Many of you will want to change the style of the buttons that are provided with osCommerce by default. If you do want to create your own set of buttons, then there is a good way and a bad way to go about it. The most important thing to do is simply create a button template, and once you have it, keep it safe and make sure it is never modified. If you need to create a new button, make a copy of this template, and write on it the new word that describes the button’s function.
For example, some of you might like a plain old rectangle button, which looks nice and neat. If that’s the case, then simply create a rectangle of the desired dimension, give it a border, and buttonize it. Whatever other effects you decide to add later on, you can. For example, the following button template was created and then included in the includes\languages\english\ images\buttons folder:
Now, the only thing that you need to do is create a copy for each type of button you need, add the appropriate...