Personalizing osCommerceosCommerce is a great open source application for building your online store. While it looks great out of the box, you'll probably want to change it so that it reflects your store's personality, so customers will remember it and keep coming back. Dan Wellman explains how to add your logo, colors, products, and make the most of one of the application's more versatile features.osCommerce is an extremely flexible and powerful plug-in shopping cart, catalog, and administration machine all rolled ...

Of Links and LibelNobody wants to end up in court -- we're all too busy trying to generate interest in our websites. One way to do that is by stirring controversy...and if we're not careful about what pots we stir, we could end up in court on a charge of libel. This article covers the basics of libel, including how to avoid it.These days, anyone can put up a website. Sites exist that cover the span of everything from personal ...

Using Proper DOCTYPE to Fix Browser Compatibility IssuesFirefox's growing market share provides just one strong argument among many for not designing for a single browser anymore. But how compatible is your website, and what can you do to make it work better with a variety of browsers? Anthony Hart explains the dangers of outdated DOCTYPE, and how to avoid them.What All Designers FaceYou have created a website that will promote yourself and/or a product like no one has ever created ...

Macromedia and Adobe Planning to Tie the KnotLate last month, news of Adobe’s corporate acquisition of Macromedia was the choice topic for people on many message boards. To some, the purchase seemed predictable. The companies had been butting heads for several years as they grew further and further into each other’s market segments, unable to really gain significant ground on the other.The corporations have been in a similar market, graphics and design, but each used to be at opposite ends ...

Macromedia Captivate ReviewToday we are going to take a look at Captivate by Macromedia. With Captivate, you can create interactive simulations and software demonstrations. If you have a need to create a product demonstration, some robust documentation, or even interactive training demos then Captivate may be just the tool you need.What does all of this mean in laymans terms?  Well, you can use Captivate to record your actions on the computer.  It can record ...

Deploying your Site with phpEclipseEclipse simplifies the process of deploying your site to a web server. You can even use Ant, traditionally thought of as a Java tool, to help you in the deployment. This article, the first of two parts, explains how. It is excerpted from PHPEclipse: A User Guide, written by Shu-Wai Chow (Packt Publishing, 2006; ISBN: 1904811442).Deploying Your SiteWe've walked through the complete process of web development using Eclipse, from development to ...

Deploying your Site with PHPEclipse, continuedEclipse simplifies the process of deploying your site to a web server. You can even use Ant, traditionally thought of as a Java tool, to help you in the deployment. This article, the second of two parts, explains how. It is excerpted from PHPEclipse: A User Guide, written by Shu-Wai Chow (Packt Publishing, 2006; ISBN: 1904811442).Adding Files to the Ant ClasspathBy naming these files in the Ant classpath, we are telling ...

Basic configuration of osCommerceIf you're setting up your site to handle online sales, you could do worse than to use osCommerce. This article explains how to configure the software to get you up and running. It is excerpted from Building Online Stores with osCommerce: Professional Edition, written by David Mercer (PACKT, 2005; ISBN: 1904811140).Take my word, there's a fair old amount to do in terms of configuring your individual osCommerce installation to suit a new business. ...

Basic configuration of osCommerce, continuedIf you're setting up your site to handle online sales, you could do worse than to use osCommerce. This article, the second of three parts, explains how to configure the software to get you up and running. It is excerpted from Building Online Stores with osCommerce: Professional Edition, written by David Mercer (PACKT, 2005; ISBN: 1904811140).ImagesLearning how to set the default values for the Images section can be a bit of a ...

Basic configuration of osCommerce, concludedIf you're setting up your site to handle online sales, you could do worse than to use osCommerce. This article, the third of three parts, explains how to configure the software to get you up and running. It is excerpted from Building Online Stores with osCommerce: Professional Edition, written by David Mercer (PACKT, 2005; ISBN: 1904811140).LoggingLogging can be a very useful, if not critical, tool for maintaining a system's health. Logs can be used ...