Ecommerce Templates > General Help > Tutorials

Ecommerce Templates Tutorials

This is a collection of tutorials we have set up to help explain and walk you through some of the main features of Ecommerce Templates. Some of the videos are from our dedicated YouTube channel, others will open in a new window. We have divided the tutorials into three sections

• Tutorials for the ECT Hosted Store only
• Tutorials for the ECT Hosted and Store and regular Licensed Version
• Tutorials for the Licensed Version only

We are currently updating the tutorial section. Our original series of video tutorials is available here.

Table of contents

• ECT Hosted Store - an introduction
• How to create a new page in the ECT Hosted Store
• How to dynamically add products to the home page of the ECT Hosted Store
• How to define elements and display them on the product and quick buy layouts
• How to add an image slider to your home page using the POWr plugin
• How to add a new category
• How to add a new product
• How to configure product options
• Free shipping discount
• How to update your store to the latest version
• Site definition in Dreamweaver
• How to get started in Dreamweaver
• How to get started in Expression Web
• Tweaking and previewing the css
• Other tutorials
• Quick text based tutorials

ECT Hosted Store tutorials

The following tutorials only apply to the ECT Hosted store solution

ECT Hosted Store - an introduction

• An introduction to the ECT Hosted Store

How to create a new page with the ECT Hosted Store

• How to create a page using the ECT Hosted Store

How to dynamically add products to the home page of the ECT Hosted Store

• How to dynamically add products to the home page of the ECT Hosted Store

How to define elements and display them on the product and quick buy layouts

• How to define and display product elements for the ECT Hosted Store

How to add an image slider to your home page

• Adding the POWr slider to your home page

ECT Hosted Store and Licensed Version tutorials

The following tutorials apply to both the ECT Hosted store solution and Licensed Store versions

How to add a new category

• How to add a new category via the store control panel

How to add a new product

• How to add a new product via the store control panel

How to configure product options

• How to add new product options via the store control panel

How to set up a free shipping discount

• This tutor al shows how to set up free shipping depending on the amount spent, the location of the buyer and the shipping method selected

Licensed Version tutorials

The following tutorials apply to only the Licensed Store versions

How to update your store to the latest version

• This tutorial walks you through the steps of updating the store to the latest version using the updater and Filezilla

How to define your site in Dreamweaver CS

• Once you have extracted your download, this short tutorial will explain how to get started in Dreamweaver CS by first defining your site.

How to get started in Dreamweaver

• This video will walk you through the steps of opening the PHP version of Ecommerce Templates in Dreamweaver.

How to get started in Expression Web

• This video will walk you through the steps of opening the PHP version of Ecommerce Templates in Expression Web.

Tweaking and previewing the store css classes

• In this video we show how to tweak the the css on your store and preview the changes without them going live whilst testing.

How to define your site in Dreamweaver MX

• Once you have extracted your download, this short tutorial will explain how to get started in Dreamweaver MX by first defining your site.

How to define your site in Dreamweaver 4

• Once you have extracted your download, this short tutorial will explain how to get started in Dreamweaver 4 by first defining your site.

How to make the database connection with the PHP version

• This tutorial will walk you through the steps of making the database connection for the PHP version if your host has cPanel installed. It should also work as a guide for other PHP control panel set ups.

How to open a Dreamweaver template in Microsoft Expression Web

• This tutorial shows how to open a Dreamweaver template in Microsoft Expression Web and start making changes to the dwt file.

How to use Batch Processing to prepare thumbnail images

• Use Fireworks MX to make thumbnail images for your product detail page.

Quickies

The following tutorials are in text format and are designed for printing out for later reference. They cover those issues which are peripheral to the Ecommerce Template set up and are not addressed in the main help sections.

Setting up a local server for the PHP version

• This tutorial explains how to set up a testing server on your PC using WAMP5. It also deals with setting the database connection in db_conn_open.php through phpmyadmin.

How to back up and import the mySQL database using phpmyadmin

• Here we explain how you can make back ups of your store database, and if you change servers, how to import the database to the new server.

Doing a mass upload of products to a mySQL database

• The mass upload recommendation here is for working on a local server so you can check that the product information is correctly imported before going live. Excel and WAMP5 required.

Updating a store which has custom coding

• If you need to update your store to a newer version but are worried about losing changes you have made to the code in the inc files, you can follow these steps