Installing PrestaShop 1.6 via Softaculous Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell Now that PrestaShop 1.6 has been officially released, you are able to use it for your live sites. Softaculous has now included the new version in their list of available downloads. This article will show you how to install your own PrestaShop 1.6 store. What is Softaculous? Softaculous is a piece of software that installs Read More >
Working with the DNS Authority API key Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this tutorial: View your API Key Request an API Key Check API request Status In this tutorial, we will show you how to View, Request, and check on the status of your DNS Authority Key in AMP. How to See your API Key Login to AMP. In your account, click the Account Technical Details Read More >
How to change the side images in PrestShop 1.6 Updated on June 8, 2023 by Scott Mitchell Once you have upgraded or installed a new PrestaShop 1.6 installation you will experience a new default theme layout. It is much more up to date in appearance and is responsive, which is great for your customers using various devices. On the new template, you will see some images to the right of the image Read More >
How to Set Maintenance Mode in PrestaShop Updated on June 7, 2023 by Scott Mitchell Whether you are creating your shop for the first time with a new ecommerce website host, or modifying your existing installation, you may not want to allow customers to come and shop while you are working. Whenever you want to work on your store without being bothered by the public, you can set the store Read More >
Positioning the Cart block after PrestaShop 1.6 upgrade Updated on October 9, 2020 by Scott Mitchell If you are among many PrestaShop fans, you will be very excited to upgrade your 1.5 store to the new 1.6 version. While upgrading via the 1-Click Upgrade is very quick, there can be a few tweaks needed to your storefront. One of the more common issues we are seeing is the Cart block is Read More >
How to Upgrade PrestaShop Updated on October 9, 2020 by Scott Mitchell Upgrading PrestaShop is a snap with the 1-Click Upgrade module! Follow the instructions below to upgrade to the new version quickly. How to upgrade to PrestaShop Log into your Prestashop 1.5 admin dashboard. From the upper menu toolbar, hover over the Modules tab and click on the Modules option. Arriving at the Modules list page, Read More >
Setting a product On Sale in PrestaShop 1.6 Updated on March 9, 2021 by Scott Mitchell Everyone loves a deal! When we go shopping, my wife loves to look for sales. Sometimes we know about specific items because we got a flyer in the mail or local paper. Some stores, like my local Target, post the sales flyer at the front of the store. We browse the sale items to see Read More >
Setting catalog mode in PrestaShop 1.6 Updated on June 8, 2023 by Scott Mitchell Most of the time, PrestaShop merchants set up a site that is used as an online store where visitors come to the site specifically to browse and purchase products. There is also a small percentage of merchants out there that run a physical brick and mortar store. They may want to showcase their products online Read More >
Deleting products from your PrestaShop 1.6 store Updated on October 9, 2020 by Scott Mitchell When you no longer want a product in your store, you have two options. You can either disable the product or delete it from your database entirely. Disabling products is usually the best option as it preserves the data integrity of your site. If you need to get information for a product that a customer Read More >
Disabling products within PrestaShop 1.6 Updated on October 9, 2020 by Scott Mitchell During the lifetime of your shop, you will have products come and go. Some will be discontinued, some will be test market products, some will be seasonal. There are many reasons why you may want to disable a product, however there are very few occasions you should want to actually delete a product. In this Read More >
Adding new product features in PrestaShop 1.6 Updated on October 9, 2020 by Scott Mitchell What is a product feature? When working with products, you will discover there are many common features your products have. For example you may have a ‘Composition‘ feature. This is what the product is made out of and can be many different materials. If you sell clothing this may be cotton, denim or polyester. Perhaps Read More >
WordPress 3.9 Beta 1 Released Posted on March 11, 2014 by Jeff Matson Today, the first beta of WordPress 3.9 was released with plenty of tweaks and new features. While not quite as noticable as 3.8, there are numerous changes for both developers as well as end-users. We encourage you to deploy a development site to play around with it, especially if you use or develop a plugin Read More >
Working with product features in PrestaShop 1.6 Updated on October 13, 2020 by Scott Mitchell When working with your products in your PrestaShop 1.6 store, there is a lot of information that can be entered to describe your products. These are broken down into tabs on the left hand side of the main product page. One of these tabs, the Features tab, is where you will enter the different important Read More >
Product Descriptions in PrestaShop 1.6 Updated on June 8, 2023 by Brad Markle When adding a product in PrestaShop 1.6, there are fields available to type in a Short description and a Description (long description). Question: How do you know what to type into the short description and what to type in the long description? Answer: Knowing where short descriptions and long descriptions are used within your store Read More >
Changing your WordPress database collation Updated on March 11, 2022 by Jeff Matson If characters are not being stored properly on your WordPress site, or if you are using a different language in which the characters that you entered are not the same as what is being displayed, you may need to change your database collation. For example, if you database uses character set that is not utf8_general_ci, Read More >
Changing Your Database Port in WordPress Updated on March 11, 2022 by Jeff Matson If your database is located on a different port, you will need to adjust your connection settings within WordPress to connect to it. In this article, we will show you about changing your database port within your WordPress configuration. Changing Your WordPress Database Port First, log into cPanel and open the file manager. If you Read More >
Improve PrestaShop 1.6 Performance Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor The following article covers the optimization options present within PrestaShop 1.6. These options will help make your PrestaShop installation load and perform faster. We will describe the performance and caching options available within the newly re-designed PrestaShop 1.6 interface. Smarty Configuration Smarty is the php template engine used by PrestaShop. You will want to make Read More >
Managing product quantities in PrestaShop 1.6 Updated on October 9, 2020 by Scott Mitchell Proper stock management is needed when running a store, whether it is online or a brick and mortar building. PrestaShop offers easy management of your product’s available stock via the Quantities tab. Below is a quick tutorial on the tab and how ot works with your products. How to manage product quantities in PrestaShop 1.6 Read More >
Resetting your OpenCart Admin Password with the Forgot Password link Updated on December 22, 2023 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this tutorial: Reset Password Troubleshoot Warning message If you are unable to login to your OpenCart Dashboard, there is a Forgot Password link that can help you. In this tutorial we will show you how to Reset your OpenCart Password, so you can login to the Admin Dashboard. How to Reset your Admin Password Read More >
Adding images for products in PrestaShop 1.6 Updated on October 8, 2020 by Scott Mitchell One of the more important selling points for your products is the image. With a proper image, more customers will buy your items. Products without images typically do not sell as well. In this article, we will show how to add images to your products in PrestaShop 1.6 How to add product images in PrestaShop Read More >
