Guest Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 I have spent the last 2 hours reading FAQ's and searching and it seems to me that either this is disorganized or I am missing something becaue I am simply trying to find the interface where we make chages to text like: What's New Here? Welcome Guest! Would you like to log yourself in? Or would you prefer to create an account? This is a demonstration online-shop, any products purchased will not be delivered nor billed. Any information seen on these products are to be treated fictional. If you wish to download this sample shop, or to contribute to this project, please visit the support site. This shop is based on osCommerce 2.2-CVS. I have found many references to these but no straigth forward non propellerhead explanation. In other words how do people WITH NO PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE make changes to the site? thanks in advance and I really want to use this system for our ecommerce and if it is in fact EASY I would be more than willing to contribute www.fitprime.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattice Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 Try http://wiki.oscommerce.com/helpHowtoTextGeneral "Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 so the answer is only programmers understand......... i found that a long time ago why is there not a place in the OS interface where i can simply type text to change it instead of searching out text inside of a php script to change the default page you like a text editor inside the OS interface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 The first thing that might help you edit your new store is the proper tools, like most people, you probably don't want to spend any cash if you don't have to. osC is one of the best 'storefront' apps there is at any price (and it does have a nice price, doesn't it?). There are also many free tools out their to help you edit files. A good one to start with would be something like SourceEdit . It works with several geek type languages that you are telling us you are unfamiliar with, and does things like highlight syntax to keep people straight when editing files. Once you have a good editing tool, you will want a complete copy of your site on your personal computer, make a folder (directory) for it and use your ftp program to copy all of the files that were created during the install back to your system into that directory (there will be lots of sub-directories to copy). Now you will be able to work on the files. (You might want to make a copy of the folder after this as a backup to save all the files in their original condition incase you break something) When making a change to a file make only one change, save it and upload that file back to your site and check to see if it works and had the effect you wanted. If so, great, if not, then you can check the change you made to see what went wrong on your machine OR upload the unchanged file from your "Backup" copy. Once you are sure it works fine, change your backup copy to match the new file. Then go on to your next change/edit. The next thing that will help is learning the basic structure of how osC goes together. If what you are wanting to change is the text/language of a particular page you will find it either in the base language file (/catalog/includes/languages/english.php) or in the file name that matches the page you want to make the change on in the language named directory like this (/catalog/includes/languages/english/whatever_the_page_name.php) The part you are currently looking to change on the default.php page can be found in the main language file /catalog/includes/languages/english.php somewhere around line 280 depending on the version you are running (you can find it easily by using "SEARCH" to find 'TEXT_GREETING_GUEST' in the file once you open it.) Most language issues you would want to deal with can be handled simply in this manner. Remember that if you are using multiple languages to make the same changes in the matching files for the other languages you use. (Like german.php and /german/whatever_the_filename.php) You can also use SEARCH with the relevent file open to search for the bit of text you want to change like searching for pieces that are the same style (not broken up in the code). Searching for "welcome guest" won't find what you are looking for, because it has different elements in the code between the words that are invisible on the page (different color) but searching for "Would you like to" in /catalog/includes/languages/english.php would most likely take you straight to it. I hope that this will help explain things for you in a manner more suited to your requirements. Rob Streit US Merchants Association Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 it helps..... i appreciate it and please note that I am a big supporter of OS i use dreamweaver the OScommerce came with rackspace hosting so I am trying to get this thing up and going for a client so they can run their own shopping cart this is by far the best OS cart I have seen and I totally want to contribute to the cause but it seems this (needing an editor to make changes) is always the issue with OS. If you are NOT familiar with editing code you are SOL. Again, I am trying to set this up for a 53 year old woman who just started emailing so she is not dependant on other people but it seems this program is gonna be out of her league. her CMS is OS utilizing www.vbportal.com & www.vbulletin.com as the backend thanks for the update ps I will use OScommerce for myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 can you tell me where to change the colors of the boxes where things such as "Categories" & "New Products For March" are? Not the text color but the "background silver blue" color Thanks again for the detailed info do you know where this went or is? http://guide.oscdox.com one last thing..how do i get more infor about the US Merchants Assoc. info under your name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 i searched the document you referred me to for this: This is a demonstration online-shop, any products purchased will not be delivered nor billed. Any information seen on these products are to be treated fictional. and did not find anything . Where is the line of text called from? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 Ok, how to find the language you are looking for.. Don't search for the entire string as it could have formatting in it that will be in the middle of the string in the actual file. Two or three words together of the same color and line on the page should help you find just about anything. Anything that is not in the main language file (ie english.php, german.php etc) will be found in the next level down in the language directory with the same file name as the page on which it appears. That particular peice of text you are looking for will be somewhere around line 12 in /catalog/includes/english/default.php (matching the filename /catalog/default.php where it appears..) Hope that will clear things up.. Rob Streit US Merchants Association Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 When we copy our backup to our local disk using ws_ftp grogram do we use binary mode or ascii. I think I noticed that if you upload ascii the images work but if you dwonload ascii they do not work. Can someone explain how this works. Some installation instructions say use binary for images some say nothing about it. Why do the images work when uploading in ascii? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattice Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 When we copy our backup to our local disk using ws_ftp grogram do we use binary mode or ascii. I think I noticed that if you upload ascii the images work but if you dwonload ascii they do not work. Can someone explain how this works. Some installation instructions say use binary for images some say nothing about it. Why do the images work when uploading in ascii? This is completely off-topic, don't hijack posts, bad habit. binary is for files and images, ascii is for anything TEXT (including html, php, ini files etc.) "Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 I love ws-ftp, even the personal lite (free) version is great, I leave mine on AUTO and generally have no problems at all. It works pretty well, and if you do have problems with certain extensions/files you can always specify in the setup which way to handle the file under auto.. But, that really wasn't what this thread was about. Rob Streit US Merchants Association Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 it does very much!!! Thanks what about the US Merchants Association I asked about? Also, is there a list of "oscommerce installers" that I can hire for installations/configs for these kind of 3rd party situations thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 I sent you a PM with requested info.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenda Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Hey Guys, I'm having trouble finding where I can change the column headers in the product listing. I looked in includes/languages/english.php and in includes/languages/english/ and I feel pretty dumb because I can't find it. I found the following in default.php and made the changes I need, uploaded it...and nothing happened. Then I realized that the product listing headers are in all CAPS, so it's the wrong file. define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Let's See What We Have Here'); define('TABLE_HEADING_IMAGE', ''); define('TABLE_HEADING_MODEL', 'Part Number'); define('TABLE_HEADING_APPLICATION', 'Application'); define('TABLE_HEADING_PRODUCTS', 'Product Name'); define('TABLE_HEADING_MANUFACTURER', 'Manufacturer'); define('TABLE_HEADING_QUANTITY', 'Stock'); define('TABLE_HEADING_PRICE', 'Price'); define('TABLE_HEADING_WEIGHT', 'Weight'); define('TABLE_HEADING_BUY_NOW', 'Buy Now'); define('TEXT_NO_PRODUCTS', 'There are no products to list in this category.'); define('TEXT_NO_PRODUCTS2', 'There is no product available from this manufacturer.'); define('TEXT_NUMBER_OF_PRODUCTS', 'Number of Products: '); define('TEXT_SHOW', '<b>Show:</b>'); define('TEXT_BUY', 'Buy 1 ''); define('TEXT_NOW', '' now'); define('TEXT_ALL', 'All'); Help please :P Mary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouflon Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 You've got the right place: languages/english/default.php Make the changes thusly: Say you want to change "Weight" to "Tonnage" change define('TABLE_HEADING_WEIGHT', 'Weight'); to define('TABLE_HEADING_WEIGHT', 'Tonnage'); Unexpect the Expected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 You're in the right place if you are looking for what I think you are looking for.... perhaps your stylesheet (CSS) is using a font for the headings that only supports CAPS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenda Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 I posted this question not even 30 minutes ago and already two responses :P Well guys, I got it! My silly FTP progrm was acting up. I have to restart her every once in a while :) Thanks for responding so quickly! Mary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 I have the support department from payready willing to make all th necessary adjustments for integrating OSC & payready. Where do I find the authorize.net module/file or whatever he is referring to here: Basically here's what needs to be done... Something tells your shopping cart what to call the form fields on the order page, and where to send the data from those fields. It's probably a configuration file, or a script, such as PHP. For example, the file that relates to Authorize.net will tell the shopping cart that the amount field to be sent to AuthNet should be called x_Amount. I am going to go over each field or instruction and convert it to PayReady. In this example, the field would be renamed to txtTotalAmount So if you can find a file like that, send it to me and I will convert it to work with PayReady if at all possible. Anyone know the answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druide Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 I have the support department from payready willing to make all th necessary adjustments for integrating OSC & payready. Where do I find the authorize.net module/file or whatever he is referring to here: Basically here's what needs to be done... Something tells your shopping cart what to call the form fields on the order page, and where to send the data from those fields. It's probably a configuration file, or a script, such as PHP. For example, the file that relates to Authorize.net will tell the shopping cart that the amount field to be sent to AuthNet should be called x_Amount. I am going to go over each field or instruction and convert it to PayReady. In this example, the field would be renamed to txtTotalAmount So if you can find a file like that, send it to me and I will convert it to work with PayReady if at all possible. Anyone know the answer? you better had started a new thread, not many people will find your question now, also try searching the contributions forum i know there are multiple threads there or in the archive about this subject Robert We all need to learn it once, how hard it may seem when you look at it, also you will master it someday ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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