[Tutorial] Getting Started with OpenCart v1.5.x

[jan567]

hi, i'm a new member here...
i have one question, is it possible when an order button get clicked then the customer will be taken to another website, not to page in my website?

Thank you

[thegreendestiny]

Hello,

I just installed opencart today and when i click on the admin page tab i get redirected to opencart.com, instead of http://www.mydomain.com/admin for some reason it redirect to opencart did i install this wrong ?

thank you.

[avvici -arvixe-]

That sounds like a good plan!
When I woke up, this morning, thinking about it. I got the impression I could make my own "add to cart", and "View cart" buttons. And I just tell Opencart to associate the buttons to what they're meant to do.
One last thing. Once I've worked it all out. The design etc. Amd I able to save the template? Or do I need to write it all down, and do it again, once I've passed the website over to a host?
Thank you for all your advice by the way. You're a star!

You can. A lot of people replace the CSS buttons with image buttons. Example, in 1.5.2.1 take this in product/product.tpl

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<input type="button" value="<?php echo $button_cart; ?>" id="button-cart" class="button" />

And make like this, filling in your image path:

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<a id="button-cart"><img src="catalog/view/theme/default/image/addtocart.jpg" alt="Add To Cart"/></a>

The id is what is important. id=button-cart

[Atish78]

Hi first of all i would like to thank you for all your amazing hard work with opencart. I really like it and have recently been convereted from being a Zen Cart lover to OpenCart admirer.

Being new to opencart (and with tight deadlines) I would really appriciate if you could guide me and excuse me if this is not the right place to ask this question. However, i could not find answers anywhere else.

does opencart (or can opencart) automatically create additional product images from one main image file name? E.g. in ZenCart I just import one main image reference into products table e.g. 1234.jpg while upload the rest of related images into the folder 1234_a.jpg, 1234_b.jpg and 1234_c.jpg Zencart automatically picks up those additional images and associates them with the main product image (usually relating it to Product Model ID)

So in short Can opencart do this? if so, please advise. IF not, is there an extenion or mod that could do this?

Many thanks in advance

[Atish78]

Hi .. a newbie query

Could someone please tell me if OpenCart can associate additional images automatically if they were found in the images folder by referencing it with product main image name or product model?

e.g. main product image = 123.jpg
additional images 123_a.jpg, 123_b.jpg (zencart automatically associates these without manually adding them to product)

thanks

[ThisIsParta]

thank you! helpful thread!

[popartns]

You can. A lot of people replace the CSS buttons with image buttons. Example, in 1.5.2.1 take this in product/product.tpl

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<input type="button" value="<?php echo $button_cart; ?>" id="button-cart" class="button" />

And make like this, filling in your image path:

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<a id="button-cart"><img src="catalog/view/theme/default/image/addtocart.jpg" alt="Add To Cart"/></a>

The id is what is important. id=button-cart

@ avvici, that's exactly what i needed.

Thanks for advice quotes

[babyfate]

I very much look forward to it !

[Clydach-Poultry]

Can you help. I want to assign a product to its category! HOW?

[jenifferjones]

i am begginer, i am not getting how to set template home page for putting module at different - different position. and i want to create a new page for employee details and emplyee login.

[avvici -arvixe-]

Can you help. I want to assign a product to its category! HOW?

Just go to LINKS TAB under product insert/edit and check off a category.

[avvici -arvixe-]

i am begginer, i am not getting how to set template home page for putting module at different - different position. and i want to create a new page for employee details and emplyee login.

I don't understand. Which module do you want to place where?

[leonahj123]

Thanks for your sharing

[prekey]

Hello everyone, anyone know to make mp3 download by directly clicking download button if i place the product......

[aronluis21]

after installing opencart everything from front end to the back end seem to work except the categories in the front end and the products tab in the back end

guessing it connected give me error saying product_master missing

need some help the first opencart website I did worked fine but this one is giving me some issues

hopefully its just a simple fix I keep overlooking

https://liraclothing.com/bbuyer

thanks,
aaron

[xdreamer]

Very helpful sticky..
I was started to use opencart for my first e-commerce site. Still learn n learn.
Hope I can mastering OC faster

[comeya]

thank for your guide. i am new in OpenCart. Could everyone recommend a optimized hosting to support Opencart ?

thank in advance.

[dynamictemplate]

Thanks for topic. We have long been using 1.5 though the differences are not large from 1.4 but I think that the progress is good. Good version!!!

[forger]

I've tried to keep notes of my experience with installing,but it doesn't work.

[odele]

I am new to opencart, I currently have opencart 1.5.2.1, I tried to upgrade to the lasted version 1.5.5.1 . Tried following the download instructions. It crashed my site. luckly I had to reinstall the older version.

Can someone tell what i an doing wrong.

Thanks.