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Deep Inside osCommerce: The Cookbook

Deep Inside osCommerce: The Cookbook

By : Monika Mathe
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Deep Inside osCommerce: The Cookbook

Deep Inside osCommerce: The Cookbook

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By: Monika Mathe
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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)
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Deep Inside osCommerce: The Cookbook
Credits
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Credits
Foreword
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Foreword
About the Author
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About the Author
About the Reviewers
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About the Reviewers
Introduction
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Introduction
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Chop and Cream the Basic Design
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Chop and Cream the Basic Design
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1. Add Easy Top-Category Driven Stylesheets
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2. Create Flexible Column Definitions
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Serve them New Menus
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Serve them New Menus
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3. Show Active Subcategories only in Your Category Box
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4. Create Separate Boxes for Each Top Category
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5. Simplify Category Box Navigation by Defining Specific Colors for Each Level
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6. Add Extra Links to Your Category Box
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Spice Up Your Infoboxes
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Spice Up Your Infoboxes
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7. Move Your Infobox Header closer to Content
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8. Make Your Infobox Header Taller
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9. Add a Pop-Up Page from an Infobox Link
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10. Add Images to Infoboxes
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11. Add Extra Images to Your Columns without Framing Boxes
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12. Hide or Show Boxes Driven by Language Choice
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13. Add Boxes Dedicated to Specified Countries
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14. Define Box-Image Size Independent of Product Thumbs
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15. Show Manufacturers' Logos in the Manufacturers Infobox
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16. Add Double Borders to Boxes with Background Matting
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Stuff Your Product Display
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Stuff Your Product Display
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17. Add Parent Category in Product Listing
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18. Add Top Category in Product Listing
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19. Add a Separator Line in Product Listing
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20. Add a Cell Background and an Image Border to Product Listing
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21. Sort Product Listing by Date Added
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22. Prepare a Quick 'n Easy Review System for Product Listing
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23. Whip Up a Top-Category Driven Product Listing
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24. Control Manufacturer Image Size
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25. Call a Pop Up from Product Description in Product Info
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26. Call Unique Code for a Single Product in Product Info
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27. Show a Pop Up with Shipping Options in Product Info
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28. Add an Anchor for Options in Product Info
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29. Integrate Tell a Friend into Product Info
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30. Offer an Ask a Question about a Product Link on Product Info
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31. Sell Affiliate Products from Your Catalog
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32. Fill Up Also Purchased Products Search Result
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33. Limit New Products to Those with an Image
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34. Set Column Count for New Products
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Dish Up a Better Search
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Dish Up a Better Search
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35. Add Help Text to Your Search-Box Input Field
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36. Set the Search-Result Value Independent of Admin Listings
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37. Add an All Manufacturers Page to the Manufacturers Infobox
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38. Customize Your Product Listing with Individual Boxes for Each Manufacturer
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Grill that Checkout Process
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Grill that Checkout Process
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39. Make Removing Products from the Cart more Intuitive
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40. Remove Delivery Address Modification from Your Shipping Page
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41. Modify Shipping Method Display for the Confirmation Page
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42. Add a Sophisticated Gift Wrapping Option to the Shipping Page
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43. Add the Option to Donate during Checkout
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44. Personalize Your Order Confirmation Email
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45. Add Your Customers' Email Addresses and Phone Numbers to Your Order Confirmation Email
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46. Add Your Customers' Fax Numbers to Your Order Confirmation Email
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47. Add the Products' Manufacturers to Your Order Confirmation Email
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48. Add the Products' Category Tree to Your Order Confirmation Email
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Whip Up New Shipping Options
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Whip Up New Shipping Options
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49. Add Multiple Flat Rate Shipping Modules
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50. Add Percentage and Base Price Support to Table Rate
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51. Allow Free Postage for Free Items
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52. Limit Flat Rate Shipping to a Specific Top Category Only
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53. Hide Shipping Modules Driven by Weight
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54. Create a Per Item Shipping Module with Two Price Levels
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Season Your Payment Modules
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Season Your Payment Modules
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55. Hide Payment Modules from Public Eyes
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56. Create Dependencies between Shipping and Payment Modules
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57. Offer Customized Payment Options for Selected Customers
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Cook Up a Multiple Banner System
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Cook Up a Multiple Banner System
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58. Set Up Category-Driven Banners
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59. Create Rotating Banners that Link within Your Own Shop
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Throw Together Dessert Extra Treats for You!
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Throw Together Dessert Extra Treats for You!
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60. Display a Dynamic Shipping Table for Table Rate Shipping
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61. Restructure and Customize Your File Download Module
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62. Create a Dual Website Combining Shopping Cart and Showroom Features
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Beef Up Your Admin
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Beef Up Your Admin
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63. Reset Date Added for Products
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64. Set an Expiry Date for Products
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65. Limit Also Purchased Products Selection by Date
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66. Display Full Information for Customer, Delivery, and Billing Addresses at a Glance
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67. Highlight Orders According to their Order Status
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68. Sort Your Administration Menu Configuration-Box Entries
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69. Allow Entering Products in an Additional Currency
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Chapter 5. Dish Up a Better Search

This chapter tackles one of the most important parts of an e-commerce website—the search function. Offering intuitive search options is crucial for a successful online business where customers browse on their own to find the products they need or never even knew existed.

In this chapter, we will talk about how to:

  • Add help text to your search-box input field

  • Set the search-result value independent of admin listings

  • Add an All Manufacturers page to the Manufacturers infobox

  • Customize your product listing with individual boxes for each manufacturer

35. Add Help Text to Your Search-Box Input Field

If your shop maintains a flat categories tree, and doesn't have more than one subcategory level, you can fit a search box into the top navigation bar (even for a screen resolution of 800x600 pixels). This recipe will show you how to move your search box to be visible at first glance, and how to modify code for better search results. Currently, the search box can really...

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