Gift Wrapping in osCommerce
Written By Gary on Jul 12 2008 · Comments (0)

Chris writes;
I was thinking that it would be great if you make a constribution that It will add a checkbox on the checkout about a giftwrap. Also under this option it would be good a textbox so the customer can leave a message to be in the card outside of the giftwrap.. you can make […]

Category Links in Main Page & Jagged Pictures
Written By Gary on Jul 09 2008 · Comments (0)

Suf writes;
How can I create category links with pictures in the main section of the home page? The category links are currently in the left column with no pictures. That is fine for other pages in the cart, but the home page should have the categories in main section.
This contribution should do it.
Most […]

Boo Hoo Hoo
Written By Gary on Jul 09 2008 · Comments (1)

Note that this was a comment from "Jason" who didn't have the balls to leave a real email address - anonymity is the sort of BS that I hate. So, as I cannot answer him by email…
Jason writes;
When are you going to have the WORKING version available to OSC users for free. Basically your […]

More Questions about Discount Vouchers
Written By Gary on Jun 12 2008 · Comments (2)

Patrick asks;
We are looking for a gift voucher module with the following abilities:
1. Able to create a coupon code that can be used for everyone (also customers that have not yet signed up).
2. The coupon has a worth example 5 dollars
3. This can only be used one time only per customer
Is there a (paid) module […]

Web Hosting Upgrade Problems with osCommerce
Written By Gary on Jun 11 2008 · Comments (2)

Ron asks;
I am looking at web hosting co. It seems a lot of them do not have the current versions of: phpmyadmin, oscommerce, mysql. Can this be a problem?? If so what kind of problem??
Most hosting companies should by now have upgraded to PHP5 and MySQL5. If so, you need to use […]

Questions about Discount Vouchers
Written By Gary on Jun 05 2008 · Comments (0)

Aravot asks;
Looking for a discount / coupon contribution found your site, was wondering if your contribution creates and sends coupon to customer upon registration and when customer uses the coupon, it deletes it from db. If your contribution doesn't do the above do you know any that does.
Aravot, my version of this does not […]

MySQL Error 20, -20 in osCommerce
Written By Gary on May 26 2008 · Comments (2)

Anna-Marie asks;
I went into the admin section to put some products on special & it says the following & I don't know why it is there or how to fix it.
"1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to [...]

Various Reader Questions; thumbanil, vouchers v2, ms2
Written By Gary on May 16 2008 · Comments (0)

Evan asks;
I'll be trying a contrib soon, but my problem is pixelated thumbnails. I'd like smaller images for the thumbnails and such.
All about thumbnail images! and my solution...
Richard asks;
Im trying to find a link for Version 2 of Gift Vouchers
Version 2 is available only as an installed service at this moment.  The cost of [...]

Green Template Problems, Green to osCommerce
Written By Gary on May 13 2008 · Comments (0)

Francis asks
Hi there!  I just downloaded your template and installed it on my newly created oscommerce site.  I'm pretty new to this, so please be patient.  But now when I visit the site, it's blank???  Everything is fine on the admin side.  Not sure what to do.  Any suggestions?
As you are installing on a brand [...]

osCommerce and PHP 5
Written By Gary on May 06 2008 · Comments (2)

Loretta asks;
I hope you can give a piece of advice regarding whether osCommerce v2.2 ms2 will work with PHP 5.2.5? I new to osCommerce and my client's shop is v2.2 ms2 - live for 4 years. The hosting company will be moving all their servers to this newer version of PHP by December, January 2009 [...]