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Big3inc
3-18-04, 05:18 PM
I've installed OS commerce, but I dont understand how to implement the catalog/shopping cart into my website.
snowmaker
3-18-04, 05:55 PM
Reston, as in Fairfax County Virginia Reston? What's that place like now? I graduated from South Lakes in '85. As for your question, all you have to do is add a link from your main website to your OSC install.

-bruce
Big3inc
3-18-04, 06:57 PM
if you haven't been back since '85 you're in for a HUGE surprise. even if you haven't been here in 5 years, its all changed since then.

but anyway, I dont understand what you mean about linking my main site. Suppose I were to add a button next to a product, how would I link it to that item in the shopping car?

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stevel
3-18-04, 08:29 PM
The link would be from your main page to /catalog - thus entering the osCommerce system. All the product definition and integration with the cart is done through the admin panel which is installed by default in /admin.
natural
3-18-04, 08:33 PM
Originally posted by stevel
The link would be from your main page to /catalog - thus entering the osCommerce system. All the product definition and integration with the cart is done through the admin panel which is installed by default in /admin.

I noticed that if you link to /catalog you get redirected to http://website.com/catalog/ , but when you link to /catalog/ you get to http://www.website.com/catalog/

I guess that the trailing slash is important. Of course an .htaccess would fix it, but if you can link to /catalog/ it's better that way.
Big3inc
3-19-04, 12:14 PM
ok well I'm learning slowly (dont know php or CGI for that matter), but its saying that it can still write to the configure.php file. what should i change the security settings to?
stevel
3-19-04, 12:34 PM
See http://forum.powweb.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=199685#post199685
Big3inc
3-19-04, 04:50 PM
sorry to keep asking such basic questions, but is there a way I can turn on email notification so that I know when someone has placed an order?
stevel
3-19-04, 05:30 PM
There is, but it's not obvious. I wondered about this myself and found the answer in the osCommerce community forum.

What you do is enter your e-mail address under "Send Extra Order E-Mails To" in the admin "My Store" panel. Then you will get a copy of what gets sent to the customer acknowledging the order, clueing you in to processing the order.