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[Guest]

I finally found a solution I've been looking for but it requires me to install some new files into oscommerce. The problem is is that i have a web-based version. It came with my netfirms website. Do I need to download a version of OSCommerce in order to install the new components and if I do will I be able to integrate it with my site?

 

Any help will be greatly appreciated. I know lots about html but pretty much nothing about php and mysql.

[detsouvalas]

Normally, you should have FTP access to your site, so independantly on how you installed osCommerce, you will be able to install the contribution. I would just check the version of osCommerce and eventually upgrade to version 2.2 MS 2!

[Guest]

Thank you for the info.

 

I am currently running 2.2 MS2, but I still need to install something additional to allow for radio buttons and drop-down menus unless I'm totally missing something.

[stevel]

osCommerce has support for radio buttons and drop-down menus. But in order to use osCommerce, you MUST be able to modify PHP files on your site. You really can't avoid it.

[Guest]

okay bare with me cause I'm new to this particular kind of coding. My website control panel has a phpmyadmin which is where I assume I make these changes. The problem is I need some kinda online guide or something to make changes. I'm really good if I have some kinda instructions in front of me but I'm apparenlty missing where those are

[stevel]

No, phpmyadmin is not where you would make these changes. You would download the .php files to change using FTP (or some tool that can get the files), make the desired edits, and then re-upload. Just as if you were doing HTML.

 

The osCommerce admin panel has a file manager which would appear to do what you want, but don't use it - it will corrupt your files.

 

Treat the .php files as if they were .html. You edit them in much the same way. osCommerce has functions for doing radio buttons and dropdowns - but you will need to learn a bit of PHP to use these effectively. What exactly did you want to change?

 

As for instructions - haha - there aren't any! :blink: At least none that would help you here, I think. There is a book on osCommerce which I found at amazon.com - the description looks good. I may buy it to see how useful it is.

[Guest]

All I really trying to do is create a drop down box so a customer can chose a size for a product. Seems simple enough and I've found a php code for it just don't know where to put it.

[stevel]

Ah, ok. You don't need to do ANYTHING in PHP for that.

 

1. In your Admin panel, select Catalog, and then Product Attributes.

2. Under Product Options, see if an attribute Size is already there. If not, "insert" an attribute named Size.

3. Under Option Values, you will see an empty drop-down box and a text field next to it. In the dropdown, select Size, and in the text field, insert a size name (eg. S, M, L, XL, or whatever you want). Click Insert.

4. When you have all your sizes added, go down to the bottom of the page under Products Attributes. There are three drop-down boxes. In the leftmost one, select one of your products for which you want to offer sizes. In the middle one, select "Size", and in the right one, select the first size. Leave the other fields alone. Click Insert. Repeat this for each size, then move on to the next product and repeat adding the sizes until you have done this for each product.

 

Now go to your product page on the store. Magically, there will be an "Options" section with a drop-down where the customer selects the size! This value will appear in the cart and in the order when you see it in admin.

[Guest]

:lol: Okay I so need a Homer Simpson icon for this one. I had did steps 1 - 3 and totally had missed 4. D'oh

 

Thanks for all the help.