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Ok, to do this, you will need to know how to use an FTP client. Once set-up its mainly dragging and dropping files, just like Windows explorer. I use "Filezilla" which is free and works well. Search for it on Google, and download/install. Depending on your hosting you'll need to get to the root directory of your site. This is sometimes called "www", "public_html", or "htdocs" on some Windows servers. The list below shows the location of each default logo. Killer: /skins/killer/styleimages/backgrounds/topHeader.gif Classic: /skins/classic/styleimages/backgrounds/contentBg.jpg Legend: /skins/legend/styleimages/backgrounds/topHeader.gif Download the image, depending on the skin you're using. As you're just starting out, I'd recommend editing the image and create your logo, save in the same format and make sure the filename is exactly the same (ie TopHeader is *not* the same as topHeader) Upload using the FTP client, over the top of the original file on your site. Visit your homepage, and if the image isn't there, press CTRL-F5 to force a reload. If you encounter problems, please post the address of your site as this will speed any help. Jason

Hi, to make your latest problems "random", you need to edit: /includes/content/index.inc.php Find line $latestProducts = $db->select("SELECT productId, image, price, name, sale_price FROM ".$glob['dbprefix']."CubeCart_inventory WHERE `showFeatured` = 1 ORDER BY productId DESC LIMIT ".$config['noLatestProds']); Replace with: $mt_srand ((double) microtime() * 1000000); $seed = mt_rand(1,10000); //$latestProducts = $db->select("SELECT productId, image, price, name, sale_price FROM ".$glob['dbprefix']."CubeCart_inventory WHERE `showFeatured` = 1 ORDER BY productId DESC LIMIT ".$config['noLatestProds']); $latestProducts = $db->select("SELECT productId, description, image, price, name, sale_price FROM ".$glob['dbprefix']."CubeCart_inventory WHERE `showFeatured` = 1 ORDER BY RAND(".$seed.") LIMIT ".$config['noLatestProds']); That will make your recent product list into a random list. You can change the number of products in the admin control panel- it'll use the same value. There isn't an easy way to make decisions based on page size. The only way, is to use JavaScript to report it back to the server. For this reason, many designers use fixed width designs. If your main target are PC users, 1024 is a pretty safe resolution nowdays. There will be some viewers on lower res, or those that run their browser in a smaller window, so you'll have to weigh that risk up. I'm not sure how you're laying out the Products, but using a <div> should mean you can encapsulate all the data you need, and just "stamp" out these <divs>. I think the "killer" and "classic" skins use this system for the latest products. If the screen is a widescreen (ie 1280px wide), this approach will try to use the additional space. If the screen is less than 1024, it will only use 2 or even 1. Obviously, you'll still see the same number of products, but at least the customer won't have the dreaded horizontal scrollbar. Jason

Hi Angel, If you know PHP/mySQL, you'll find the system pretty easy to mod. The template system may take a little while to get your head around, but its pretty powerful. I've been using the conditional blocks in some of my stuff. If you're a PHP/mySQL newbie there is also a coding help forum, so and if you're an expert - I'm sure you'll be made welcome! Head over to www.cubecartforums.org and download some of the free mods on offer, and see what others are up to. Jason

Just back from the Pub (not paying £3/pint when I've got 24 to watch with the missus, and a fridge full of beer!). Glad we got so far, but pretty annoyed that I've got to see a very smug South African on Monday morning! Grrr! Jason

This sounds like a hosting or very busy site issue. Basically, mySQL can have a limit of the number of queries your account can issue per hour. Your system is set to 50,000. I'm a bit too rushed to count, but a typical CC page will need about 6 or 7 queries (perhaps less), which would mean about 7000 pages in the last hour... CC4 is reported to be much better and caches quite a bit of data. In any case, this doesn't sound right unless you've got very good traffic :-) Do you have a forum on your domain/account -or any other scripts that may use mySQL? The other possible cause is a robot crawling your site.. How many products do you have? MSN used to be pretty agressive, but I think its calmed down a bit now. A bit more info would help - and as Burgensteed says, a URL would help. Unless anything has changed on your site (new mod etc), contact your webhost. If they do sort it, please post back. Regards, Jason

I think people will need a bit more info that that How will this be priced - by weight/free/per order? If any of these fit, then CubeCart already has modules. Price by distance is not simple, in case you want that. Once you know what you need, ask over at cubecartforums.org for this 3rd party mod. Regards, Jason

Please post back your findings. Apart from the lucky buggers who only sell digital goods, this effects all the UK members here. The main problem is when shipping low value items which cost £1.70 to ship. As far as I'm aware, there isn't a competitive alternative. I've not lost any items in the post. They've taken 5 days to get less than 50 miles, but generally my experiences have been pretty good. I send all my products 1st Class recorded. Most items are <£20, and anything ~expensive/fragile is shipped appropriately. The extra ~75pence does ensure there is a paper trail for the package... If it is lost, at least you can prove it was shipped whilst arranging a replacement. Jason

Never heard of it - nor has Google from a quick check. Not a good sign, unless you've done a typo?

I've not seen someone complaining about off topic posts for years... Thanks for bringing those memories back :P

Interesting... Things have not changed though. You shouldn't really mix non-ssl and ssl data on a page. Its not really a perk, the only issue is the browser reporting a security problem. Obviously you don't want this when people are about to hand over their PayPal passwords, or Credit Card details. Inside PayPal, I've re-pointed my image URL to a non-SSL site. Firefox 2.0.0.7 reports no problems when previewing IE6 reports "This page contains both secure and non-secure items" I can't test IE6 at this moment, but I would expect that give the same warning (which is correct and pretty important imo) Firefox does have a setting under: tools->options->security->warning messages->settings "Show a warning dialog when about to view a page with insecure items" This is *unticked* by default. I've ticked it now... and after a FF restart, there is still no alert. The PayPal HTML code uses the image inside a Style section - its not in an <img> tag. Not too sure if this is a FF bug. I'll try it on another PC later. Short answer, you DO need SSL image hosting if your visitors are using IE and you don't want the security warning appearing on their screen. Jason

Tightass.... PM sent :P

You're on a Windows Server - the hosting company may have disabled phpinfo(); You can ask them to re-enable it. For image upload, you need to ensure the following directories can be written to: /images/uploads/ /images/uploads/thumbs/ This isn't as easy as on a Windows server, you'll either have to allow write permissions using a control panel (if you have one), or contact your host. Once these are writeable, if you then get "GD" errors, you either need to ask your host to install the GD libraries, OR disable them in CubeCart Admin->General settings. Jason

A dedicated SSL does offer certain advantages, such as your own IP address, which some search engines used to favor - not sure if this was an urban myth, or true... The obvious benefit is showing the customer you're taking the security of their details seriously. However, I'm not too sure if non-geeks notice.. The $15 Everythingweb mentioned will not include the extra IP address, and most hosts will want an extra $1 or $2/month for this, some will waive this if you purchase the SSL from them, but then you'll not be paying $15 for it! That is still a good price, but will be at least $27/year. I've been using secure image hosting for about 3 years, all my stores have their logo on the PayPal checkout page. The $1/year for each image is cheap enough, and works well. I noticed a decrease in abandoned sales when I implemented this. To the OP, google for secure image hosting and you'll get a page full of results. Jason

To customise the paypal checkout screen is fairly easy and free. The payment I mentioned was for SSL image hosting, not PayPal. If you have a SSL certificate on your site, or your hosting company offers a shared SSL services, you won't have to pay extra Google for SSL image hosting, and you'll find a few companies that offer this. Its about $2/year and this normally gives you 2 images. If you don't want/need a SSL cert on your site, $2 is cheap enough not to worry. Log into paypay, click on Profile. Then click on custom payment pages, then add. Paste the URL of your securely hosted image (https://. ...) and edit any colours to suit. Click "preview" and ensure the page looks ok. Then set the new scheme as your default. Jason

Nice one :-) Some IT people are too damm lazy to check things like this out. Glad to hear you got it fixed! Jason

Its easily possible. The order status should be "Pending" which means Payment is Pending. The store does not know that "Mr Test Test" is a fake name, or the shipping address is fake. If PayPal IPN is correctly set-up, the status will change to Processing. Test purchases are rare -but it is fairly common for customers to abandon the cart apon PayPal. Customising the PayPal payment screen using your store logo and colours really helps (you'll need some cheap SSL image hosting ~$2/year if you have to pay). You can also contact the customer (you have their details), and offer payment by bank transfer/cheque etc. I suppose the alternative is for the store to not send any order notifications unless payment is received, but then you will not be able to try to claw back any orders. Jason

Not sure if they'll get 2 days worth of overtime out of it. To my house, that'll be just a few more "For the Occupier" bits of junk mail to deliver.... Oh, and hopefully a tax rebate!! :blink:

You'll probably get a better response from Toucan than in here... If Paul doesn't reply, ask in www.cubecartforums.org Jason

I actually support the Striking workers. Remember, that being on strike does mean they won't be getting paid! Same applies to Rail, BT, Utilities, Hospitals and so on - the only people that have really benefited have been Shareholders - not stake holders! Don't even get me started on dodgy PFI deals... The sodding country is run by accountants! (my rant over now :-) ) The smartstamp issue sounds a mess, but it sounds like they tried to deal with it with an update. A quick check shows that most of the 18 licenced carriers still use Royal Mail for the last stage of delivery ("the last mile") Googling for Royal Mail alternatives brings up lots of discussion forums, with no clear answer. Any alternative is a courier type system. If you want Pick-up, you'll be paying extra, so I can't see them coming close to RM. I suggest giving your customers the choice- Royal Mail, with the chance of disruption that will effect most UK companies, or using a Courier (ie TNT etc) and charging extra, but will a guaranteed quick delivery. I think most of us will be in the same sorry state if the strikes continue. Best to look into selling Digital Goods... (nice picture of a PS3 anyone? lol) A great way forward would be for all the striking posties to start their own distribution company.... A good thread though - hopefully someone will have some kind of alternative. Jason

You do not have a directory named "digidownloads" on the root of the site. Simple fix would be to create the directory, and copy your file into it, so you can access it from your browser; http://www.ebookrage.com/digidownloads/downloadtest.zip I would advise putting this directory "higher", somewhere like; /home/harleygi/digidownloads/ You should be able to FTP the files into that directory, and point the product's digital file URL there as well. This will be much more secure as the store can limit downloads and protect against unauthorised access. Users will not be able to enter the URL, as its outside the published area, the "download.php" script will be the only route to get it. Jason

Its just a growing list of word vs searches, no date/time stamp. If you know a bit of SQL you can delete the list (and so create a time frame). Jason

Hi. If you're happy to edit the file, and have it fixed percentage (ie you'll need to re-edit the code to tweak the percentage) Back-up the store Edit /includes/content/cart.inc.php Find: // work out tax if($config['priceIncTax']==0 && $taxCustomer==1){ $lineTax = ($product[0]['percent'] / 100) * ($price * $quantity); $tax = $tax + $lineTax; } } Add AFTER: $totalWeight=$totalWeight*1.1; //Add 10% to product weight That should work do the job. Jason

Hi Rusty, Can you FTP new images (to the /images/uploads or other locations)? Which value do you have for the max image filesize. This figure is in bytes, please post the value as its shown (don't try to convert to KB/MB etc) Can you list the URL (PM is fine if you don't want to post in public) Can you post a screenshot of the error, or at least paste the exact message? Have you made any changes to the code (mods/tweaks/skins)? I still suspect the wrong value in the admin. If we can't get this done over the forum, I'll be happy to check it out for you either later today, or tomorrow. Please PM me. I'll need a store login and FTP details. Jason

A good tutorial can be found at: http://www.cubecartforums.org/docs/index.php?id=62 That should help you out - but I know there have been various posts under the EasyPHP topic, so you should be able to get some support, should you need it. Jason

This will be more than a one or two line tweak, so really beyond what can be offered here. I know what you need - basically CubeCart to save the original image before resizing. Then putting link on the normal product image to build a pop-up which contains the full size image. I would actually suggest contacting the owner of the site you list, and asking them for help. Failing that, visit www.cubecartforums.org and request a mod. Jason