Installing
our
osCommerce
templates
is easy.
It should
only take
a few
minutes.
You'll
need a
domain
name, a
hosting
account
that
supports
the
minimum
php/mysql
requirements
of
osCommerce
2.3 (php5
+) and
access to
the FTP
server of
your
hosting
account.
If you do
not have a
hosting
account we
recommend
www.simservers.net
osCommerce
2.3
Template
Installation
Step
0. Back
everything
up
The
osCommerce
2.3
templates
themselves
do not
require
you to
over-write
any files,
but prior
to ever
modifying
your
osCommerce
installation
(or
anything
else for
that
matter),
always
back up
everything
on the
server
and
in the
database!
Again,
backup -
backup!
Step
1. Install
osCommerce
Before
you
install
our
template,
you need
to first
install
osCommerce
(version
2.3). If
you're
running an
osCommerce
2.2 or v.3
shop (the
newer
version),
you need
to either
upgrade or
downgrade.
Step
2.
Download
and unzip
your
template
Once
you've got
an
osCommerce
shop up
and
running,
download
and unzip
your
osCommerce
2.3
template.
Step
3. Upload
your
template
to your
server
Via
FTP,
upload
everything
in the
'upload'
folder to
the same
directory
as your
store.
Template
files:
The
upload
folder
contains
the
following:
includes/template_top.php
includes/template_bottom.php
includes/languages/english/images/buttons/button_quick_find.png
ecommerce_stylesheet###.css
ecommerce_###/images/
(template
image
files)
Important
note:
The
template_top.php
and
template_bottom.php
files in
your
osCommerce
installation's
'includes'
folder
will be
overwritten.
You may
want to
back these
up before
installing
your
template.
Step
4. Set up
your
footer and
header
menu links
Your
osCommerce
version
2.3 template is set up with
top header
image/s
and menu links (The
Header/s
can easily
be
modified
with the
included
Photoshop
files) at the top of the page, and a footer at the bottom of the page for links, copyright information and/or anything else.
To modify
the menu
links,
you'll
need to
open
includes/template_top.php:
You
will find
a section
that looks
like the
following
(where the
Links have
actual
html
and/or php
code):
<div
id="top_menu_links">
<span>Home</span>
<span>Link
2</span>
<span>Link
3</span>
<span>Link
4</span>
</div>
To
modify the
footer,
you'll
want to
modify
includes/footer.php,
or modify
the footer
directly
in
includes/template_bottom.php.
You can
edit your
Header
directly
into the
template
image
using the
PSD file
provided.
Step
6. Enjoy
your
osCommerce
2.3
template
You can
tweak the
template
by editing
template_top.php,
template_bottom.php
and the
stylesheet.
You can
also
modify the
images
using the
accompanying
PSD file
... just
make your
changes,
save the
slices to
image
files and
upload
them in
place of
the
existing
images.
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