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Hey guys n girls,

 

I'm a graphic designer and self-taught web designer. So far I've learnt enough to know that I have a lot more to learn :P

 

A friend of mine has asked me to develop a shopping cart site for her new business, I've done the groundwork and know all about credit card payments, gateways and all the rest...in fact, the only things slowing me down are these freakin' buttons!

 

Basically, I've designed the landing page to display a logo & header image up top, with standard navigational buttons immediately underneath these elements (ie. Home, About Us, Cart Contents etc). All images link correctly to their respective pages, however, when applying any type of image-swap script (I've been through 3 or so contributions), the images remain unaffected on mouseover. The only images that seem to be affected are the pre-existing buttons located in catalog/includes/languages/english/images/buttons (eg. button_in_cart.gif)

 

Before you refer me to the specific contribution's forum, I was hoping someone could let me know if there's some kind of predetermined file I should be writing my button code into (at this stage, 98% of my design resides in catalog/includes/header.php). I'm guessing that I might need to define my custom buttons somewhere?

 

I've been pulling my hair out on this one, it's the one thing holding me back (for the present!) from making a killer shop.

 

If anyone could give me some pointers, I would be very appreciative. I just feel that I'm missing something crucial (and probably incredibly simple)...my code is fine (in as far as syntax is concerned), but all my efforts so far have been in vain.

 

 

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Posted

Peter,

 

Having a landing page is fine, however the only button you should have on the landing page for the cart is the 'shop' or 'online catalog' or some other button to bring the customer to the cart. You should never have products on the landing page that link to the cart. You will lose the OSCID and never complete a sale.

 

The image contributions you speak of, were written for use within the cart only as they call specific functions from the general.php, html_output.php and application_top.php. Therefore they will not function on your HTML page

 

 

 

Chris

Posted

Peter,

 

Having a landing page is fine, however the only button you should have on the landing page for the cart is the 'shop' or 'online catalog' or some other button to bring the customer to the cart. You should never have products on the landing page that link to the cart. You will lose the OSCID and never complete a sale.

 

The image contributions you speak of, were written for use within the cart only as they call specific functions from the general.php, html_output.php and application_top.php. Therefore they will not function on your HTML page

 

 

 

Chris

 

Thanks Chris, that makes a lot of sense.

 

I'll definitely be able to restructure the site around your advice...still, I was hoping to feature at least some of the products on the landing page - eg. New Products, Hot Sellers etc. This should still be doable, right?

Posted

What about the pre-defined boxes for new products, etc.?

Don't these appear by default on the front page?

(Or by "landing page", are you talking about a page different from catalog/index.php?)

(Sorry if I'm being dim :rolleyes: )

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