Deconstructing an osCommerce Shipping Module
Written By Gary on Jul 23 2008 · Comments (0)

Shipping is just about the easiest thing to learn to code in osCommerce - what I am going to do in this post is deconstruct a shipping module so that you learn a little bit about how it works...
The module we are looking at is /includes/modules/shipping/flat.php - starting from the bottom I will attempt to [...]

YOUR oscommerce site on YOUR home computer
Written By Gary on Jul 16 2008 · Comments (0)

I'm now offering a new service whereby I "mirror" your live oscommerce site onto your own home computer.
There are many reasons why you would want to do this, one of the most important being the fact that you will always have a backup should any of your live files become corrupted.  You also will be [...]

Recording IP address in osCommerce
Written By Gary on Jul 14 2008 · Comments (1)

Alan asks;
Is it possible to record the ip address of each sale?
Alan, yes it is. But it is not standard osCommerce procedure to do so.
Adding an IP address recorder is really easy and is a simple modification that amnyone, and I mean ANYONE can make. There is a couple of IP [...]

Printable List Of Products & Thumbnails
Written By Gary on Jul 07 2008 · Comments (0)

Anna asks;
I have on my website over 500 lines & growing, & I was wondering if there is anywhere in oscommerce I can produce (print out) a products list for people that haven't got access to a computer that wants to order from a catalogue. I really don't want to do this manually as it [...]

How to show Tax in osCommerce
Written By Gary on Jul 05 2008 · Comments (0)

Tax is complicated!  osCommerce makes it relatively easy to set up, but there are some nuances that you need to be aware of...
I suspect that most stores will want to show prices with taxes included, in other words, show a £99.99 (incl tax), £85.10 (excl tax) as £99.99.  The example assume a UK pounds product, [...]

Clear Pending Baskets
Written By Gary on Jul 01 2008 · Comments (0)

Charles asks;
I have a small question to ask since I am getting back into another oscommerce project after about two years of inactivity: how does someone clears pending [temporary] baskets in oscommerce ?
You need to delete all the rows in the following database tables;
customers_basket
customers_basket_attributes
that should do what you want!

Modules in osCommerce - making them interactive
Written By Gary on Jun 21 2008 · Comments (0)

Sometimes you might want to show a Payment or Shipping Module based on other factors. A few examples;

Only show Paypal payment method if USPS shipping is chosen.
Only show Flat Rate Shipping if number of items in cart is less than three
Only show USPS if the total purchase value exceeds $500

I'm sure you get the [...]

Affiliate Scheme launched on osCommerce Books
Written By Gary on Jun 16 2008 · Comments (0)

Hi all, I've been running an affiliate scheme on oscbooks.com for some years, on which I paid 33% commission. Recently I swapped the site over to a new look and a new payment/delivery processor. At the same time as I updated the website, I decided to reward affiliates by paying 50% commissions for [...]

Protx Live Service Upgrade on 22nd June 2008
Written By Gary on Jun 09 2008 · Comments (0)

ProtX are making some chganges to their IP address range, so if you use ProtX please read this.
To check if your site is using the correct URL, simply download and open /includes/modules/payment/protx_*.php (there might be one or there might be two). Make sure that the URL being used in each begins with http://ukvps.protx.com
Easy as [...]

osCommerce - What's New Here
Written By Gary on Jun 08 2008 · Comments (0)

Steve asks;
I have been using osC for a few years now and have been very happy with it except for a few minor things. The one thing that I could change to greatly improve osC's usefulness (at least to me) is this:
Is there a way to add products to the site that do not show [...]