As often as I can I go out the osCommerce support forum. My intentions are to do my part to contribute to the community by lending a hand to those who might be experiencing some problems. As a general rule, I'll view the new posts since the last time I made a visit. I'll pay particular attention...
http://www.shoppingcartreview.com/oscommerce-help
This is the first in what I plan to be an ongoing series of articles concerning osCommerce and its architecture. We will start out with some basics and eventually get into some more complex issues as the series progresses. To get the most value out of these articles, its going to help a great deal ...
http://www.shoppingcartreview.com/understanding-oscommerce-basic-customization
Ok so you have osCommerce installed and you're starting to poke around the admin area, looking at all of the available features and controls, making some of your initial global configurations. And suddenly it hits you, "wait a minute, I didn't have to log in to get here?!".
That's right you didn't...
http://www.shoppingcartreview.com/understanding-oscommerce-protecting-the-admin-area
As with most complex web applications, osCommerce uses a style sheet to define much of the visual presentation of the pages within the system. Cascade style sheets (CSS) are the prefered manner for applying styles because all the style definitions are stored in a central location and therefore can ...
http://www.shoppingcartreview.com/understanding-oscommerce-cascade-style-sheets
While osCommerce straight out of the box comes as a working shopping cart application, seldom will you ever see a production site using a completely stock version of the e-commerce application. In previous articles, we've talked a little bit about making some cosmetic changes. Today we are going to...
http://www.shoppingcartreview.com/understanding-oscommerce-contributions
Last time we talked about our plan to add a new field to the products display. We discussed what we are going to do, now its time to talk about how to do it. There is a lot of information to cover, and technical information at that so lets jump right in.
A common tool for managing databases which...
http://www.shoppingcartreview.com/understanding-oscommerce-adding-a-field-part-2
Well we have finally reached the end, although perhaps the most important part. The reason we went through all the trouble, and actually display something on a page in our store. Before we get our hands dirty today, I want to explain the prime motivation of this series. I may very well be that you h...
http://www.shoppingcartreview.com/understanding-oscommerce-adding-a-field-part-5