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Ecommerce Templates (Legacy) Tutorials

This is a collection of legacy tutorials and were set up for previous versions of the shopping cart software. The current set are available on our main tutorials page.

Table of contents

An overview of Ecommerce Templates shopping cart software

  • Ecommerce Templates shopping cart software introduction..

How to use the Updater

  • This tutorial shows how to upload the updater files from your hard drive to your server, where they should be placed and important considerations.

An introduction to the control panel

  • This video provides an overview to the control panel for Ecommerce Templates users. The admin provides a simple interface for adding products, shipping, discounts, stock, viewing orders etc.

An overview of WordPress & Ecommerce Templates shopping cart software

  • Ecommerce Templates shopping cart software WordPress introduction.

An overview of the WordPress installation

  • Ecommerce Templates shopping cart software WordPress integration.

An overview of adding store widgets through WordPress

  • How to add Ecommerce Templates widgets to WordPress.

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.

How to set up a new category through the control panel

  • Setting up a new category through the admin is quite simple and here we walk you through the main steps..

How to set up a new product through the control panel

  • Adding a product through the online control panel is very simple, this is where we walk you through the steps required and outline the main features.

How to enter a new product option through the control panel

  • This video shows how to set up a simple product option and assign it to an existing store product.

How to use the alt prod id feature to have product options with their own product reference

  • This tutorial will show you how product options can have their own product id meaning that stock can be set on combinations of options.

How to integrate the Generic PHP Version into an existing site

  • This tutorial shows how to integrate the PHP Generic Version into an existing site to seamlessly add a shopping cart and maintain the look and feel of the original layout.

How to integrate the Generic ASP Version into an existing site

  • This tutorial shows how to integrate the ASP Generic Version into an existing site to seamlessly add a shopping cart and maintain the look and feel of the original layout.

Using the cms to control page content video tutorial

  • This tutorial will how you how to set up a page that can be edited through the control panel and how to add that page to the dynamic menu system.

Using the cms to add an editable region to a page video tutorial

  • This tutorial shows you how to set up an editable region on a page that can be controlled using the content management system available in the online control panel.

How to set up a free shipping discount

  • This video will walk you through the steps of setting up and assigning a free shipping discount.

Weight based shipping video tutorial

  • In this video we'll show you how to set up custom shipping rates using weight based values.

Flat rate shipping with standard, express and international options

  • This video shows how to set up flat rate shipping which allows for different flat rates for standard, express and international destinations and methods.

How to set up price based shipping video tutorial

  • This video shows how to set up price based shipping.

How to set up a quantity discount video tutorial

  • This tutorial will show how to assign a quantity discount to a product to give discounts for bulk purchases.

Using the cross selling / upselling feature

  • This video highlights the cross selling features of related, recommended, also bought and bestsellers.

Product reviews and ratings video tutorial

  • This tutorial will walk you through the steps for setting up and using the reviews and ratings feature in Ecommerce Templates.

Mailing list / newsletter set up

  • This tutorial will walk you through the steps of sending out a newsletter through the Ecommerce Templates control panel.

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