Any osCmax templates availble on website

[oscmax456]

Take a long read....
http://wiki.oscdox.com/v2.5/oscmax_docs

If you use the fallback-html files as an example, then you will see the tags.

EJ

Thank you for the hints: http://wiki.oscdox.com/v2.5/oscmax_docs
It does have a good tutorial for installing a new template, editing and switching to it.

I am sorry for sounding so thick; I know what an html tag is (w3schools.com has a good definition of it) but osCmax tags are not clear to me.

I also use gedit but have not used phpedit, SVNWorkbench, RapidSVN, Firebug: I will try them.

3. NO - Never make changes to the /fallback directory. If you want to edit a template, make a new template directory, copy the file you want to change OUT OF /fallback into your new directory and edit that. You don't need all of the files, just the one you want to change. If oscmax doesn't find a file in your new template directory, it will use the appropriate file out of /fallback.

4. /catalog is the default oscommerce/oscmax install path. If you install the shop into www.yourdomain.com then that becomes your /catalog directory for all intents and purposes. If you install it in www.yourdomain.com/coolshop then /coolshop becomes your /catalog directory. It doesn't matter where you install it.

Thank your for clarifying how to edit a template. Now I know the meaning of the fallback-html directory. And thank you for clarifying the use of the /catalog/ directory.

Now I feel that I am doing progress with osCmax

Thank you again for your help.

[ridexbuilder]

Not directed @ oscmax456 - I'll shutup then, seeing as I don't know anything.

[oscmax456]

4. /catalog is the default oscommerce/oscmax install path. If you install the shop into www.yourdomain.com then that becomes your /catalog directory for all intents and purposes. If you install it in www.yourdomain.com/coolshop then /coolshop becomes your /catalog directory. It doesn't matter where you install it.

I can think of a couple reasons to change the default. First, pages in your root directory get indexed by search engines faster than sub-directories...

I am new with osCmax but I have been using unix/linux for ages.

Both tcshadow and aaanativearts have made good points about /catalog/ directory.
If osCmax work without catalog/ directory I prefer that way.
As far as for security I use linux file permission system, of course you would have to choose an online hosting provider that uses unix or a linux distribution.

... This is especially helpful if you are a noob and may have insecure chmod settings and such because you don't really know what you are doing.

For non-linux users (or unix) Wikipedia has a good explanation of linux file system security.

chmod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

# Permission
7 full
6 read and write
5 read and execute
4 read only
3 write and execute
2 write only
1 execute only
0 none


chmod 754 afile

The example above the 7 is yourself and you have full access to afile,
The second position (5) gives your group access for read and execute and third position (4) gives the world access read only.

chmod 777 afile

Gives access to afile worldwide to copy, change and execute.
afile is 100% unprotected.

[ridexbuilder]

For the benefit of others who may read this - none of the above is applicable!
Google & catalog - crap! Use Analtyics & Webmaster Tools correctly.
Security by obscurity - more crap!
File permissions - not for secure servers (read up on .htaccess, fastcgi, mod_php, su_php, su_exec, suhosin etc.)

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

[tcshadow]

I can't say i was making a point about anything... I simply explained how the some systems work with oscmax. hope i was helpful.

[ridexbuilder]

You did make one valid point that appears to escape many... no matter how many times it's repeated in the forum/explained in the wiki.

3. NO - Never make changes to the /fallback directory. If you want to edit a template, make a new template directory, copy the file you want to change OUT OF /fallback into your new directory and edit that. You don't need all of the files, just the one you want to change. If oscmax doesn't find a file in your new template directory, it will use the appropriate file out of /fallback.

[oscmax456]

For the benefit of others who may read this - none of the above is applicable!
Google & catalog - crap! Use Analtyics & Webmaster Tools correctly.
Security by obscurity - more crap!
File permissions - not for secure servers (read up on .htaccess, fastcgi, mod_php, su_php, su_exec, suhosin etc.)

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

With proper setting .htaccess can do a great job:

<FilesMatch "\.(htaccess|htpasswd|ini|phps|fla|psd|log|sh) $">
Order Allow,Deny
Deny from all
</FilesMatch>

Will prevent access to .htaccess .htpasswd .ini .phps .fla .psd .log .sh

However Apache documentation says that the use of .htaccess reduces performance

[met00]

if you are using SEO, then you are using .htaccess (to manage the rewrite rules).

[Tuttster]

I purchased one of the templates advertised on the oscmax.com website a while ago, and still haven't managed to get it working properly with anything but older 2.0.x versions of OSCMax. If it's so easy to do, can someone fix it for me? I wouldn't have brought the template in the first place if I was in a position to build/fix one.

Although I already paid for a template which never worked properly with the latest verion from the time I purchased it, I'd be willing to pay someone to take a look at it.

Any offers?

[spuhg]

weirdly, oscmax doesn't have any real professional template options.