate about web design after having to try and fix a lot of the problems myself.The company in question have there logo at the top of the admin panel, when i log in and they also have there name and site on the footer of my pages. I was wondering is this something you remove with the banner manager? The banner manager looks as though it has been removed because when i go to the tools category on the admin, that button is no longer there.On the actual site there was no information telling me this was an oscommerce site i downloaded wappalyser an add on for firefox and when i went to the control panel it let me know it was an oscommerce page then when i looked through some of my images in the ibrowser i found some oscommerce ones but i am not sure what version it is hope this all makes sense looking forward to your replies and looking forward to learning more regards symon
Guest Posted June 19, 2010 Posted June 19, 2010 Hello Symon, First, it is recommended that you download all folders and files for your shop via FTP to your computer so that not only will you have a back up copy of all, but it will be easier to make changes to the files. Be sure to make a backup copy of each file before you make any changes as well. The Banner Manager does not control anything in the admin section, it is merely to display banners on your web site (public). To add the Banner Manager link back into your admin section, open the following folders & file: catalog/admin/includes/tools.php find this line: '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_BACKUP) . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_TOOLS_BACKUP . '</a><br>' . add this line immediately after it: '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_BANNER_MANAGER) . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_TOOLS_BANNER_MANAGER . '</a><br>' . Also, open catalog/admin/includes/filenames.php Check that this line exists or add it if it does not exist: define('FILENAME_BANNER_MANAGER', 'banner_manager.php'); Also, check that this file exists: catalog/admin/banner_manager.php If it does not exist, you will most likely need to download the full package, unzip it and get a copy of that file and place it in the admin folder. Now, to edit the admin page that is showing the logo at the top and the information in the footer section open the following: catalog/admin/includes/header.php You should be able to find the logo image name somewhere in that file. To edit the footer information, open catalog/admin/includes/footer.php There you should find the information showing at the bottom of your admin pages. Upload your changes files to their appropriate folders on your server then log into your admin section and make sure your changes are what you wanted them to be. To access the banner manager, click on Tools > Banner Manager Also, to find out which version of oscommerce you have, in your admin section, click on Tools > Server Info.
Guest Posted June 19, 2010 Posted June 19, 2010 One more thing I forgot... catalog/admin/includes/english.php Be sure that this line exists, if not you will need to add it anywhere before the ending ?> define('BOX_TOOLS_BANNER_MANAGER', 'Banner Manager');
symon Posted June 20, 2010 Author Posted June 20, 2010 Thank you for your reply at this stage this is a little advanced for me I am waiting for a couple of books to arrive about building oscommerce sites but now because of your kindness i will know which way to go Thank you Simon
♥geoffreywalton Posted June 20, 2010 Posted June 20, 2010 Simon Make sure the books cover copying files between your pc and your "web site" and how to edit files. Once you have your head round that start with some simple things, like above. I have collected some useful info for people starting out in osc and put them on my profile page. Enjoy 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 ======>>>>>.
symon Posted June 20, 2010 Author Posted June 20, 2010 Thank you Geoffrey for your reply, I will be certainly reading all you have written thank you Simon
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