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Ecommerce Templates Tutorials

This is a collection of tutorials we have set up to help explain and walk you through some of the main features of Ecommerce Templates. Some of the videos are from our dedicated YouTube channel, others will open in a new window. We have divided the tutorials into three sections

We are currently updating the tutorial section. Our original series of video tutorials is available here.

Table of contents

ECT Hosted Store tutorials

The following tutorials only apply to the ECT Hosted store solution

ECT Hosted Store - an introduction

How to create a new page with the ECT Hosted Store

How to dynamically add products to the home page of the ECT Hosted Store

How to define elements and display them on the product and quick buy layouts

How to add an image slider to your home page

  • Adding the POWr slider to your home page

ECT Hosted Store and Licensed Version tutorials

The following tutorials apply to both the ECT Hosted store solution and Licensed Store versions

How to add a new category

  • How to add a new category via the store control panel

How to add a new product

  • How to add a new product via the store control panel

How to configure product options

  • How to add new product options via the store control panel

How to set up a free shipping discount

  • This tutor al shows how to set up free shipping depending on the amount spent, the location of the buyer and the shipping method selected

Licensed Version tutorials

The following tutorials apply to only the Licensed Store versions

How to update your store to the latest version

  • This tutorial walks you through the steps of updating the store to the latest version using the updater and Filezilla

How to define your site in Dreamweaver CS

  • Once you have extracted your download, this short tutorial will explain how to get started in Dreamweaver CS by first defining your site.

How to get started in Dreamweaver

  • This video will walk you through the steps of opening the PHP version of Ecommerce Templates in Dreamweaver.

How to get started in Expression Web

  • This video will walk you through the steps of opening the PHP version of Ecommerce Templates in Expression Web.

Tweaking and previewing the store css classes

  • In this video we show how to tweak the the css on your store and preview the changes without them going live whilst testing.

How to define your site in Dreamweaver MX

How to define your site in Dreamweaver 4

How to make the database connection with the PHP version

How to open a Dreamweaver template in Microsoft Expression Web

How to use Batch Processing to prepare thumbnail images

Quickies

The following tutorials are in text format and are designed for printing out for later reference. They cover those issues which are peripheral to the Ecommerce Template set up and are not addressed in the main help sections.

Setting up a local server for the PHP version

How to back up and import the mySQL database using phpmyadmin

Doing a mass upload of products to a mySQL database

Updating a store which has custom coding