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osCommerce Tutorial

clement — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:15:46 +0000

In these osCommerce tutorials you will learn to install, configure and manange your osCommerce driven online store.

How to change tax rates in osCommerce

clement — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:40:00 +0000

Assuming you’ve already logged into osCommerce application, let’s now learn how to change tax rates in osCommerce. In the screen below choose Locations / Taxes action, click on Tax Zones,

This is a tax zone page, where you can see a tax zone for Florida has already been setup

You can setup additional tax zones and classes by clicking the tax zone or tax class links seen on the extreme left in the picture above. As of now we are going to configure a tax Rate, so click Tax Rates as depicted in the picture above, click on the edit button on the right, you will be prompted to change the existing tax rates of florida, so make the necessary changes and click update. That’s it you now know how to change the tax rates in osCommerce.

How to add a shipping module in osCommerce

clement — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:20:54 +0000

Assuming you’ve already logged into osCommerce application, let’s now learn how to add payment modules in osCommerce. In the screen below choose Modules action, click on shipping,

You will find yourself in a shipping Modules Screen as seen below, on this page we can install shipping modules for our store

Click on Per Item Modules to install it, click on the install button on the right, that’s it, your shipping module has been added and the details are listed on the right as seen above,
Click Table Rate Modules from the Shipping Modules to install it, click on the install button on the right, that’s it, we have added another shipping module and we can return to this page at any time to add additional modules. Once you add a shipping module, you should be set it up by clicking the edit button on the righ as seen above.
That’s it, now you know how to add a shipping module in osCommerce.

How to set up special promotions in osCommerce

clement — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:55:22 +0000

Assuming you’ve already logged into osCommerce application, let’s now learn how to set up special promotions in osCommerce. In the screen click on the link Catalog action,

As seen in the above picture ,on the Left side of the screen under the Administration Panel click on Specials, you will see a Screen Page with a button named new Product, click on it, as seen in the below picture, you can select the product you want to create a special promotion for, then enter a special price for the product, you can enter a expiry date or just leave it blank to have no expiry date, then click the insert button on the right bottom of the page.

That’s it, now you know how to set up special promotion in osCommerce. You can edit or delete the product by clicking on the edit and delete buttons on the right. You can add as many special promotions as you like, and can edit or delete them from the same page as well.

How to add products to your store in osCommerce

clement — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:31:00 +0000

Assuming you’ve already logged into osCommerce application, let’s now learn how to add products to your store in osCommerce. In the screen choose Catalog action, click on the link,

You will see a screen like this below,

A list of existing categories is displayed above, click the new product button, a new page will appear and will prompt you to enter the Available Date, Product Name, Product Price, Product Description, Product Quantity, Product Image then click Preview Button. You can preview the details of the product, then scroll right down and click on the insert button.
That’s it, now you know how to add products to your store in osCommerce.
Remember, to add a product to a specific category, you would simply click a category first, then click to add a product.

How to add payment modules in osCommerce

clement — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:10:39 +0000

Assuming you’ve already logged into osCommerce application, let’s now learn how to add payment modules in osCommerce. In the screen below choose Modules action, click on payment,

You will find yourself in a new page like this below, with the first row item Authorized.net items selected click on the install button on the far right of the screen.

The Authorize.net payment module has been installed and can be edited or removed from here. A list of payment modules is listed above and each payment module can be installed by first clicking on the modules and then by installing them, which can later be edited or removed too.
That’s it, you now know how to add payment modules in osCommerce.

How to manage your customers in osCommerce

clement — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:51:09 +0000

Assuming you’ve already logged into osCommerce application, let’s now learn how to manage your customers in osCommerce. In the screen below choose Customers action, click on customers,

You will see a screen like the one below, click on edit button.

You will find yourself in a new screen where you can change the customers personal details, customers address, customers contact details, options, etc, then click on update button on the right at the bottom of the screen.
That’s it, you now know how to manage your customers in osCommerce, you can also delete the customer or send an email choosing the respective buttons for each.

How to send emails to your customers from osCommerce

clement — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:31:29 +0000

Assuming you’ve already logged into osCommerce application, let’s now learn how to send emails to your customers from osCommerce. In the screen below choose Customers action, click on customers,

You will see a screen like the one below, click on email button .

You will have a email page where you have to fill in the subject line and the body of the message to the customer, scroll down and click on the send mail button, you will get to see the preview of the email we are sending like customer’s name, From, Subject, Message, click send mail to send the mail to the customer.
That’s it, you now know how to send emails to your customers from osCommerce.

How to configure your currency in osCommerce

clement — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:48:11 +0000

Assuming you’ve already logged into osCommerce application, let’s now learn how to configure your currency in osCommerce. In the screen below choose Localization action, click on currencies,

You will get into a screen like this below:

As you can see from the above table, there are already two currencies setup for our store, namely Euro and US Dollar, now click on new currency, it will prompt you to fill up a table on your right, lets say you fill in the Title – Yen, Code – JPY, scroll below and enter the currency value lets say 1.400000, then click on insert button.

That’s it, the new currency Yen has been added as seen above.
If you want to edit the value of a currency in relation to the default currency, click its value and click on the edit button on the right, make the necessary changes and click update button to update the currency master. You now know how to configure your currency in osCommerce.

How to configure your store in osCommerce

clement — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:23:05 +0000

Assuming you’ve already logged into osCommerce application, let’s now learn how to configure your store in osCommerce. In the screen choose Configuration action, click on My Store,

You will get a screen like this below, this is the configuration page for your store, lets now learn how to edit the settings. Each row item can be edited, now first click on the store name ie; the first line item and click on the edit button on the right side of the page.

It will prompt you to edit the store name from My Store to say John’s store, click update button to update the store name

You can see the Store name has been changed from My Store in Pic2 to John’s Store in Pic3.
Pic2 are the rest of the settings we can configure. To edit any of these settings, simply click on the current value and by clicking on the edit button on the right.
In addition to the store setting, there are many other settings we can configure from the left margin as seen below.

That’s it, you now know how to configure your store in osCommerce.