Submitted by
guvnor on Sun, 02/06/2011 - 12:28
Introduction
This is part 3 of the guide that is designed to assist you with building a new theme for your Prestashop cart. You can read
Part 1 and
part 2 here
Creating a preview.jpg and enabling the theme
Create a file called preview.jpg in your favorite graphics editor (gimp, photoshop etc)and save it in the root directory.
Submitted by
guvnor on Wed, 02/02/2011 - 21:48
Introduction
This is part 2 of the guide that is designed to assist you with building a new theme for your Prestashop cart. You can read part 1 here
The first file prestashop opens when it begins running (i.e someone requests it by navigating to the site)is index.php. If we look at this file index.php (shown below in Prestashop's root directory
Submitted by
guvnor on Mon, 01/31/2011 - 11:27
Introduction
Please find a useful list of prestashop smarty variables. This is very useful when creating a template / theme or a module for prestashop. This list is taken from the init.php file found in the root of prestashop installation.
The list
The left hand items listed in red such as 'base_dir' are the variables you would use in your prestashop smarty templates. The right hand side points to what they mean.
So a good example to assit you in understanding would be the variable 'cart_qties'. This variable contains the information intval($cart->nbProducts()).
Submitted by
guvnor on Tue, 10/12/2010 - 08:26
Introduction
This guide is designed to assist you with building a new theme for your Prestashop cart.
Requirements
Submitted by
guvnor on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 16:05
Introduction
The Prestashop e-commerce platform allows users to leave feedback on individual products by leaving comments on each product. However, there is no method for users to leave feedback regarding the overall service of the shop. This module is designed to provide that functionality to store owners who wish to have this extra functionality. The module allows users to submit a testimonial for the store owner to approve. It also optionally supports reCaptcha as a form spam prevention method.
Compatibility
Submitted by
guvnor on Sat, 02/27/2010 - 00:21
Check you have a working WAMP installation
WAMP stands for Windows, Apache, mySQL, PHP. It refers to the key components used to run a lot of dynamic websites on a Windows machine. It often used for developing web applications on your local machine before putting it live on your server. You can get prebuilt installation routines that make installing a WAMP a real breeze. The one I am using for this article can be found here www.wampserver.com.
Submitted by
guvnor on Fri, 01/29/2010 - 13:41
Introduction
Having been looking for a Open Source shopping cart solution I stumbled on prestashop. It is a good solution which seemed to be what I was looking for. Like a lot of modern carts and CMSes it uses system of plug-in modules to add extra functionality that doesn't come as standard. The only slight problem with this module system, is how do you create a plug-in module!? It isn't exactly obvious.
