How to find your database name in osCommerce

Working with your osCommerce site you will be able to make most changes for settings within the administrative panel. However, you may need to access the database directly, most often during troubleshooting. To do this, you will need to know the exact database name. Below are the instructions that will help you find the exact Read More >

How to log into your osCommerce Admin dashboard

In order to manage your osCommerce store you will need to know how to log into the administrative dashboard. Below is a quick tutorial that demonstrates how to locate and log into your admin dashbord for osCommerce. Logging into your osCommerce admin dashboard Visit your Admin URL. Your admin URL for osCommerce is accessed by Read More >

How to upgrade osCommerce

The steps for upgrading osCommerce vary based upon which version you’re currently running and which version you would like to upgrade to. Because of this, the aim of this article is not to provide you with step by step directions for upgrading, but instead to help you find the correct upgrade documentation for you. While Read More >

Set up SSL with OsCommerce and Zen Cart

This article will explain how to set up your OsCommerce or Zen Cart shopping cart with either a shared or a dedicated SSL certificate. Dedicated SSL certificates must be purchased from us or another vendor and will show your domain name in the address bar, while our free shared SSL certificates will show our machine Read More >

OsCommerce register_globals error

When installing OsCommerce for the first time you may receive this error: Server Requirement Error: register_globals is disabled in your PHP configuration. This can be enabled in your php.ini configuration file or in the .htaccess file in your catalog directory. To enable register_globals for your account, you will need to edit the .htaccess file in Read More >

Setting up SMTP with osCommerce

OsCommerce supports the use of SMTP to send email, but does not allow specification of a username and password for outgoing authentication, which is required when sending mail from our servers. If you are on a server that does not allow the PHP mail() function or you just wish to use SMTP to send mail, Read More >

Getting Started Guide OsCommerce

About OsCommerce From oscommerce.com: osCommerce Online Merchant is an Open Source online shop e-commerce solution that is available for free with a feature rich set of out-of-the-box online shopping cart functionality that allows store owners to setup, run, and maintain online stores with minimum effort and with no costs, fees, or limitations involved. Installing OsCommerce Read More >