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The first step in adding attributes to your OpenCart products is to create Attribute groups. Once you have the Attribute group created, yo can add Attributes to the group. This article will walk you through the steps to add Attributes to attribute groups in OpenCart. Adding Attributes to an Attribute group Log into your OpenCart Read More >

When you are creating your OpenCart products you may want to add more information at the bottom of your product description. This section is a tab named “Specifications”. By Default the bottom Attributes are “Description” and “Reviews”. See image to the right. To add another tab that contains “Specifications” for your product, you can create Read More >

With OpenCart, you can set up specific email alerts to let you know when new orders or new accounts are placed. Follow the steps below to learn how to configure the email alerts in the OpenCart 1.5 admin interface. How to set up Email Alerts in OpenCart 1.5 Log into your OpenCart Dashboard From the Read More >

Errors in programs and databases can occur quickly and mysteriously. If something disasterous happens such as your admin account being deleted, it will seem imposible for your to fix as you need to get into the administrative area to troubleshoot or promote another user account to the Administrative role. In cases like this, you need Read More >

When working with OpenCart, or any program, there is always the possibility for errors to occur. This article describes a particular error in OpenCart that occurs when placing the OpenCart site into maintenance mode due to a missing maintenance.php file. This results in a blank screen with “Error: Could not load language common/maintenance!” at the Read More >

It is good practice to set your store to maintenance mode when performing upgrades or routine maintenance. During this time, visitors to your site will receive a message stating it under temporary maintenance. Many store owners wish to customize their message and make it more specific to their task so their customers are more informed. Read More >

In this article I’ll discuss how you can disable the product reviews that are enabled by default with OpenCart. These product reviews show the star rating that a user has left on an item, as well as a text review of the product. You can approve or disapprove a product review in OpenCart from the Read More >

When working with ecommerce programs such as OpenCart, the vast majority of features and settings are taken care of in the administrative dashboard. There will come a time, however, when you will need to access or interact with the database directly, most often through some sort of troubleshooting. When this happens, you will need to Read More >

When you add products in your OpenCart software, you can have related products appear with them in the product search. (See image to the right) This article will explain how to add related products to your OpenCart products. Adding Related Products in OpenCart Log into your OpenCart admin. Edit the product you want to add Read More >

In this tutorial we will show you a quick example of how you can edit a OpenCart template to change the default layout that is used for your OpenCart site. As an example let’s say you have created a gift voucher in OpenCart. By default it’s just going to show a link for customers to Read More >

In addition to the video above, we’ve collected the following list of articles to assist you in getting started with your new OpenCart store: Adding Categories Removing Categories Adding Products Removing Products Adding Options to Products Coupons You can find many more OpenCart tutorials at our OpenCart Education Channel. If you’re interested in learning more Read More >

Gift vouchers can be themed in OpenCart and allows you to easily create vouchers for holidays or events. If a visitor to your website purchases a gift voucher for Mother’s Day, you could have a template that themes the email with an image you choose to represent that specific event. Gift voucher templates are created Read More >

Since the Internet is global; your customers may want to purchase or see the purchase price of a product in their native currency for the country they live in. You can easily add a new currency to OpenCart through the OpenCart dashboard. Log into your OpenCart Dashboard Go to Localisation >> Currencies Click “Insert” Fill Read More >

OpenCart comes with the ability to set up different stock statuses. Setting the stock status of a product in OpenCart lets your website’s visitors know when to expect a product. By default, some stock statuses are already set up. You can use the statuses that are already defined such as 2-3 days, In Stock, Out Read More >

OpenCart allows you to create “manufacturers” to apply to your products you are selling. Anytime you create a manufacturer in OpenCart, the system allows you to apply products to them. If a customer wants to view all products for a specific manufacturer they can do so. By adding manufacturers to products this can help your Read More >

OpenCart comes with a pre-built manufacturers banner that displays your products manufacturers. Since these manufacturers may already have built brand awareness with customers, using there recoginzable logos on your website can help customers decide to purchase products from your website. You will need to find the images you want to use for each manufacturer prior Read More >

Recently I upgraded our OpenCart testing site to OpenCart version 1.5.2. While the installation process went quite smoothly, I noticed after further investigation, that vQmod seemed to not be working. This was a fairly large problem since we use vQmod to make changes to our shopping cart. If you’re not familiar with vQmod please see Read More >

At times, you may find it necessary to block or ban specific IP addresses from visiting your store. You may want to block people using an IP address if they have placed a fraudulent order or they may have left abusive or negative comments on your website. OpenCart 1.5.x has the ability to ban IP Read More >

The powered by OpenCart footer link appears on every page and is an easy way for you to promote and help support OpenCart. Alternatively, this makes it easy for hackers to determine what your shopping cart is built with and target. It’s relatively easy to remove using File Manager in cPanel. Log into cPanel Go Read More >