Understanding Unit Price in PrestaShop 1.5

When adding products in PrestaShop 1.5, you have the ability to set a unit price. The unit price will display on your product’s page, but it does not have any affect on how your product is priced.   How is unit price used in PrestaShop 1.5? Even though we’re working in PrestaShop 1.5, the official Read More >

Understanding the Tax rule setting in PrestaShop 1.5

When setting the prices for your products in PrestaShop 1.5, you have the ability the assign a Tax rule. Tax rules are predefined percentages to charge for taxes. For example, PrestaShop 1.5 includes a tax rule of US-VA Rate (4%), which means this product is being sold in Virginia and should have a 4% tax Read More >

Understanding Pre-tax wholesale price in PrestaShop 1.5

Prestashop 1.5 gives the following description for the Pre-tax wholesale price: The wholesale price at which you bought this product for. The Pre-tax wholesale price in PrestaShop 1.5 allows you to enter the amount that you paid for the product. This information will be useful when you begin to calculate the total profit that you’ve Read More >

Understanding Pre-tax retail price in PrestaShop 1.5

PrestaShop 1.5 gives the following description of the Pre-tax retail price setting: The pre-tax retail price to sell this product. In essence, the Pre-tax retail price is the price you want the product to sell for. As you can see in the screenshots below, when the pre-tax retail price is set to $15.99, that is Read More >

How to order images for a product in PrestaShop 1.5

If you’ve added multiple images to a product in PrestaShop 1.5, you may want to change the ordering the images are displayed. For example, so far in our testing we have added a test product to our store – a book named HTML for Dummies. In the screenshot to the right, you can see that Read More >

How to find your product page in PrestaShop 1.5

In our last PrestaShop 1.5 tutorial, we walked you through the steps for adding a product to your store. We also game you a glimpse into where this product will show within your storefront. In many of our future PrestaShop 1.5 tutorials, we will talk about something referred to as a product’s page. A Product Read More >

Adding multiple images to products in PrestaShop 1.5

In our last tutorial, we showed you how to add one image to a product in PrestaShop 1.5. It is easy to add multiple images to products, simply repeat the same exact steps for adding an image. In this article, we’ll highlight what your product pages look like with multiple images.   Products with only Read More >

A look at the Joomla 3.1 Session Handler Setting

In our last Joomla 3.0 tutorial, we talked a little about sessions, specifically the session lifetime setting. Again, the session lifetime setting allows you to change the amount of time idle users will stayed logged into Joomla 3.0 Joomla 3.0 includes another session setting you can adjust, Session Handler. Joomla gives the following description on Read More >

How to change the Session Lifetime in Joomla 3.1

When you visit a website managed by Joomla 3.0, a session is started. Sessions help Joomla track specific information about specific users.   What are sessions? Let’s say that two people are sitting side by side in an office. Each user visits the same website at the same time, and that particular website is driven Read More >

Changing the folder logs are stored in within Joomla 3.1

There are various times that Joomla 3.0 will attempt to write to a log file to your hosting account. For example, when a user attempts to log into your site and fails, a line similar to the following will be written to a log file named error.php #Fields: datetime priority category message 2012-08-16T03:35:45+00:00 INFO joomlafailure Read More >

Understanding the Joomla 3.1 Debug Language setting

When you put Joomla 3.0 in Debug Mode, you have the additional option to turn on Debug Language. Joomla 3.0 gives the following description for the Debug Language setting: Debug LanguageSelect whether the debugging indicators (…) or (??…??) for the Joomla! Language files will be displayed. Debug Language will work without Debug System being activated, Read More >

How to put Joomla 3.1 in debug mode

When troubleshooting various issues in Joomla 3.0, you may find it beneficial to put your website in debug mode. Enabling the debug system allows you to see details about how Joomla is rendering your site, including: Session Data Profile Information Memory Usage Database Queries To put Joomla 3.0 in debug mode: Log into your Joomla Read More >

How to change the Default List Limit in Joomla 3.1

There are many places within Joomla 3.0’s Control Panel in which there are things listed. For example, when you’re within your Article Manager, you will see a list of articles on the page. Joomla 3.0 gives you the option to set how many items will be listed by default. This setting is referred to as Read More >

How to change the Default Access Level in Joomla 3.1

Within the Global Configuration settings for Joomla 3.0 is a setting labeled Default Access Level. Joomla 3.0 offers the following description for this setting: Default Access Level:Select the default access level for new content, menu items, and other items created on your site. The following options are available: Public Registered Special   How to change Read More >

303: How to setup ReCaptcha in Joomla 3.1

ReCaptcha is a very popular captcha plugin. It is in use all across the web, and is not just limited for use in Joomla 3.0. In addition to being a very high quality tool, there are several interesting facts about ReCaptcha that you may not be aware of. In this Joomla 3.0 tutorial, we’ll show Read More >

How to change the Default Captcha in Joomla 3

Using a captcha is an easy way to help prevent spammy activity on your website. For example, setting up a captcha can help prevent automated bots from registering for new accounts on your Joomla 3.0 website. If you’re not already familiar with what a captcha is, you can find more information here. To change the Read More >

How to change the Default Editor in Joomla 3.1

Whenever you write content in Joomla 3.0, you are using some kind of editor. For example, it could be a simple editor with no options, or it can be a more advanced javascript editor with features that allow you to easily format text and create links. Joomla 3.0 gives you the ability to change the Read More >

How to show an Offline Mode Image in Joomla 3.1

In addition to showing a custom offline message in Joomla 3.0, you have the option to show an image on your offline page. This setting is referred to as Offline Image, and will be covered in this Joomla 3.0 tutorial. To upload an Offline Image in Joomla 3.0: In this tutorial, we have an image Read More >