November 23, 2011
Blog Archives
A Checklist for OpenCart Launches
Bret’s latest article for Ecommerce Developer lays out the steps for a successful launch of your OpenCart project. As an experienced ecommerce developer, Bret has learned a few things from the launch of his OpenCart projects. OpenCart is a gaining an ever increasing audience who appreciate its architecture and flexibility. – Bret Williams, President & … Continue Reading
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Localizing OpenCart for Language, Currency
Bret’s series on OpenCart 1.5 continues with instructions on how to localize your OpenCart installation. His step-by-step instructions are easy to follow, and show you exactly how to create your own “American English” language file. To read the entire article, please visit “Localizing OpenCart for Language, Currency” at Ecommerce Developer. Bret is an OpenCart expert … Continue Reading
Understanding OpenCart Layouts
Bret’s series on OpenCart 1.5 continues with instructions on how to use templates more effectively with OpenCart installations. His articles are published by Ecommerce Developer and include discussions on the following topics: Meet OpenCart 1.5 Tweaking OpenCart 1.5 Layouts Styling OpenCart 1.5 To read his latest article in full, please visit “Understanding OpenCart Layouts” at Ecommerce … Continue Reading
OpenCart Vulnerability Fix
An OpenCart vulnerability in the cache handling routine of OpenCart allowed for an exploit that could overwrite files with blank files. A fix has been made available for download. VickiGroup.com reported the exploit on September 9, 2011, exposing the vulnerable code. The OpenCart developer, Daniel Kerr, posted a fix the same day. While the exploit … Continue Reading
Tutorial: Adding Customer Name to OpenCart Registration Email
Whenever a new customer registers on one of our OpenCart stores, the customer and the site administrator are sent an OpenCart registration email that looks like this: Welcome and thank you for registering at 10 Cent Books! Your account has now been created and you can log in by using your email address and password … Continue Reading
Styling OpenCart 1.5
Bret’s series on the features of OpenCart 1.5 continues with instructions on how to modify your new theme’s design. He gives specific steps on how you can use CSS to alter the layout. Throughout the series he will guide you on how to tweak your OpenCart theme with links to specific examples. To read the entire posting, … Continue Reading
10 Cent Books: You Get What You Pay For
Over the years, we’ve purchased many books, including quite a few technical books to help us engineer the hundreds of websites we’ve launched over more than 16 years in the business. So often, we buy a 400 page book but only really need one or two chapters to learn what we need to learn. Earlier … Continue Reading
Tweaking OpenCart 1.5 Layouts
The next installment of Bret’s series on the features of OpenCart 1.5 deals with modifying your design theme. This posting gives step-by-step instructions on how to modify the footer. Throughout the series he will guide you on how to tweak your OpenCart theme with links to specific examples. To read the entire posting, please visit … Continue Reading
5 Great OpenCart 1.5 Themes
Despite the huge number of OpenCart powered websites in existance, theme designers have generally paid little attention to creating vibrant, innovative designs for OpenCart. It’s difficult to explain, given the fact that OpenCart’s theme architecture is fairly easy to navigate, and certainly easier to work with than some other platforms, like Magento. Fortunately, the good … Continue Reading
Meet OpenCart 1.5
Bret recently reviewed the latest version of the popular e-commerce platform, OpenCart. For a breakdown of the new features added in version 1.5, please read the full article, posted in the Ecommerce Developer division of Practical Ecommerce.
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New Magento Book Coming in May
After months of diligent work, my book, Mastering Magento, is scheduled for publication next month from Packt Publishing, one of … Continue Reading
