osCommerce allows only 32 characters for the Category name length. In order to allow for longer osCommerce category names you can simply update your database table.
There are two ways to do this.
The first is by using something like phpMyAdmin to increase the length of the categories_name field in the categories_description table.
If you’re a command line […]

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I recently installed FireBoard with my Joomla installation, which also uses Community Builder. One thing I noticed is the absence of a decent set of step-by-step instructions for the FireBoard install.
I’ll list here the quick and dirty installation instructions for Joomla FireBoard using Community Builder which I found to be quite simple.
You must note that […]

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I couldn’t figure out why osCommerce would print a default heading title (HEADING_TITLE) as the category page titles. In order to use the category name as the page title with osCommerce I had to edit the main index.php file. Find the lines which prints the category and nested category titles in and around line 68 […]

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The osCommerce infoBox arrows are far too small to effectively communicate a linkable area. Instead, I’d think many would just like to make the infoBox title linkable. To accomplish this do the following:
=> open file /includes/classes/boxes.php
=> find the 2 $right_corner if statements (around line 112 and 118)
=> comment these 2 if statements out
=> then add […]

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I find that checking out these favorites, or top ten lists, or best of lists often times helps one get an idea of what’s available for these open source applications. In this case, here’s a few links to some lists ranking osCommerce contributions:
* The Best osCommerce Contributions
* 4 osCommerce Contributions to Know
* Most Popular osCommerce […]

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Found this useful contribution which allows you to place the actual product name in the breadcrumb. Not sure why this isn’t part of the core, but that’s not for me to ask:
http://addons.oscommerce.com/info/5807
By piggy banking on this contribution, I was also able to use the breadcrumb to put the Category Name in as the Title.

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I’ve just recently began a project using osCommerce and needed to streamline the checkout process. I wanted to allow the purchaser the options of navigating directly to payment, instead of having to first login or create an account. I found the osCommerce contribution “Purchase Without Account” to be the answer:
http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,355/page,8
Downloading and installing v2.2rc.2a was simple […]

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This addition to the Joomla Documentation addresses adding/editing/managing images for both Static and regular Content Items.
The editor an Administrator will be using is JCE Editor, which provides more advanced tools then Joomla’s default editor TinyMCE.
The following instructions will be based on editing an existing Content Item. To add an image you would:
=> select Content Items […]

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In most versions of Linux edit the file:
/etc/my.cnf
Anywhere under [mysqld] add the line:
log-error=/var/log/mysqld.log
If log file doesn’t yet exists add and set permissions:
touch /var/log/mysqld.log
chown mysql:mysql /var/log/mysqld.log
Restart MySQL in:
cd /etc/rc.d/init.d
./mysqld restart

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Nice little blog post on “How to recognize a good programmer”:
http://www.inter-sections.net/2007/11/13/how-to-recognise-a-good-programmer/

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