Guest Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 I happened across Cubecart in an advice forum and immediately registered. I am completely non technical, with no knowledge of coding HTML and can just find my way around WYSIWYG programs for web site design, and then only poorly. Would cubecart be of any use to someone like myself. I have built a site useing NOF and have discovered they have not perfected their own built in cart...its useless... and want to know if I could cope with using cubecart? I am not slow....but of an older generation that certain ideas go right over my head .......ungraspable. Advice please if a total novice can find there way around cubecart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roban Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 Welcome to Cube Cart. Many folks are in the same position as you are and they have successfully installed their stores and so can you. There are many knowledgable people here ready and willing to help and the forums contain most, if not all the information you'll need to get up and running plus customization tips and tricks. All you need do is ask. The stickies at the beginning of each section contain useful information about the most commonly asked questions and I suggest you browse them. Our sister site www.cubecart.org is specifically for free and commercial modifications for useability and skin customizing but for general topics and help this is the place to be. Cube Cart is written in PHP and in some respects contains HTML. Download the latest version 3.0.1.0 and upload the files in the upload folder to your host. You will need other information for an install such as your host server name, a sql database name, username and password, your server path and store url. if you need help just pop in a question on the forums and we'll help you get going. If your host supports Fantastico you can easily install the store that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 29, 2006 Share Posted June 29, 2006 It may be a silly question but if you dont ask you dont learn.....Do I work on my site on my own PC and then upload it ? Is cubecart a site building program or just an addition to a functioning site ? Many thanks for your reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 You will have to bear with me on this...... If I upload cubecart to my functioning site....poorly functioning mind.....what happens? Where do I modify content when required? Once I get my head around whats happening I shall be OK.....I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roban Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Certain content such as the home page, categories, products, images, shipping, taxes, payment gateways are all configured from your administrator's control panel accessable via your browser. Other modifications can be made to the individual template files using notepad and uploaded to your server via FTP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robsta Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Maybe move this thread to the appropriate forum. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseyjoe Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 You will have to bear with me on this...... If I upload cubecart to my functioning site....poorly functioning mind.....what happens? Where do I modify content when required? Once I get my head around whats happening I shall be OK.....I thinkFirst of all, as you have already had demonstrated to you by the responses, there are quite a few people here ready to help you. For simple things and resolving tech support issues, this forum is free. For issues that go beyond the basics, there are highly qualified experts, some of them the same people you have met here, who are available over at the sister CC forums (www.cubecart.org), either for free or for surprisingly low costs. Let me expand on a few responses you've already seen. Many hosting companies offer an admin system called cPanel. Within cPAnel there is an added-value service called "Fantastico." That service offers a fast and no-pain method of installing many programs such as CC. You just choose the program, say where you want the CC installed, provide a password - and bingo, it's done. But there is a downside to that. CC is evolving quickly. Improvements and upgrades are free. Many of them are highly desirable. But the Fantastico system always lags behind the latest upgrade by a few weeks - and even then, does not do the upgrades as easily as the original installation. To do the upgrades you need some of the very same tools and skills as if you did an upload and manual installation in the first place. Even more important is that the CC store that you install by either method, still requires some customization, such as your own logo, maybe change the colors to your taste, etc. - and again - those call for the same tools and skills as a manual installation. The point is, you are better off learning how to do the manual installation because it is the start of winning total control over your CC - over your business. That's where these forums are very helpful. If you look around you will find that there are excellent, step-by-step tutorials, even some high quality videos, on how to install and do basic customizing of your CC store. Then if you still need help, ask the people here in the forums. Finally, if you wish to have someone do the installation for you, that's available for a few bucks over at the sister forums. But speaking as someone who is not a programmer - and is old enough that I'm looking forward to seeing my oldest grandchild next week now that she's back from college - you can do all the basic stuff yourself without too much trouble. Best of luck to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Thanks Jersyjoe for the encouragement... As another olde timer who has a Grandson about to enter Uni .... I hope that helps me in the understanding of this. To be honest.....I must admit ......I would like it to be as easy as ABC....and have not looked at any other sources for information....straight in here to get the general idea. I shall now start to investigate further, looking at the tutorials etc. before taking the plunge. I am more at home constructing the PC Workstation/ Desk ....drilling screwing and sawing...but not in that order. But I have sorted out other programs....so why not this one? Thanks again....I may be back....and boasting....or asking more specific questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseyjoe Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 It's not as easy as ABC, but neither is it all, "I don't know." It's do-able. The basic tools I've found helpful are: This forum The sister forum at www.cubecart.org The free unzip tool @ http://free-backup.info/justzipit.html The FTP tutorials @ http://www.ipswitch.com/Support/WS_FTP/ Adobe ImageReady (it's the little brother to Photoshop but a bargain for what it can do). The free PHP editor @ http://www.mpsoftware.dk/ That last item, PHPdesigner, is still in beta but so far I have not found any bugs other than it does not automatically open a window when a file is opened. You have go there manually. But I configured it to edit PHP, CSS and TPL, the three essential file types with which CC is built. The technique I've used, although I'm sure there are many, is: 1) open WS_FTP with the target web site in the right hand window. 2) In the left window, I put a copy of the current CC that I've extracted using justzipit. 3) upload the files to the site where I want the store. This can be the root directory or it can be one I create such as /store or /cart, etc. - Then I follow the steps in the Installation. The CHMOD (change mode) of files to "writable" is simple in WS_FTP. You can only CHMOD a file while it's on the server, not your computer. Just go to the server side window, right click on the file or folder, then select Properties, change the number to 777 (which means "writable.") and that's done. Assuming the installation is complete . . . 4) I then use PHP designer to edit the files in the left window (my hard drive copy) that I want to customize by changing the logo or the background image or using CSS to change the fonts, or edit the TPL for a given skin, etc. 5) I upload the edited file by drag and drop to the matching web site folder 6) Open my browser to the pages that the edit should have affected to see the results. If I screw up, which is not uncommon, I go back to where I keep the downloaded and extracted zip file, use it to overwrite the file I just edited, upload that to the server and I'm back whole again. Hope that helps. Meanwhile, I'm continuing to take my Levitra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Levitra sounds like a US product.....Phylosan or Sanatogen being the english equivelant.....but I get your drift. Many thanks for that Jerseyjoe.......I have made a copy for future reference. As another old timer said "Ill be back" Bruv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.