osCMax and osCommerce documentation

setting_up_downloadable_products - Orders Status is in Localization (not Modules as previously ...

John Edgley — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:59:47 -0600

Downloads are fairly easy to set up, but the download mod can be a littly quirky on different server setups. The below steps should help you get your downloads working: * Turn on downloads in the osCMax Admin * Downloads by Redirect should be on for Unix systems according to the help but in some casess may need to be off. Test it both ways to see what works for you. This is set in the Admin panel under Download in the Configuration menu * Set your pub directory to chmod 777 * Set your …

bts_docs

Michael Sasek — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:58:00 -0600

Part 1 : BTS Basics All template files are located in the /catalog/templates/[templatename] subdirectories. If you are using the aabox template, the files you want are in /catalog/templates/aabox and /catalog/templates/aabox/content. * To change the entire look of your site, edit main_page.tpl.php to your liking in any html or text editor (Dreamweaver is great), making sure to keep the php elements intact (but you can move them wherever you want in the page). Also edit stylesheet.css, locate…

setting_up_paypal_ipn_in_oscmax_2.0 - created

Michael Sasek — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:37:07 -0600

By Ulrich Iserloh - October 09, 2005 Check osCMax forum for up-to-date discussion: The following instructions provide step-by-step instructions on how to get PayPal IPN to work with osCMax v2.0 RC2. Four things need to be accomplished to get it to work:

modification

Michael Sasek — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:14:10 -0600

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 y…

custom_meta_tags - created

Michael Sasek — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:07:07 -0600

How to edit the dynamic meta tags in osCMax The file you edit is: /catalog/includes/meta_tags.php Add Custom Keywords The code you are concerned with is : Enter your custom keywords between the single quotes, comma separated, like this: Add Custom Text Next, to add your own custom text, you can add it to this section:

changing_the_titlebar

Michael Sasek — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:54:51 -0600

The information is in /catalog/includes/languages/english.php file on the default install. You may have to replace “catalog” with whatever directory you have your store installed in. Change : // page title define('TITLE', 'osCMax v2.0'); To :

changing_style_of_date_to_english_formatted - created

Michael Sasek — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:23:50 -0600

This will change the style of date from DDMMYYYY to MMDDYYYY The date formats are defined in /catalog/includes/languages/english.php Open english.php for editing and search for : DOB_FORMAT_STRING, JS_DOB, ENTRY_DATE_OF_BIRTH_ERROR, DATE_FORMAT_SHORT, DATE_FORMAT_LONG, DATE_FORMAT

adapting_an_ms2_site_template_to_ms2_max_bts - created

Michael Sasek — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:11:33 -0600

Ok, So you have a stock osCommerce ms2 template. You have the header.php and footer.php files and the index.php file in ms2. These make up the site structure. You also have a stlyesheet.css file which handles background graphics and fonts and colors.

introduction

Michael Sasek — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:28:15 -0600

osCMax v2.0 is a powerful e-commerce/shopping cart web application. There are many advantages to using osCMax as your e-commerce/shopping cart for your web site. It has all the features needed to run a successful internet store and can be customized to whatever configuration you need.

boxes_:adding_links_to_exernal_sites - created

Michael Sasek — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:01:37 -0600

Edit the code in whatever sidebox that you want to add the link to. Say you want to add a link to the 'Information' side box. Edit the sidebox file information.php located in /catalog/includes/boxes/ You will see the following code: $info_box_contents[] = array('align' => 'left', 'text' => '' . BOX_INFORMATION_SHIPPING . '
' . '' . BOX_INFORMATION_PRIVAC…

boxes_:remove_info_box_title - created

Michael Sasek — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:59:53 -0600

Open ./includes/classes/boxes.php Inside the code, you will find this class definition class infoBoxHeading extends tableBox { Go at the end of the class definition and edit this line $this->tableBox($info_box_contents, true); Replace it with

boxes_:change_text_and_stlye_links - created

Michael Sasek — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:58:32 -0600

====== Changing Text and Link Styles To change the colors of links in individual boxes do the following: Create a new element - A.BoxNav in /catalog/stylesheet.css. Define whatever color you want. Insert the new class in whichever box you want to change, i.e. categories.php. See the code below (from categories.php - about line 28-29):