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This article explains how to correct the Googlebot error below on your osCommerce site: 404 – https://www.example.com/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.example.com%2Fproduct_info.php%3Fproducts_id%3D104&layout=standard&show_faces=false&width=125&action=like&colorscheme=light&height=35 (found at https://www.example.com/product_info.php?products_id=104) You will need to fix your osCommerce site to remove the <base href=”example.com”> from the code in the head section. See the snapshot to the right. Removing the <base href=””> from your osCommerce Login into Read More >

In order to assess how your products are being seen by visitors to your site, you will need to review the data of your website visitors. The following article explains how to find and read this report within the osCommerce dashboard. Using the Best Viewed Report Login to the osCommerce Dashboard. Look at the vertical Read More >

Customers that register into the osCommerce system may sometimes need to have their data modified by an admin in the osCommerce dashboard. This feature of osCommerce is different from managing Customer Details in that you are modifying the actual customer information as opposed to the form fields. The following article explains how to find and Read More >

This article explain the order process from the perspective of the Administrator. We will show an order being processed through the administrator dashboard in osCommerce. Tracking a Sales Order in the Administrator Dashboard of osCommerce Login to the osCommerce Admin dashboard. Click on Customers, then Orders when the menu expands. When you select the order, Read More >

Adding new customers in osCommerce is typically done through the new customer registration interface that the customer can see when viewing your osComemrce storefront. Some of these details can be controlled and edited within the osCommerce administrator. The following tutorial explains how to make changes to the Customer Details in the osCommerce administrator dashboard. Modifying Read More >

When customers arrive at your osCommerce site, they may often have a question about your registration process. To become familiar with the perspective of a potential new customer, you should know the process they follow to login. The following article explains how new users register into the osCommerce site. How New Customers Register in osCommerce Read More >

You can track your osCommerce website statistics with Google analytics. osCommerce has a built in function that allows you to add Google Analytics code to your site. The image to the right shows what the code looks like before adding the Google Analytics code. Below are the steps to add your Google Analytics to your Read More >

When you install osCommerce, you will have a Contact form by default set up for your shop. The Contact form provided works well, except, there is no validation preventing robots from filling the form out. This article will explain how to secure your website contact form using the Simple Captcha Add-On. Download the captcha module Read More >

Not all e-commerce shops have only one manager, so it is sometimes necessary to have multiple logins. Fortunately, osCommerce does provide this option. This article will explain how to add or delete Administrators in osCommerce. Creating or Deleting Administrators in osCommerce Creating an Administrator NOTE! On your first login to the Administrator section you will Read More >

In this guide, we will walk you through setting up the per item shipping module in your osCommerce estore. This creates a standard shipping price for a an item, that is added to the total for each item you purchase. As an example, if an item has a shipping price of $5.00, and you purchase Read More >

In this guide we will walk you through the installation and setup of the Flat Rate shipping module in osCommerce. This lets you provide one standard shipping price for customers in a specific tax zone that purchase products from your osCommerce powered store. For example, you can charge a flat $3.00 rate for anyone in Read More >

After you get the background styles and the #bodyWrapper styles setup the way you need it. you can set up your Footer styles to match them. The image to the right shows what the osCommerce site looks like with the background and #bodyWrapper styled for the “Sunny” osCommerce theme. The footer by default has the Read More >

Once you have changed the background image of your osCommerce site, you will want to customize the body of the webpage. The snapshot to the right shows what the osCommerce site looks like with no background for the content area for the “Sunny” theme. You see the website background through it. To style this we Read More >