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[socaladrift]

I started with zen cart.....oscomerce....magento,,,,was still comfused! installed open cart , a small amount of confusion fell away....only to return shortly due to inoperative features...like accepting my login. the second time. that was 0.7.8? was referred to /extras by a another member. possible bruce. installed it and judging from the fixs and the bugs that have been smoothed out from the "official" version it sounds pretty easy. but I've got this site I've just spent countless hours learning to code simple html. about 35 hrs. now I'm looking for a method of accepting payments and it looks like i have to use someone elses idea of an online store? and modify my images to comply with the store software? I was told it wasn't too complicated modifying the templates to use my sites buttons images etc. so it would look like MY store! I'm sorry but i've been  looking at php trying to find some kind of starting point. at present I believe I'm standing somewhere deep in catalog/template/default/checkout_address.css leaning way back  shdingmy eyes from the bright  light an trying to find an editor? a magic wand? maybe a few potions? Somethng that will help me understand what all this script stuff means. and I'm lost. and rations are low.

[bruce]

It is difficult to answer you when I am laughing so hard...

The default installation accepts payments via paypal or COD. Depending on where you are (your bank really), we can offer existing alternatives such as Paypal Website Payments Pro (UK or US), authorize.net(AIM) (US), SecurePay (AU) and ANZ eGate (AU). These are all commercial payment extensions and all have the same price USED$250 fully installed and supported for 12 months.

Currently in the works are authorize.net (SIM) and 2Checkout.

We are doing new ones all the time, so feel free to ask for one that is not yet built.

[bruce]

The visual design of the store is controlled by templates. Your installation comes with a default template that is exactly the same as opencart 0.7.7.

Do not modify the default template. We "fall back" on the default template so that the function of the store is not destroyed if you make a mistake in your custom template . Instead, make a copy of the default folder in the template folder. Lets call it adrift.

The following structure should now be visible in the folder structure of your store.
catalog\template\default
catalog\template\adrift

In each template, the visual design starts with layout.tpl and css\default.css. The text displayed comes either from files in the language folder of the currently selected language for the store OR from the database (eg products, categories, order status).

I recommend all template designers to use firefox with the "Web Developer" extension which, among many great features, allows you to examine the actual css and html structure of any single element displayed on the page. NuSphere PhpED is my editor of choice but for free, you can use Notepad++ which has "find in files" functionality which is invaluable here.

The other sections are defined by individual template files and (mostly) the css in default.css.

In the absence of documentation, you will have to examine the php code for the controller of the page you want to style and...

The language file loaded will give you the text if you want to change it.
The template loaded by the $view will give you what is displayed in the "content" area of layout.tpl and that template will contain references to any specific css used to style it or nothing if it uses default.css.

The modules are similar but loaded based on whether they are defined and enabled in your store admin.

I hope this gives you enough rations to continue for a while.

cheers

Bruce