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Like any modern day’s open-source projects, osCommerce also has one stylesheet that controls the display of links, texts and boxes. The location of css file is

/catalog/stylesheet.css

Important CSS Classes in that stylesheet file:

infoBoxHeading : To edit the style of box headings ( like box for displaying Categories, Manufacturers, Quick find etc. )

boxText : To edit the style of display text inside the boxes.

I’ll continue to update this post as and when I find other useful CSS Classes.

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The file that stores all footer stuff:

catalog/includes/footer.php

Open this file and make changes in html code to produce the desired effect.

Once your shop is up and running - you need to change your header and footer.

Create your logo and upload it to /catalog/images directory.

Now open /catalog/includes/header.php

Find the text: oscommerce.gif

‘ . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . ‘oscommerce.gif’, STORE_NAME) . ‘‘; ?>

and replace it with your logo file name. Save changes.

That’s it.

osCommerce, probably the most widely used freeware shopping cart solutions, is really easy to install.

Simply download necessary files from http://www.oscommerce.com/solutions/downloads

Unzip the archive and upload the catalog directory to the root of your webserver.

Once uploading is done, point your browser to http://www.yourdomain.com/catalog/

You will be entering into step-by-step installation process.

Before Installation:

Do not forget to create a mySQL database, with UserID and Password to access it. You need to supply them while installing the osCommerce.

Configurations.

osCommerce configuration settings are saved in two files:

1. for administrative access

/admin/includes/configure.php

2. for user-level access

/catalog/includes/configure.php

Once installation is finished, you can straightaway jump to your admin control panel for necessary configuration.

However, if you get database connection error: check your database settings in the above two files. This is a mere hint but it is likely to be very helpful for the beginners as well.

Feel free to contact me for further assistance.

Thanks.