Welcome to
chapter 4! This chapter begins to move away from the administration
section of your shop and begins to look at the catalog section. It should
be very obvious at first glance that there are a few items that should
be changed on the default catalog. Items such as the business logo,
welcome message, copyright notice and your privacy, shipping, and conditions
of use notices all must be changed if you are to have a customized shop
for your own use.
To get started, you will want to change your store logo. To do this:
- upload(ftp) your logo image to the images directory
- In your administration menu, click on the Tools tab
- Click on the File Manager Link & go to the /includes directory
- find the file header.php and edit it
- Look for the (DIR_WS_IMAGES . line of code near the top of the
page, next to that you should see the osclogo.gif or some similar
image listed. Change that to your logo name and click save. The logo
on your catalog page should now display your own logo.
Next you will want to change your privacy, shipping, and conditions
of use statements that are located in the bottom left corner of your
catalog. To do this:
- Click on the Define Languages link also under the Tools tab in your
administration menu.
- look for the files, privacy.php, shipping.php, & conditions.php
- In each of these files look for the define('TEXT_INFORMATION', '
code and you can begin to type your information needed for each of
these files. Be sure to click save after you have finished with each
file.
The next item which is important to know how to work with, is your
welcome message. This can be used for a great number of things from
announcements to a simple welcome to the shop message. To change this:
- Under the Define Language link find the default.php file
- Find the define('TEXT_MAIN', ' line of code in that file near the
top of the page.
- Just like with your other files, you can begin to type your welcome
message after this line of code. Click save and your welcome message
will now be displayed on your catalog page.
The last item which is important to get changed to have a personalized
shop is the copyright/legal information at the bottom of your catalog.
You may want to put contact info or other legal messages here as well.
To do this:
- Under the Define Languages link find the English.php file
- Look for the line of code that states // footer text in includes/footer.php
Under this you will see the default osc copyright info. Change this
info to suit your business needs and then click save.
You have now done some basic customization to your catalog that will
allow you to have a personalized store instead of the default osc setup.
I hope this information has helped. Good luck!
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