Customising OpenCart (Revised Edition) 1.5.6.4
Book Details
Author(s)
A.P. Dante
Publisher
A.P. Dante
ISBN / ASIN
B00MH2D3DK
ISBN-13
978B00MH2D3D7
Sales Rank
#636,414
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
Description
A revised and comprehensive guide to customising the popular e-commerce software solution OpenCart. Based on the latest OpenCart version 1.5.6.4. Hundreds of information-packed pages with many new features.
An updated and comprehensive guide to customising the popular e-commerce software solution OpenCart. Hundreds of information-packed pages.
Topics include: how Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) define the presentation of web pages; how to modify the default terminology; how to customise the back-office administration menu; how to modify the data validation rules; how to change the background of your web pages; how to customise the page footer and the elements it contains; how to customise the page header and the elements it contains; how to add a new element to the page header; how to add a random quotation to the top of every page; how to customise the on-line store's horizontal menu bar; how to create a new module; how to create a new accordion sidebar menu; how to customise existing modules; how to customise the banner; carousel and slideshow modules; how to add new product and manufacturer fields to the database; how to extend the default search facility to include additional search fields; how to extend the customer rewards scheme to provide an expiry date for customer rewards; how to modify the checkout procedure to provide a (to me) more appropriate way of handling discount coupons; gift vouchers and customer rewards; how to extend the default Royal Mail shipping module to reflect current RM services; how to cater for BFPO; Channel Island and Isle of Man addresses; how to customise the default buttons and bullets; how to modify the layout of a sample individual page; how to install third-party extensions to add functionality; how to use vQmod to modify OpenCart's core functionality; and how to manage vQmod extensions.
Particularly useful for on line bookstore development as it includes specific detail on adding authors' first names, how to add other book-related information such as publisher , edition, ISBN13, etcetera, and how to extend the search facility to include searching on publisher etcetera.
Includes screenshots to clarify many processes and detailed code listings for all suggested changes.
Includes a FREE supplement (based on the latest XAMPP software package) that describes how to install a locally hosted Apache web server and MySQL database that you can use to install, develop and test your web site.
An invaluable aid for all wannabe OpenCart entrepreneurs.
An updated and comprehensive guide to customising the popular e-commerce software solution OpenCart. Hundreds of information-packed pages.
Topics include: how Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) define the presentation of web pages; how to modify the default terminology; how to customise the back-office administration menu; how to modify the data validation rules; how to change the background of your web pages; how to customise the page footer and the elements it contains; how to customise the page header and the elements it contains; how to add a new element to the page header; how to add a random quotation to the top of every page; how to customise the on-line store's horizontal menu bar; how to create a new module; how to create a new accordion sidebar menu; how to customise existing modules; how to customise the banner; carousel and slideshow modules; how to add new product and manufacturer fields to the database; how to extend the default search facility to include additional search fields; how to extend the customer rewards scheme to provide an expiry date for customer rewards; how to modify the checkout procedure to provide a (to me) more appropriate way of handling discount coupons; gift vouchers and customer rewards; how to extend the default Royal Mail shipping module to reflect current RM services; how to cater for BFPO; Channel Island and Isle of Man addresses; how to customise the default buttons and bullets; how to modify the layout of a sample individual page; how to install third-party extensions to add functionality; how to use vQmod to modify OpenCart's core functionality; and how to manage vQmod extensions.
Particularly useful for on line bookstore development as it includes specific detail on adding authors' first names, how to add other book-related information such as publisher , edition, ISBN13, etcetera, and how to extend the search facility to include searching on publisher etcetera.
Includes screenshots to clarify many processes and detailed code listings for all suggested changes.
Includes a FREE supplement (based on the latest XAMPP software package) that describes how to install a locally hosted Apache web server and MySQL database that you can use to install, develop and test your web site.
An invaluable aid for all wannabe OpenCart entrepreneurs.
