cardsap Posted February 16, 2004 Posted February 16, 2004 I'm trying to configure my osCommerce site so that i can open up my store. The only problem is, is that I don't know php. I figured out how to put text in my index page but after that i'm lost. changing graphics? getting rid of some of the tables? changing colors? I know html well but php is sending me through a loop. Any help on whether or not there is another way to do it and if not could someone point me to a really good and EASY!!! php tutorial. Thanks
TerryK Posted February 16, 2004 Posted February 16, 2004 Hi Liz, When I started a couple of months ago, I had no PHP knowledge either. Slowly but surely, I'm learning (well, a little anyhow!) :) You'll find some help in the Wiki documentation (link at top of forum pages). Lots there about changing colors in the stylesheet, etc. I haven't gone to any online sites for PHP help -- I feel much better flipping pages in a book in my hands, so I've purchased a couple of PHP resources at the bookstore. And when all else fails, I post my cry for help in the forums, after checking to be sure that the answer isn't already there... HTH, Terry Terry Kluytmans Contribs Installed: Purchase Without Account (PWA); Big Images, Product Availability, Description in Product Listing, Graphical Infobox, Header Tags Controller, Login Box, Option Type Feature, plus many layout changes & other mods of my own, like: Add order total to checkout_shipment Add order total to checkout_payment Add radio buttons at checkout_shipping (for backorder options, etc.) Duplicate Table Rate Shipping Module Better Product Review Flow * If at first you don't succeed, find out if there's a prize for the loser. *
ozcsys Posted February 16, 2004 Posted February 16, 2004 I'm trying to configure my osCommerce site so that i can open up my store. The only problem is, is that I don't know php. I figured out how to put text in my index page but after that i'm lost. changing graphics? getting rid of some of the tables? changing colors?? I know html well but php is sending me through a loop. Any help on whether or not there is another way to do it and if not could someone point me to a really good and EASY!!! php tutorial. Thanks You do not need to "know" php to make changes though I am sure it makes things go faster. After awhile you will start to notice how things are structured and be able to make changes even while now really knowing what you are doing. One thing to remember is BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP (learned this the hard way )anything before you start making changes. Another is to comment out things rather than deleting or changing them until you are sure that the are going to work. Also leave yourself comments when you make changes so you can go back and see exactly what you did later on. Check out the Wikki documentation it is not complete but what is there is pretty good and of course the forums. You might not always get an answer to you question but there is a lot of info to be found. If you are familar with HTML you might want to think about using one of the template systems. I went with STS myself because it seemed to make less changes overall and seemed to make the addition of other contributions less of a problem. forgot to add this php link that I have been using http://us2.php.net/manual/en/preface.php The Knowledge Base is a wonderful thing. Do you have a problem? Have you checked out Common Problems? There are many very useful osC Contributions Are you having trouble with a installed contribution? Have you checked out the support thread found Here BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP!!! You did backup, right??
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