July 10, 2009
So you just spent hours working on adding some plugin or addon to your website, and you save, and then go to see your handwork and your heart sinks - or maybe you feel like you are going to throw up, or throw your computer.. Well, don't worry. Or at least, don't start worryi...
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July 4, 2009
Forget about searching through all of those thousands of addons over at addons.oscommerce.com. Just get this book. When I first started designing my first e-commerce store, I went to Borders and sat on the floor in the web developement section, and read through books upon bo...
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March 20, 2009
Want to take your entire website and make it a fixed with and have it centered in the middle of everyone's screen? Well, you should. The great thing about having a fixed width and centered site is that it will look exactly the same on everyone's computer monitor. It's a grea...
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February 22, 2009
Things you REALLY need to stay away from when designing your blog/website.
Read this page to seee the things you WANT to stay away from, and to find out if your web page sucks!
Do NOT put white text on a black background. It is IMPOSSIBLE to read and readers will run ...
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February 22, 2009
Did this little graphic catch your eye? It's simple, to the point, but it is eye catching, RIGHT?
I do a LOT of feedback posts in forums for people's websites. The main reason I do it is because in looking at their websites and critiquing them, I am getting new ideas f...
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February 20, 2009
There is a SUPER simple way to change any image that you see on your website and make it into something complete custom, and guess what, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY CODING!!!!
Its a simple 9 step process.
1. Go to your website and find the page with the image that you want...
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February 18, 2009
Here is probably the most important thing you should know when deciding how you want your oscommerce store to look like.
If you have used wordpress or any other blogging system before, you have been conditioned to think that templates are a great way to get a somewhat ...
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February 17, 2009
First time to your site. Nice work! I've been searching the ole osforum and made a post for my question, yet no love shown as of yet. Here's the dealy-O. I'd like to extend the light green background on the left column of my mothers site, so that it extends to the...
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February 15, 2009
If you don't already know this, your "root" is they public_html directory, or the main page of your site. This is the directory that users will land on if they type in your domain. If you have a web page in there called index, then they will automatically see that, otherw...
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February 3, 2009
As a newbie to oscommerce AND php, i feel the need to contribute in some way. The ONE thing that I feel I can help with is OTHER newbies. I know EXACTLY what their confusion feels like, and the FIRST thing that you NEED to understand is the file structure of oscommerce, an...
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