How to Add a New INFORMATION page in osCommerce 2.4

How to add a new information page (like for example, the conditions page).

2.4 brings a new structure to osCommerce, and the base code is still being worked on – hence, this post might change when 2.4 is officially released. I’ll make sure I update it if I need to.

Step 1. Add the link to the new page in the information infobox

Open up /includes/modules/boxes/bm_information.php

Find this:

‘ <a href=”‘ . tep_href_link(‘info’, ‘contact’) . ‘”>’ . MODULE_BOXES_INFORMATION_BOX_CONTACT . ‘ </a>’ .

Change to:

‘ <a href=”‘ . tep_href_link(‘info’, ‘contact’) . ‘”>’ . MODULE_BOXES_INFORMATION_BOX_CONTACT . ‘ </a><br>’ .
‘ <a href=”‘ . tep_href_link(‘info’, ‘aboutus’) . ‘”>’ . MODULE_BOXES_INFORMATION_BOX_ABOUTUS . ‘ </a>’ .

Here we simply add a line break and a link to a new “aboutus” page.

Save the File.

Step 2. Create a new ACTION file.

Copy the code from pastebin and save into a new file called aboutus.php in the /includes/apps/info/actions/ folder.

Step 3. Create a new CONTENT file.

Copy the code from pastebin and save into a new file called aboutus.php in the /includes/apps/info/content/ folder.

Step 4. Add the necessary LANGUAGE bits

a. Open up includes/languages/english/info.php and add:

define(‘NAVBAR_TITLE_ABOUTUS’, ‘About Us’);
define(‘HEADING_TITLE_ABOUTUS’, ‘About Us’);
define(‘INFO_ABOUTUS’, ‘Put here your About Us information.’);

b. Open up includes/languages/english.php and add:

define(‘MODULE_BOXES_INFORMATION_BOX_ABOUTUS’, ‘About Us’);

Step 5. Visit your new “About Us” page

Click the “About us” link in the information infobox, and you will see your new page!

Easy as pie?