Creating tags for your products in PrestaShop 1.5 is useful in helping your customers to find the right products. The tags are essentially keywords. These keywords can be used to associate them to specific products for easier searching. For example, if you sell ipods you will want to have them associated with ‘mp3 player’ or Read More >
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Joomla 3.1 Server TimeZone
Joomla 3.0’s Server Time Zone setting can be found within the Joomla Server Settings section. Joomla gives the following description for this setting: About the Server Time Zone Available Time Zone Options Server Time ZoneChoose a city in the list to configure the date and time for display The default time zone is set to Read More >
How to Force SSL in Joomla 3.1
Another Joomla 3.0 Server Setting that is available is Force SSL. Description of the Force SSL Option Available Options for Force SSL Force SSL Force site access to always occur under SSL (https) for selected areas. You will not be able to access selected areas under non-ssl. Note, you must have SSL enabled on your Read More >
Joomla 3.1 Error Reporting
Joomla includes the ability to use error reporting to help determine if there are problems occurring with your site. In this guide, we will explain what error reporting is in Joomla, go over the available options, test the settings, then show you how to change them. What is Error Reporting What Options Are Available for Read More >
How to use Gzip Page Compression in Joomla 3.1
Within Joomla 3.0’s server settings is an option labeled Gzip Page Compression. What this feature does is allow your server to compress files before sending them to the user. This means that the user has to downloaded less content because it is compressed, and thus in theory pages should load faster for your users. To Read More >
How to change the path to your Temp Directory in Joomla 3.1
One of the settings available in Joomla 3.0 is the Path to Temp Folder. It’s safe to assume that this temporary folder is used for miscellaneous purposes, and the files stored in this folder are most likely deleted or moved to a more permanent location almost immediately after being put in the tmp folder. Read More >
How to Import Programs into Softaculous
If you’ve previously installed a program manually or with another web application installer such as Fantastico, you can import this program into Softaculous so that you can use the program management features available. This will make it easier to backup, restore, and update your web applications, which are all very important aspects of website maintenance. Read More >
How to Uninstall Software Using Softaculous
Softaculous helps make installing software very easy, but it also makes uninstalling programs simple too. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to uninstall software program using Softaculous. Uninstalling Software Programs with Softaculous Log into your cPanel Under the Software/Services heading, click the Softaculous icon In the top menu, click the Application Installs button. (Depending Read More >
How to upgrade a program installed with Softaculous
Keeping your software up to date is very important. New versions are released on a regular basis, and these updates often contain bug fixes and security patches. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to upgrade a program that you previously installed using Softaculous. To upgrade software using Softaculous: Click on the Softaculous Apps Installer. Read More >
How to manage software installed using Softaculous
If you’ve used Softaculous to install several different programs onto your account, you can easily manage all of those programs from the Scripts Installations page. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to access this overview page, and we’ll also explain the features available. To visit your installed scripts overview page in Softaculous Log into Read More >
An Overview of Taxes and Tax Rules in PrestaShop 1.5
When working with Taxes in PrestaShop 1.5, you’ll come across both Taxes and Tax Rules. Taxes and Tax Rules work together in order to create taxes in PrestaShop 1.5. In this tutorial, we’ll give you an overview of these two items so you have a better understanding of how they work. What Are Taxes in Read More >
How to create a new Tax in PrestaShop 1.5
In this PrestaShop 1.5 tutorial, we’ll show you how to create a new tax. When working with taxes, creating a new tax is the first step. After you have created a new tax, you will then need to create a new tax rule and then assign the tax rule to your products. For an overview Read More >
Creating a new Tax Rule in PrestaShop 1.5
After setting up a new tax in PrestaShop 1.5, your next step is to create a new tax rule. After you have setup a tax rule by following the directions on this page, you can then associate this tax rule to a product. Taxes can be a bit confusing, if you have any questions please Read More >
Biz 117 issue – 08/22/2012
Customers who were recently moved off of the biz117 server have been experiencing issues with their site attempting to point back to that server. This is due to DNS server record duplication with one set of data pointing correctly, and the other set pointing back to biz117. Our systems team has corrected the issue and Read More >
How to Install Software Using Softaculous
Softaculous is a tool within your cPanel that you can use to easily install software such as WordPress or Joomla. Using Softaculous to install software is not just easy, it is a big time saver because it automates many of the tedious tasks involved with software installation. Important! Softaculous is not installed on Dedicated Hosting Read More >
How to associate a Product to a Supplier in PrestaShop 1.5
Now that you know how to add a new supplier in PrestaShop 1.5, your next step is to learn how to associate products to suppliers. One reason you may find this useful is that PrestaShop 1.5 allows site visitors to browse products based upon supplier. If you have a particular supplier that your customers prefer, Read More >
How to assign a Manufacturer to a Product in PrestaShop 1.5
It’s common that users browse online stores based upon a product manufacturer. For example, if a user likes Apple products, within PrestaShop 1.5 they have the ability to browse all products within your store created by Apple. For this reason, it can be important to assign products in your store to certain manufactures. In this Read More >
How to add a Manufacturer Logo in PrestaShop 1.5
Manufacturer logos show in PrestaShop 1.5 when you are browsing the list of available Manufacturers. This list can be found when clicking the Manufacturer heading in the left menu (see the screenshot to the right). If you don’t upload a logo for your manufacturer when you initially add it, then a No Image Available message Read More >
Adding a PrestaShop 1.5 Manufacturer Description
After you have added a new product manufacturer in PrestaShop 1.5, and can then added a description for your manufacturer. This description will show to your users when they are browsing products based on the manufacturer. To modify your Manufacturer Description in PrestaShop 1.5: Log into your PrestaShop 1.5 Dashboard In the top menu, hover Read More >
Adding a PrestaShop 1.5 Product Description
When adding a new product in PrestaShop 1.5, you have the option to add a product description. Naturally, this product information tells your customers all the details they want to know about the product they’re looking at. A product description is not required when adding a product. In this tutorial, we’ll show you have to Read More >
