osCommerce Tutorials Category



Backing up your osCommerce database in cPanel

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

I just added a new tutorial on making a backup of your store database in cPanel.
Though titled Backing up your ZenCart database in phpMyAdmin, the instructions will work the exact same for osCommerce MySQL database files.
See Backing up your ZenCart database in phpMyAdmin



Backing up your osCommerce files in cPanel

Monday, July 13th, 2009

I just added a new tutorial on making a backup of your store files in cPanel. Though titled Backing up your ZenCart files in cPanel, the instructions will work the exact same for osCommerce.
See Backing up your ZenCart files in cPanel



How to add quantity discounts in osCommerce

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
How to add quantity discounts in osCommerce

Let’s say you sell shirts from your osCommerce store and you want to offer a discount if customers purchase more than one shirt. For example:
Buy 1 shirt = $6.99 each
Buy 2 shirts = $5.99 each
Buy 3 shirts = $4.99 each
Etc.



How to remove product counts in osCommerce

Friday, May 29th, 2009
How to remove product counts in osCommerce

By default, osCommerce displays a product count next to each category name as shown below:

To remove the number of products displayed next to category names in the side menu, just follow these simple steps.



How to change the width of your osCommerce store

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
How to change the width of your osCommerce store

By default, osCommerce is set to a width of 100%, stretching the store across the entire screen. You can decrease this so a background is visible on the screen.

This tutorial will show you how to edit the width of your store.
We will need to edit the following files:

index.php (located in the main folder)
header.php (located in [...]



How to change the logo in osCommerce

Monday, May 25th, 2009
How to change the logo in osCommerce

Displaying your own logo in place of the default osCommerce logo is easy.

You have two options for replacing the log with your own:
1. Overwriting the current image with your own
2. Changing the header.php file to display your logo