I am begging for help please

[AHB900]

Hey guys honestly for the past 4 hours ive been trying to edit my main page on the store honestly i know how to do it but no matter what i do the damn thing always ends up being messed up so like when i go to my store all i see is a white page i see nothing else why is this happening? why is it so hard for me to edit this im going insane i cant take it no matter what i do its just not working either i get some stuff deleted and put some stuff i want on there but still have worthless crap on there that i dont want or the whole damn page goes blank why? why? please someone help me i cant figure this out i searched around but i cant figure this out can somone provide me with the index.php file like blank where there is nothing just so i can add my stuff in and itll work? without me having to delete stuff? cause i think im deleting something im not supose to thats y its ending up white.

Please once again please help me

[michael_s]

blank screen = php error. Check the error logs for your site and post the error message. Nobody will be able to even guess until you do that.

[AHB900]

it only happen when i try to put new things into the main page as in text im assuming im deleting something im not supose to? how do i get the error log? and isent it possible that someone can maybe give me a blank one of the index.php so i can just add what i need and end this problem?

Thanks

[michael_s]

If you don't know where your error log is, you really should not be attempting to modify the code yet. You are in over your head.

Find where the error logs are (ask your host) and get the error message. Then come back here with it.

[AHB900]

error logs for oscommerce right? or the error logs for my host?

[michael_s]

php/http error logs for your hosting account. The error will be in there.

[AHB900]

well i just had a live chat with the guy formy host and this is what he told me

Alexandr Klimov: What exact error message do you have?
you: the problem i have is
you: when i edit the main page on my oscommerce store i dont know what goes wrong but what happens is the site loads but the whole page is blank there basically is no site its just white on my browser
you: and i was told on the os commerce forums to check my error logs
Alexandr Klimov: Unfortunately you don't have such options in your current plan, it's available on Linux based plans only

so basically he says i cant see my error logs now what? :-\ i really need to get this fixed and get my site up by like the end of this weekend like all i have to do is get my main page up if there is anythingi can look for can you please tell me should i post up a before and after edit of the index.php? maybe you can look at it and tell me if i did something wrong?

[MindTwist]

Good, by saying you are editing index.php, you said a lot.

My advise would be not to touch anything else, and hire someone who knows what is doing, since obviously you are not. Get someone local to you, so he can also teach you on site the minimums. Just editing a file you have no clue what it does, is not a good idea.

[met00]

I agree, you are out of your depth.

a PHP file is NOT an HTML file. In fact, if you are using OSCMax you should almost NEVER be touching PHP files, but you should be doing most if not all your work in the template files.

You really need to set up a local machine where you can build, test and learn about the product, or you need to do as mindtwist said and hire good help.

[justedee]

Oh come on now guys, I've been learning PHP while I've been reprogramming my MAX site. It's hard but not impossible. Max is for the pros. Use the easier OSC: osCommerce, Open Source Online Shop E-Commerce Solutions
Unless you need to use attributes (like shirt sizes and colors) the original OSC is easier to edit and you can get help fast and by more people. Here on MAX everyone talks tech, the original OSC site everyone speaks English (or some version of it) and if you are new at programming, life will be a lot easier for you. The original OSC also comes with an easy to follow INSTRUCTION MANUAL that tells you where everything is and how to do a lot of it. It's 114 pages, but I read it in one night. Most of my websites use the new original OSC program, believe me you will thank me later. And if you really can't understand the original OSC, you can start with this little store: www.dazedangels.com/store.zip
~eDee