==== Customizing osCMax ====


osCMax uses the BTS (Basic Template System). This means that making cosmetic changes to osCMax is Very different than a stock MS2 store.

All the code that handles how osCMax looks has been moved out of the core code, and into various files in the /catalog/templates and /catalog/templates/content directories. Each file in the templates directory is named for the output that it handles so that you know what it does. The main store template is main_page.tpl.php. This is where you will setup the main structure of your site.

The true power of BTS is how it simplifies changes to osCMax. Instead of having to manually edit the header, footer and 30 other content pages, you now just have to edit the main_page.tpl.php file for most changes.

[[BTS Docs | BTS Documentation]] :: This is the most comprehensive documentation available for using and customizing BTS in osCMax. What is BTS? It is Basic Template Structure and it is the key to easily customizing the look of your site.

**Below is a list of How-To's to get you started and familiar with the new BTS system:**

    * [[Adding New Side Boxes]]
    * [[Adding New Static Content Pages]]
    * [[Adding New Dynamic Content Pages]]
    * [[Adapting an MS2 site template to MS2 MAX BTS]]
    * [[Changing default Country in Signup Page]]
    * [[Changing Product Attributes Sort Order]]
    * [[Changing Style of Date to English Formatted]]
    * [[How to Remove the Model Number and Price From the Page Title]]

**Here are a few more How-To guides to help customize your shop:**

    * [[Changing the titlebar]] :: Changing the page titlebar
    * [[Changing the page footer]] :: Changing the page footer
    * [[Adding Spanish]] :: Add Spanish to a osCMax v1.7 Install
    * [[Changing your header logo]] :: Changing the logo in the header
    * [[Changing main page text]] :: Changing the text in your opening body
    * [[Changing Popup image titlebar text]] :: How to change the titlebar in your image popups
    * [[Remove Let's See What We Have Here]] :: How to Remove 'Let's See...' text in product listing
    * [[The Checklist]] :: A checklist of all the text you should change
    * [[Removing product price from cross sell product list]] :: Removing product price from cross sell product list
    * [[Removing product price and manufacturer info from New Products page]] :: Removing product price and manufacturer info from New Products page

If you are looking for how to install contributions in osCMax, please go to [[Installing contributions]]