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Deep Inside osCommerce: The Cookbook

By : Monika Mathe
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Deep Inside osCommerce: The Cookbook

By: Monika Mathe

Overview of this book

osCommerce has been around since March 2000. At present there are over 10,000 live, registered osCommerce sites, and about 100,000 registered community members. Apart from providing ready-made solutions to problems, as well as a huge repository of information, the osCommerce community is a living entity with which we can all interact. With the rising success and popularity of this remarkable piece of software, things can only get better.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Deep Inside osCommerce: The Cookbook
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Introduction

Summary


This chapter has enhanced the gastronome in you, creating the perfect business chef able to set up sophisticated marketing strategies utilizing the full power of an osCommerce website.

With minor tweaks to the core code, an incredibly sophisticated multiple-layer banner system can be cooked up that can offer links within your own site to set special focus on products, categories, or keyword searches.

In addition to this new function, you have learned how to define category-driven banner groups that reach the specific target group intended, thus opening a completely new potential for advertising sales on your site or earning through affiliate programs.

Before moving to the final chapter, which offers mouth-watering administration tweaks, we will next look at a collection of very special recipes for specific areas of your shop that will indulge your sweet tooth.