Sending Emails to Customers through OpenCart 1.5 Updated on December 22, 2023 by Carrie Smaha OpenCart gives the administrator the ability to send notifications about promotions and new products to their customers. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to send an email to all of your customers using OpenCart. Before you can send emails to your customers, you must configure the mail settings first. If you have not done Read More >
Configuring Email Settings in OpenCart 1.5 Updated on December 22, 2023 by Carrie Smaha Your OpenCart site has the ability to send emails through the Dashboard when you are on an InMotion web hosting plan. This is a great feature that allows you to email customers about new items added to your website, promotions you may be running, or anything else you wish. If you already have configured the Read More >
Restoring a Database Backup in OpenCart 1.5 Updated on December 22, 2023 by Carrie Smaha At times, you may need to restore your database for your OpenCart website. By now, you’ve learned how to create backups and backed up your OpenCart database on a regular basis. Restoring a database can also be done through your OpenCart dashboard in just a few clicks. Log into your OpenCart Dashboard Go to System Read More >
Changing your Admin Password in OpenCart 1.5 Updated on December 22, 2023 by Carrie Smaha OpenCart allows you to change the password for your administrator whenever you want. It’s best practice to change your passwords regularly to strengthen your shopping cart’s security. Updating your administrator password within the dashboard is easy to accomplish. Log into your OpenCart Dashboard Go to System > Users > Users Select the administrative user you Read More >
Adding New Products to OpenCart 1.5 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha Now that you have removed the default products in OpenCart and added product categories, you can start adding your own products. This is done through your OpenCart dashboard. You’ll need to add each product individually. Log into your OpenCart Dashboard Go to Catalog > Products To add a new product, click “Insert” in the top Read More >
Listing your Product’s Manufacturers in OpenCart 1.5 Updated on February 21, 2022 by Carrie Smaha At this point, you should have already installed OpenCart. OpenCart provides you the ability to list the manufacturers or brand names for your products and link these to your product pages. This is important because it will allow your customers to search by brand or manufacturer when looking for a product. The footer section of Read More >
How to rate limit emails sent in phpList Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle In our previous article, we installed phpList. Before we continue with creating a mailing list that users can subscribe to, there are some default settings that we must change within the phpList configuration. By default, phpList will attempt to send out as many emails as fast as possible. To prevent possible issues with spam, accounts Read More >
Editing the Information Pages in the Footer of OpenCart Updated on December 9, 2025 by Carrie Smaha You can customize your site further by editing the individual pages listed in the information section of the footer of your OpenCart site. By now, you should have already ;started to set up your categories for your products. The default installation of OpenCart already created 4 pages for your site (About Us, Delivery Information, Privacy Read More >
How to import a CSV file of email addresses into phpList Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle During our testing of phpList and the rate limiting feature it has available, we had the need to import a large number of email addresses into a mailing list. Just like us, if you already have a list of email addresses and you need to import them into phpList, you’ll need to also know how Read More >
Removing Products from OpenCart 1.5 Updated on February 21, 2022 by Carrie Smaha At this point in the tutorial, we’ve removed the default product categories and added new categories in OpenCart. We’ll want to remove the default products so we can begin adding our own. Removing the default products in OpenCart can be done via the Dashboard. Log into your OpenCart Dashboard Go to Catalog > Products To Read More >
How to send a message to your phpList mailing list Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle If you’ve been following along in our tutorial series, we have already installed phpList, created a mailing list, and created a way for users to subscribe to our mailing list. At this time, we now want to send a message to our mailing list! To send a message to your mailing list: Log into your Read More >
How to create a subscribe form for your phpList mailing list Updated on September 1, 2019 by Brad Markle If you’re following along in our phpList tutorial, we previously have installed phpList and created a mailing list that users can subscribe to. The next step is to actually create a form that allows users to subscribe to your list. For example, in the right sidebar of your website, you may have an area where Read More >
Adding Product Categories in OpenCart 1.5 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha In the last tutorial, we showed you how to remove the current categories so you can add your own. Categories allow you to group products together so your shopping cart visitors can find products that are related to one another. It’s best practice to plan out your product categories ahead of time but you can Read More >
How to create a Mailing list within phpList Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle Welcome to our multi article on installing and using phpList to manage newsletters. If you have not already, please review our How to install phpList article first. After you have installed phpList, your next step is to create a mailing list that your users can subscribe to. For example, you may have a mailing list Read More >
Removing Categories for Products in OpenCart 1.5 Updated on February 21, 2022 by Carrie Smaha By now, you should have your basic shoping cart built with OpenCart installed and customized with a theme. Categories are ways to group similar products together so your visitors can find them easier. It’s unlikely that you’ll use the default categories, so they’ll need to be removed. This can easily be accomplished in your OpenCart Read More >
How to install phpList Updated on June 7, 2023 by Brad Markle Master phpList Installation and Usage on PHP Web Hosting: A comprehensive tutorial series for powerful mailing lists. In this phpList tutorial series, we will: Install and configure phpList Create a form which users will subscribe to our lists Place a “Subscribe to our Mailing List” form to our testing site, phplist.inmotiontesting.com. This testing site is Read More >
What are OpenCart 1.5 Extensions and Modules? Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha What is an Extension? At this point, you’ve started to customize your OpenCart shopping cart by adding your store logo and installing a theme. You can further customize your store by using Extensions. Extensions are add-on programs that provide extra functionality to your website. What is a module? Modules are boxes of information on your Read More >
Installing an OpenCart 1.5 Theme Updated on November 19, 2021 by Carrie Smaha By now, you should have found a theme to use on your OpenCart site. If you have not yet found a theme, please read our article on finding an OpenCart Theme. Once you have downloaded the theme, you can begin to install it. Not all themes can be installed using the same steps. This is Read More >
Finding a theme for your OpenCart 1.5 Site Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha After you have installed OpenCart, you may want to further personalize the way your shopping cart looks and feels. One way to accomplish this is to add a theme to your cart. Themes change the way your shopping cart looks. In this tutorial, we’re going to show you how to find a theme to install Read More >
Adding your store logo to your OpenCart 1.5 website Updated on December 22, 2023 by Carrie Smaha Now that you have installed OpenCart and configured the general system settings, you may want to add your store logo to the website. Adding a store logo can help with branding your business and add personalization to your eshop. Uploading your store logo is easily accomplished from the OpenCart Dashboard. How to Add your Store Read More >
