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Do I have to know HTML?
Filed In: (FAQ, Design / Setup / CSS)
No, you can set up your entire store without any HTML knowledge at all. CoreCommerce offers free, beautiful, ready-to-use themes so you can start your store immediately. Along with the ...
Can I have CoreCommerce design my site or integrate my existing design?
Filed In: (FAQ, Design / Setup / CSS)
Yes. Contact the Sales department for a quote. You can also find more information on the following page: http://www.corecommerce.com/ecommerce-software-custom.html
My price and Add to Cart button are overlapping my photo on my product page. How can I correct this?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: CSS, Image
When this occurs, you have 2 options that you can do. Option One - You can reduce the size of your images. If your images are already uploaded, you can edit them. ...
Can I use iframes with CoreCommerce?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
You can use iframes, but due to cookies your web browser must be set at a low security setting for the software to function properly.
Can I edit the CoreCommerce source code?
Filed In: (Support / Troubleshooting, Design / Setup / CSS)
You can edit any header/footer template files for your design in your admin panel. To do this follow these steps: Log in to your CoreCommerce Admin Panel Hover over Design and click on Advanced ...
Can CoreCommerce help me with CSS or HTML?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
We do provide basic support, but our support team cannot provide detailed CSS or HTML support. The support team members are not web designers or web developers. If you need ...
Can CoreCommerce create my store logo for me?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Yes we can! We offer custom design services in many different areas, and logo design is one of them! To check out all of our custom design services go here ...
Language widget isn't working
Filed In: (Support / Troubleshooting, Design / Setup / CSS)
The problem is that you have the language widget on both the left and right side of your screen. Please remove one of them and that will solve your problem.
Do you have any CSS references?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
We have a CSS index listed here: http://support.sumeffect.com/docs/digiSHOP/CSS_GUIDE.pdf This may not be fully up-to-date due to constant addition of new features and aesthetic tweaks, but it is a ...
Editing a Theme
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
There are two ways to modify a theme: within the admin or using an FTP program. To modify a theme within the admin: Log into your CoreCommerce Admin Panel. Hover over ...
My Favicon is not appearing or is displaying the wrong favicon
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
You will need to first clear your cache, cookies and all temporary files from your browser. Then close out your browser. Then go back to your website. You should now ...
Connection Partially Encrypted Error
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
If you are getting the error "Connection Partially Encrypted", "Parts of the page you are viewing were not encrypted before being transmitted over the Internet. Information sent over the Internet ...
The product detail template layouts aren't changing?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
If your product detail template layouts aren't changing then you will need to restore your pre-designed template. Keep in mind that doing this will put your CSS and HTML back ...
Template Customization Guide
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
You can view our CoreCommerce Customization Guide to help you understand how to integrate your design or modify any pre-designed template. Also this lovely lady wrote up her own ...
What is lightbox? How do I enable/disable this feature?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Products / Inventory)
Keywords: turn lightbox on, enable lightbox, disable lightbox
A lightbox is a sort of stylized pop-up that permits users to view larger versions of images without having to leave the current page. The use of the dark background, ...
Can I resize images in the CoreCommerce admin?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Products / Inventory)
Yes, this is possible! Just click on Design > ccimageplus, then just click on the URL and signup to get your free API key.
Display an image, logo, seal, or badge in your store
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Widgets, Site Content)
Keywords: create widget, create new widget, custom widget, paypal, credit card logos, ssl seal, badge, logo, seal, add badges, add seals
If you would like to display an image, logo, seal, or badge of your SSL, credit cards you accept, available checkout methods or affiliations, etc., there are two different ways ...
How to add or edit copyright information
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: add copyright footer, copyright control, copyright
To add or edit existing copyright information in your store, follow these steps: Sign into the CoreCommerce Admin area of your store. Once signed in, move your cursor to Site Content and ...
Multiple languages
Filed In: (FAQ, Design / Setup / CSS, Advanced Topics)
Keywords: multiple languages, multiple, languages, secondary, spanish, french, italian, portuguese, german, chinese, mandarin, cantonese, japanese, korean, russian, hebrew, arabic, vietnamese, swedish, finnish
Setting up your store with multiple languages. Before you enter any products or make any other modifications to your site you will need to research and figure out what character encoding ...
How do I overwrite the inline CSS?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Advanced Topics)
Keywords: override css, dynamic css, important tag
If you would like to overwrite some of the dynamic CSS, there are two methods to doing this: 1. Create a new CSS file: Create a new CSS file and put it ...
How do I edit the automatic store emails?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Email Setup / Troubleshooting)
How do I edit the automatic store emails? Login to your Admin Panel Settings > Store Settings Click the Configure button out to the right of Email Format: From this section you can manage any of ...
What is a 301 Redirect and how do I set one up?
Filed In: (FAQ, Design / Setup / CSS, Advanced Topics, SEO)
Keywords: adding 301 redirect
Maintain Google SEO Rankings Let's say you've just redesigned some pages of your web site. The pages have high search engine rankings that you don't want to lose. How can you ...
Using multiple product detail template layouts
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Products / Inventory)
Keywords: customize product layout
By default, all of your products will use the same product detail template layout. However, you can also set your products to use different templates. To edit or create the ...
Facebook, Twitter and Google login CSS
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Social Websites)
If your front-end customer login page has bullet points, the you can add the following css to style them. This is only needed if you are using Facebook, Twitter ...
How do I edit words or phrases in CoreCommerce?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Content Pages)
Keywords: terminology, words, phrases, terms, names, pages, edit out of stock text, text, edit text
If you see a phrase or word you would like to change, you can do that directly in your admin area. To do this: Log in to your CoreCommerce admin area Hover ...
My logo is pushed down too far. How do I fix this?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: logo down too far
If there is some extra space above your logo that you want to get rid of, you'll need to do the following: Log in to you CoreCommerce admin Hover over the Design ...
Why won't my Favicon show up on any secure pages?
Filed In: (Support / Troubleshooting, Security / SSL, Design / Setup / CSS)
This most often happens when you use the CoreCommerce shared SSL. When you're on a shared SSL, your site appears as a subdirectory of the CoreCommerce server you're hosted on. ...
How do I remove the splash page?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: remove splash page, delete splash page
To remove the existing splash page: Log in to your CoreCommerce admin panel Hover over the Site Content tab and click on View Pages On the right side of the page you'll see ...
How to create a custom widget (e.g. Site Seal, Chat Code, images, etc)
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: personalized widgets, widgets, create widget, create new widget, install chat button, add images sidebar
You can add custom widgets by using the Manage Image Widget feature in CoreCommerce. To get to this feature, do the following: Log in to your CoreCommerce Admin Panel Hover your mouse over ...
My mobile site doesn't scroll in Android? Why?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: mobile version
This has been fixed for all new stores. Some existing stores may still experience this problem if they were created before the fix was applied to the CSS file. If ...
How do I show products on the homepage?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
To show products on your homepage instead of categories, go to Site Content > Manage Homepage. There you can select what you'd like to display on your homepage. Aside from ...
How do I create or alter my Splash Page?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: create splash page, create splash page, landing page
To edit your splash page: In your CoreCommerce admin, hover over the Site Content tab Click on View Pages Hover over the drop-down that says "Add New Page" on the right side and ...
How can I display messages on the View Cart page?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: add text on view cart
You can add your own content to several of the default cart pages, such as the View Cart page, by using page blurbs. To do this: In your CoreCommerce admin, hover ...
Poll widget looks messed up
Filed In: (Support / Troubleshooting, Design / Setup / CSS, Widgets)
If your poll widget doesn't look like the training video or doesn't seem to work right, you may be missing the CSS necessary to power it. This could happen if ...
Setting Up Deal of the Day / Product of the Day / Sale Countdown
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Products / Inventory, Widgets)
Keywords: deal of day, deal of day
The Deal of the Day feature allows you to highlight a specific product and offer a special price (on that pre-defined product) for a limited time. You will set the ...
Adding a Background Header Image
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
On certain templates there is an area which will allow for a background header image to be applied through the admin interface. To add this image do the following: Log in to ...
Managing Store Images
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: how do I access my store images
You can manage your store images in two ways. Either through FTP or directly through your control panel. This will talk about how to manage your store images through your ...
Linking my Logo to My Homepage
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: logo on home page
By default if you are using the create my own logo feature or upload your own logo image then the logo will have a hyperlink to your homepage by default. ...
My Packing List Logo is too Big
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
The invoice logo upload will not change the size of the image you uploaded. You either have to resize the image, then upload again or you can use the built-in ...
Can I embed a video or streaming video from YouTube?
Filed In: (FAQ, Design / Setup / CSS)
How to Add YouTube and other Types of Videos There are no restrictions on what file types can be attached to products pages. It's pretty easy to embed YouTube videos ...
Can I use flash in my store?
Filed In: (FAQ, Design / Setup / CSS)
Yes, you can use Adobe Flash inside your store. The shopping cart software itself is HTML/XHTML based, NOT Flash-based. If you decide to use Flash, keep in mind that iPhones, ...
How to use web pages or add another page
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Content Pages)
Keywords: create new page, add page, add page
CoreCommerce comes standard with our own built-in CMS system to allow you to add informational pages to your stores. To create a page: Log in to your admin panel Hover over the ...
What are page blurbs or page notes?
Filed In: (FAQ, Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: page blurbs, page notes, custom notes
Page blurbs (or page notes) allow you to add small notes on dynamically created pages (like the one-page checkout) so you can add useful notes for your customers. For example, ...
How do I add or remove widgets?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Widgets)
Keywords: enable widgets, disable widgets, remove widgets, remove sidebar, manage widgets
Widgets are the little information boxes that appear on your storefront, in either the left or right sidebar. Managing Widgets Log in to your admin panel Hover over the Design tab and click ...
Adding Category Thumbnails and Photos
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Categories)
sdf Login to Admin Panel Inventory > View Categories Mouseover a category and click Edit/Gear Icon > Edit > Photos If you have the category image you would like to use already saved on ...
How do I disable wigets?
Filed In: (FAQ, Design / Setup / CSS, Widgets)
See the Related Article below on Managing Widgets.
Adding a Contact Us Page
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
To add a contact us page to your site you will want to use our form builder feature. There you can create any form you want (such as an about ...
Edit CSS or HTML in the Admin
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
You can edit CSS or HTML directly in your admin account. To do this: Log in to your CoreCommerce admin panel Hover over the Design tab and click on Advanced Options Under Edit ...
How do I change the buttons in my store?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: button set, custom buttons, button families, use own buttons, button sets, button set
We have hundreds of button families to choose from for your store design. To access these buttons: Log in to your CoreCommerce admin Hover over the Design Tab Click on Advanced Options Click on ...
How do I hide or close my store to the public? Is there a maintenance mode?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: close store, hide store, store closed, maintenance mode, coming soon, turn off store, turn off website, under construction
If you are currently working on your site and don't want to make it available to the public you can put it in "Store Closed" mode. Log in to your CoreCommerce ...
Where do I edit the Information Footer links?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: footer links, test footer, add links footer, add links footer
Where do I edit the Information Footer Links? Log in to your CoreCommerce Admin Panel. Hover over Site Content. Click on Manage Footer Widget. Here you will be able to select which links ...
Using pre-designed themes / skins / templates
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: store design, choose template, choose theme
When you log in to your admin panel for the first time, you are prompted with a Design Wizard to choose a design and upload/create a logo. If you skipped ...
How Do I Reset FTP Password?
Filed In: (Security / SSL, Design / Setup / CSS, FTP, Advanced Topics)
How Do I Reset FTP Password? Login to your Admin Panel My Account > FTP Beside the password field, click Reset Done! Make a note of the new password and use this NEW password ...
How to turn on the WYSIWYG editor
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Site Content, General)
To turn on the WYSIWG editor used to edit the descriptions in stores, follow these steps: Go into the CoreCommerce Admin area of the store. Go to Settings --> Store Settings ...
Enable or disable footer widget
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: footer links, footer widget, add links footer
You can enable or disable the Footer Widget by doing the following: Log into your CoreCommerce Admin Panel Hover over the Design tab and click on Sidebar Widgets At the bottom you will see a footer links ...
Can I edit templates with Dreamweaver?
Filed In: (Support / Troubleshooting, FAQ, Design / Setup / CSS, Content Pages, Advanced Topics)
It is possible to edit templates with Dreamweaver, but it's not something we typically support. The templates are split templates so you would see either a header or a footer, but ...
Using GD Lib
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Advanced Topics)
Using GD Lib It's built in to CoreCommerce (there is NOTHING to configure--it's already built-in) and when you upload a photo, it automatically resizes your photos to match your photo settings ...
Restore Templates / Restore Themes
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
If you want to restore an entire theme back to its original default files you can do this by the following: Log into your CoreCommerce Admin Panel. Click on the Design tab. On ...
Choosing what displays on the Homepage
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Site Content)
Keywords: category, products, show categories on home page, show categories on homepage
On your homepage, you can either display products, categories, or your own content. Here's how to choose what to display: Log into your CoreCommerce Admin Panel Hover over Site Content Click on Manage ...
Import Photos From the Web
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Products / Inventory, Categories)
Use Web Photos (for Category Images) Login to your Admin Panel Inventory > View Categories Either click Add New Category or mouseover an existing category and click Edit / Gear Icon > Photos Choose ...
What is a token?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Content Pages, Email Setup / Troubleshooting, Widgets, Site Content)
What is a token? A token is a term for a peice of code that can be dynamically included inside certain features within CoreCommerce without having to know the specific ...
Product Photo Import Images
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Products / Inventory, Categories)
How do I import images? We strongly suggest you have imported your products already, before you import you product photos / product images. See Related Articles below on how to do ...
Shopping Cart Widget
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Widgets)
How to Add Shopping Cart Widget Login to your Admin Panel Design > Manage Design From the subtabs in the top / middel of your screen, choose Sidebar > Add Widgets From the MIDDLE ...
FileWriter.class.php fwrite() error when trying to activate a predesigned template
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, General)
file: /var/www/corecommerce/lib/framework/core/FileWriter.class.php line: 47 message: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource If you get this when trying to activate a predesigned template, you'll have to activate a different ...
Adding Site Seals
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
You can add site seals to your site in a couple different ways. The main way is through the left or right image widget or by creating your custom image ...
Adding a Foreground Header Image
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
On certain themes there is an area which will allow for a foreground header image to be applied through the admin interface. Please note that this works best on the ...
Insecure Images
Filed In: (Support / Troubleshooting, Security / SSL, Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: insecure images, unsecure images, security warning, operation aborted
If you're getting a message about your page being insecure, this is happening because you have insecure images, CSS, or Javascript being called on your secure (https://) pages. To see ...
Changing to Another Design / Theme / Template
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
If you want to change templates you can do this as follows: Log into your CoreCommerce Admin Panel. Hover over the Design tab. Click on the More Themes section towards the top left under the ...
How to Enable Product Comparison
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
How to Enable Product Comparison / Product Compare This feature is useful if you have alot of similiar products with slight variations, because it makes it easier for customers to distinguish the ...
Homepage Custom Design from CoreCommerce
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Does CoreCommerce do custom design work? Yes we sure do. You can read all about the packages we offer, including template design and homepage custom designs at the link below:
How to Setup a Blogspot blog
Filed In: (FAQ, Design / Setup / CSS)
Step 1 - Create a Blogspot / Blogger Account Go to blogger.com to create an account. Complete the signup process and take note of the subdomain you created (myblog.blogger.com) Step 2 ...
Move Search Bar
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
The search bar on your design can be moved with css. Each template can be different, but for example. In many of the main.css file there is a #header-search css. ...
How do I add an image to my store emails?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
To add a picture into your store emails, follow these steps: Log in to your CoreCommerce admin area Hover over the Design tab and click on Edit Emails Find the email you want ...
404 Error Page
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Here's how 404 error handling works in a nutshell: If you don't set up 404 handling, the customer will be presented with a white screen when they access a ...
New One Page Checkout (OPC) CSS
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: checkout page layout, checkout alignment
New One Page Checkout CSS, One Page Checkout CSS Here is the CSS that powers the new one page checkout implemented in the April 2011 release. You should be able to ...
How do I access FTP?
Filed In: (FAQ, Design / Setup / CSS)
How Do I Access FTP? You will need to make sure you have a FTP program installed so that you can connect through FTP. Login to your CoreCommerce Admin Panel. Hover over My ...
How do I upload a slideshow to my store?
Filed In: (FAQ, Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: scrolling, slideshow, images, jquery, flash
The way to upload a slideshow to your site depends on what kind of slidshow it is. If it is a slideshow that uses HTML code and image files, you would ...
Choose Products to Display on Homepage
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: products on homepage, products on home page, homepage products
You can choose which products you want to display on your homepage. To do this: Log in to your CoreCommerce admin panel Hover over Site Content Click on Manage Homepage Turn on the I ...
Store Sitemap
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
You can setup your store to have an HTML sitemap (site map), so that all of the pages of your site are listed on one page. This is different than ...
How can I change the number of products per page?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Products / Inventory)
Yes. You can follow the steps below to change your number of products that display per page: Login to your CoreCommerce Admin area Hover over Settings in the top right. Click on the ...
How do I remove the sidebar?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Widgets)
If you want to remove your sidebars, you will simply need to remove all of the widgets. To do this: Log in to your CoreCommerce admin area Hover over the Design tab and ...
How do I add a logo to my store?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: add logo, add favicon
To add a logo to your store, in your admin go to Design > Logos. Here you will be able to choose from three different logo types: Use Company Name - ...
How do I edit the CSS of my design?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
In order to edit the CSS of your design, follow the steps below: Log in to your CoreCommerce admin panel Hover over the Design tab and click on Advanced Options Under Edit HTML/CSS, you ...
How do I modify the width of the product page?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
The only way to modify the width of the product page would be to edit the CSS. However, modifying any CSS that affects the product pages may affect other pages ...
I am getting a FTP access denied when I try to download or upload my template files.
Filed In: (Support / Troubleshooting, FAQ, Design / Setup / CSS, FTP)
FTP access for PHP files has been disabled permanently in order to strengthen security as well as to prevent spam. Your header and footer files must now be HTML pages ...
What is W3C and what can it do for me?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, SEO, Site Content)
What is W3C? It is a website knows as the "World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)". What it is is an "international community that develops standards ...
How do I edit the home page?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Content Pages)
Keywords: add custom content home page, homepage content
To edit the home page: Log in to your CoreCommerce admin Hover over the Site Content tab and click on Manage Homepage Set this up how you'd like it and then click the Publish ...
How do I insert HTML into the home page and content pages?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Content Pages)
In order to insert HTML into the homepage and content pages, you will need to click the "Source" button in the WYSIWYG editor. Then you can type in or paste ...
How do I link to an email?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Content Pages)
If you need to link to an email address in one of your content pages, highlight the text you want to link and then find the "Insert/Edit Link" button in ...
How do I hide the Sort By drop down?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: sort by, sort by default, turn off sort by, remove sort by
If you want to remove the Sort By drop down that displays on your category pages, you will need to modify the CSS. To do this: In your CoreCommerce admin area, ...
Why can't I add php code to my header and footer templates?
Filed In: (Support / Troubleshooting, FAQ, Security / SSL, Design / Setup / CSS, Site Content)
Due to security measures, we have made changes to the software that will not allow any custom PHP code to be added to the header and footer templates that is ...
What does H1 mean?
Filed In: (FAQ, Design / Setup / CSS)
H1 is an html tag used for text. Here is a article that will explain all of those types of tags. http://www.w3schools.com/TAGS/tag_hn.asp
How is the header positioned on my store pages?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Content Pages)
How is the header positioned on my store pages? The header for your store is positioned using CSS code. If you want to change the position, you would have to edit ...
How can I create a clickable image in my store pages?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Content Pages, Advanced Topics)
How can I create clickable images in my store pages? A clickable image is a image in either a store content page or a product page that a customer can click ...
How do I use custom forms in my store?
Filed In: (FAQ, Design / Setup / CSS, Content Pages, Site Content)
Keywords: build form, add form page, form builder, create form, add form, add form, add contact form
How to do I use custom forms or insert custom forms in my store? Custom forms are forms that you can create to use in your store. Examples of custom forms ...
How do I edit my header?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
If you would like to modify the HTML of your header, here is how you can do that: Log in to your CoreCommerce admin Hover over the Design tab and click on ...
How can I hide empty categories?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Categories, Site Content)
How can I hide empty categories in my store? By default, all of the categories you have will show up in the category widget on in your store. To automatically hide ...
How do I edit the navigation bar?
Filed In: (FAQ, Design / Setup / CSS, Display)
Keywords: add link navigation, pages navigation, header navigation, menu bar, edit menu bar, main menu bar, nav bar, add navigation tab, add navigation bar, edit navigation bar, add blog navigation, blog on navigation, nav menu
To edit the navigation bar, follow these steps: Log in to your CoreCommerce admin area Hover over the Design tab and then click on Navigation You can now edit what shows up in the navigation ...
How do I insert an image to a content page?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Content Pages, Images)
If you need to insert an image in to one of your content pages or the homepage (html pages) then you would need to do the following: In your CoreCommerce admin ...
How to remove the homepage banner
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: remove banner on homepage
All of the newer designs come with a large banner, called the "hero" image, that shows up on the home page. They also by default have no sidebar widgets enabled. If ...
How do I create hyper link?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Advanced Topics)
If you need to create a hyperlink, url link, create a link to another website or just place links to another web site, here is what you need to do. To ...
How can I edit an existing content page?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Content Pages, Site Content)
How can I edit an existing content page? You can edit any of the existing content pages in your store by follow these steps: Sign into the CoreCommerce Admin area of your ...
How do I revert my design to a prior design?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: default template, restore template, previous design
If you are needing to revert your current design to a previous state or to something other than the original, we have nothing in place that saves those. We highly ...
How do I change my store background color or image?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: background, background image, background color
To change the background color or image, here is what to do: Log in to your CoreCommerce Admin panel Hover over the Design tab and click on Sidebar Widgets Hover over Global and click on Fonts ...
How do I remove the search field in the header?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
In order to remove the search field located in the header of your site, please add the following code to one of your active CSS style sheets:
How do I edit the contact us page?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Content Pages, Site Content)
To edit your Contact Us page, please do the following steps: 1) Go to your CoreCommerce admin area 2) Click on Site Content -> View Pages 3) You should then see your Contact ...
How do I hide the Add to Cart button in the product list?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Products / Inventory)
To hide the Add to Cart button in your product list, please do the following steps: Go to your CoreCommerce admin area Hover over Settings in the upper right area Click on Inventory ...
I need to add a statement or blurb of text into my checkout process, how can I do that?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Checkout, Site Content)
How do I add custom text or statements to my checkout process? This is done by using our Page Blurbs feature. You can create a custom piece of text and ...
Is there a login widget?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Advanced Topics)
Yes, we do have a login widget, which can be displayed in the left or right sidebar of your store. If the customer is not logged in, this widget will ...
How do I bold the parent categories in an expanded category widget in the sidebar?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Categories, Widgets, Site Content)
If you need to bold the parent categories in an expanded category widget in the sidebar, please insert the following CSS inside one of your active CSS style sheets: #widgetCategories .body ...
Why are my footer links not displaying on the homepage?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Widgets)
Keywords: footer on homepage, footer not showing
If your footer links are showing on page excepy for you homepage, please follow the steps below to make sure that you have the footer links enabled to be displayed ...
How do I hide my product thumbnails in my product grid?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Products / Inventory)
To hide your product thumbnails in your product grid, please insert the following CSS into one of your active CSS ...
How do I change the display of the category widget?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Categories)
Keywords: fly out menu, pop out menu, popout, category fly out
There are four display options for the category widget: Standard Rollover Pop-out Rollover Colors Tree Expand Note: if you use Tree Expand you can check the "Expand All" setting to make the widget appear as ...
Where do I find "Configure Active Design"?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
"Configure Active Design" is no longer being used for new stores. You can now set up yoru design under the Design tab in the admin. If you're looking for the ...
Can I upload fonts?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: custom fonts
At this time, you cannot upload fonts to the website. The CSS controls the font that is to be displayed on the page, so you can set the fonts there, ...
How can I adjust my OPC (one page checkout) page customer login options?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
You should be able to target those elements with CSS. Edit one of your CSS files and add the following: To target the "Existing Customers" block: #one-page-checkout ...
How do I change the product page design?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Products / Inventory)
Keywords: customize product layout
If you want to change the product detail template layout, here's what you do: In your admin, hover over Design Click on Template Layouts Choose to manage the Product Detail layout On this next ...
How do I resize the thumbnail image on the View Cart page?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Orders / Checkout, Images)
Keywords: view cart thumbnail
Do you need to resize the thumbnail image on your View Cart page? Add the following CSS code to one of your active style sheets: #cartItems img {max-width: 100px ...
How do I add rounded corners to a square border box?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
To add rounded corners to a HTML generated square border box, add the following CSS properties to the element with the square border: -webkit-border-radius: 10px; -moz-border-radius: 10px; border-radius: 10px; Here is an ...
How do I change the look of my product price on my product page?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Products / Inventory)
Would you like to change the look of your product price on your product page? Insert the following CSS code inside one of your active CSS files: #productDetail #price {
How do I change the alt tags on the standard CoreCommerce buttons?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, SEO, Site Content)
Do you need to change the alt tags on your standard CoreCommerce buttons? Please follow the following steps: Go to your CoreCommerce admin area Hover over the tab called Site Content Next click ...
How do I change the styling of my product page's description paragraph?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Do you need to change the styling of your product page's description paragraph? Insert the following CSS code into one of your active CSS files: #productDetail #productDescription p { margin: ...
Answer the Same Poll Multiple times?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Can a Customer Answer the Same Poll Multiple times? Yes. But only if the customer is leaving ...
Can I change the base fonts that come with my predefined template?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Yes, you can, however you must be familiar with CSS. In order to do this, follow the steps below: Log in to your CoreCommerce admin panel Mouse over the Design tab and ...
Hit Counter
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
CoreCommerce does not offer a way to natively display hit counters on your website. Hit counters can be added to your site, but it would require custom work. If you are ...
I want personalizations to show up before options
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
This article will explain how to make personalizations show up before options on your product detail tempate. You can accomplish this easily by using a product detail template layout. In your ...
How do I create a custom invoice/receipt?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
How do I create a custom invoice or printer-friendly receipt? To create your own customized invoice or receipt: In your admin, hover over the Design tab Click on Template Layouts Manage the Admin Printer Friendly ...
How can I change header tab order?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: header navigation, nav, menu bar
If you need to change the order of the links that display in the tabs of your header navigation, then do the following: In your CoreCommerce admin area, hover over the ...
How do you add banners to the top of category pages?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Categories)
Do you need to add a banner to the top of a category page? Follow the steps below: Go to your CoreCommerce admin area Hover over the Inventory Tab Click on View Categories Click ...
How do I edit the look of my clickable bread crumb trail?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Categories)
Do you need to edit the look of your clickable bread crumb trail? Well if you have this featured turned on, then insert the following CSS code inside one of ...
What CSS do I need to change in order to modify the styling of my login page's section titles?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
If you have on your login page's default settings, without the tabs, you will need to modify the following CSS area to change the styling: #customerLogin .hdr-title { font-family: arial ...
How do I style the search area drop down box?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Would you like to modify the styling of the search area's drop down box? Edit or add the following CSS code: #headerSearchWidgetDynamicResults { color: white !important; background: black !important;
How to Modify a Theme
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: modify theme, edit theme, edit template, tokens, new token system, ##shopping_cart_amount##, shopping_cart_amount, what are tokens, what are tokens
Modify a Theme **VIEW CUSTOMIZATION PDF GUIDE** You can edit the template files via FTP (You can also edit these files in the CoreCommerce admin area under Design > Manage Design ...
Can I add a slideshow to my homepage design?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
The homepage accepts HTML so when you edit the homepage (Site Design > Manage Homepage) you can add your slideshow code to the content editor. You also have to make ...
How can I add a "Coming Soon" message to my website?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Site Content, Getting Started)
Keywords: coming soon, coming soon message, coming soon page, maintenance mode
In you want to add a "Coming Soon" type of message to your site, you could do this with the Store Closed feature. This would give you the ability to ...
Can I add a search bar inside of my header?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: search header, header search, search box, ##header_search##
You can add a search bar into your header by modifying your header HTML files. However, you will need to be familiar with HTML and CSS in order to add ...
How do I increase font size inside my design?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
In order to change font sizes in your design, you will need to edit the CSS files and be familiar with CSS. To do this: Log in to your CoreCommerce admin ...
How do I remove fields in my product grid with CSS?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Products / Inventory)
Would you like to remove fields in your product grid using CSS? Insert the following CSS inside one of your active CSS files: For Product Titles #productGrid .title {
How do I target only Safari and Chrome with CSS?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Are you trying to target only Safari and Chrome with CSS? Please insert the following CSS inside one of your active CSS files: @media screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio:0) {
How do I hide all of my labels on my product page?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Products / Inventory)
To hide all of your labels on your product page, insert the following CSS inside an active CSS style sheet: #productDetail .form-label { display: none !important; }
How do I add a border around my product photo on my product page?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Products / Inventory)
Would you like to add a border around your product image on your product page? Insert the following CSS inside one of your active CSS stylesheet: #productPhotos { border: 1px ...
How do I add more line spacing in my paragraphs on my site?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Content Pages)
Would you like to add more line spacing in your paragraphs on your site? Please insert the following CSS inside an active CSS style sheet: #content-middle p { line-height: 1.60 ...
How do I create a link?
Filed In: (FAQ, Design / Setup / CSS)
To create a basic link you will need to use the following code: <a href="Your site URL"> name of the link</a> This is how it should appear when you apply it to ...
Will I be able to have FTP access during my free trial?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, FTP, Images)
Will I be able to have FTP access during my free trial? Yes! During your free trial you will have FTP access.
Does CoreCommerce use Tableless Design?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Does CoreCommerce use Tableless Design? CoreCommerce is 95% tableless design, using DIV tags and CSS to construct each one of our predesigned templates. So it allows to easy access to ...
Can I change the Free Shipping image?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Images)
You can change the free shipping image in your Manage Store Images section. To do this: Log in to your CoreCommerce admin area Hover over Design and then click Manage Store Images Find the image you ...
How can I add the free live chat to my store?
Filed In: (FAQ, Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: install chat button, live chat, add live chat
You will need to get your live chat code from a third-party. If you haven't found one, we link to one in your admin under Account > Services > Free ...
How do I edit the My Account page?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Because the My Account page uses shared code, the actual HTML used for this page is not accessible. All changes will need to be made via CSS and by using ...
How do I remove the sidebars on my site for my content pages using CSS?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Do you want to remove the sidebars on your site using CSS? Insert the following JaveScript inside the source of the content page where you want them removed. The JavaScript ...
How do I change the width of my personalization chart on my product pages?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Products / Inventory)
To change the width of your personalization chart on your product pages, insert the following code into one of your active CSS files: .personalizationChart { width: 90% !important; } You can ...
What is the color.css file used for?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
The color.css file found in your CoreCommerce store is used for the overall color scheme for the main content area of your site. For example, the color.css can control things ...
How do I remove the Back to List link on my product pages?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Products / Inventory)
There are two ways to remove the "Back to List" link on your product pages. 1. Add the following CSS into one of your active CSS files (under Design > Advanced ...
What are the tokens?
Filed In: (FAQ, Design / Setup / CSS)
For a complete list of the tokens and how they are used inside of your design please visit https://www.corecommerce.com/kb/index.html?module=kbarticle&id=3578&m=detail
My shipping pop-up isn't working.
Filed In: (Shipping, Design / Setup / CSS)
When I click "Calculate Shipping" on the View Cart page, the shipping calculator doesn't pop up. How do I fix this? If the shipping calculator pop-up doesn't work, you are most ...
FTP upload for PHP files
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, FTP)
PHP upload/downloads through FTP have been permanently disabled. You can edit your header and footer template files, since they are now HTML files and can include our ##TOKENS## that we have ...
How do I add payment logos to my store?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Site Content)
Many payment gateways and merchant accounts will have these images available and typically consist of the logo from the card companies that your gateway will accept. You can insert these ...
Publishing the predesigned header template file strips out all CSS from the front end.
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
If the predesigned template was installed before a certain time, it will be using different CSS includes than the latest templates. The template SKU, look & feel will still be ...
How do I center my product caption underneath the photo on the product detail page?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
If you add the following line of code to any of your CSS files, it should take care of this :) #productDetail #prodCaption {text-align: center;}
ftp images to server
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Products / Inventory, Importing Products, Images)
Images that you are uploading to the server for an import go into the _import/_images folder. This applies to the Product Import, Option Import and any other import that allows ...
How to Enable Drag and Drop Mode
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Getting Started)
Keywords: change name of widget,change,name of widget
How to Enable Drag and Drop Mode, How to Use Drag and Drop Mode The drag & drop design mode can be used for the following tasks: Position Widget on the left/right ...
Where can I see the list of tokens for the new design template token feature?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Where can I see the list of tokens for the new design template token feature? A full up to date list of tokens you can use with the new design ...
In the new token design system, is there a token for "Login"?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Customers)
There are actually two login tokens: ##LOGIN## - Displays the Login widget, which is typically used in the left or right sidebar ##CUSTOMER_LOGIN_LOGOUT_LINK## - Displays "Login" when customer is logged out and ...
How to download Picasa
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
How to download Picasa Go here and click the Download http://picasa.google.com/
How do I customize my Facebook/Twitter icons?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Social Websites, Display)
If you would like to replace the Facebook and Twitter icons that appear on the product pages with your own images, here's what you need to do: Login your CoreCommerce Admin ...
How do I make the Calculate Shipping link in the view cart page larger?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Advanced Topics)
How do I make the Calculate Shipping link in the view cart page larger? The 'Calculate Shipping' link that appears on the View Cart page can sometimes be hard to ...
Can a trial account edit HTML / CSS code?
Filed In: (FAQ, Design / Setup / CSS)
Yes, you can access the HTML and CSS of your template while you're on a trial plan. To do so: Log in to your CoreCommerce admin area Hover over the Design tab ...
I accidentally overwrote my header/footer changes, how can I get them back?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
I accidentally overwrote my header/footer changes, how can I get them back? If you were making changes to your design, and accidentally click the "Restore" button and overwrite yoru design ...
Email Tokens
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: token, tokens, email
Here is a list of the tokens you can use in various emails that are sent from the cart and the text strings that they use. Email a Friend:
How do I remove the search box from the header?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: remove search
You can remove the search box that is included with many templates by editing the templates in the Design > Advanced Options area. In the admin, go to the Design tab ...
I want to play a Flash movie inside my homepage, how do I do that?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
I want to play a Flash movie inside my homepage, how do I do that? All you have to do is upload the file to the server via FTP, and ...
How to add or remove the "Add All Items to Cart" button or remove the quantity box from my product pages?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: remove add all items cart button, batch add
If you want to add (or remove) the "Add All Items to Cart" button that appears on category pages, you can enable (or disable) this setting by doing the following: Log ...
What are some free image editors?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Images)
Keywords: edit images, modify images, image editor, image modification, image modification software, free software
Are you looking for some good free image editors? Well besides using Picnik another good, free image editor is Gimp and is available for my PC and Mac ...
How do I add dropdown menus to my main navigation on my site?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: categories top of website, categories on navigation bar, categories menu bar
While we do not yet have an official system built for dropdown menus in CoreCommerce, you can add one yourself right now. It will however require some basic to moderate ...
How do I change the buttons when using multiple languages?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: language of buttons
I'm using multiple languages. How do I create new buttons so they reflect the language being used? At this time, you cannot have button sets that are language-specific. If you're using ...
Product detail not showing - it's blank!
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Products / Inventory)
I created a custom product detail template, but when I view a product page, it's blank! If this happens to you, then it's likely that there is something in your code ...
FTP over SSL
Filed In: (FAQ, Design / Setup / CSS, FTP)
Keywords: ftp, dreamweaver, frontpage, filezilla, ipswitch
Effective August 1st, 2011 We are replacing our FTP service and instead replacing it with "FTP over SSL". For most up to date FTP programs, this is a simple setting change ...
How do I hide left and right widget columns on the view cart page?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
You can hide left and right widget columns on the view cart page using a little of jQuery code. Here's the rough code you can put inside your header file, ...
How do I show other items in the same category in the product pages?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Products / Inventory)
To show products that are in the same category as the product page you are on, in the product page, please do the following steps: -Go to your CoreCommerce Admin Area -In ...
How do I change the vendor widget to be a drop down instead of a list?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Vendors)
To change your vendors widget to a drop down instead of a list, please do the following steps: -Go to your CoreCommerce Admin Area -In the upper right area, click hover ...
How to I enable the sort by minimum quantity feature?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Products / Inventory)
To enable the sort by minimum quantuty feature, please do the following steps: Go to your CoreCommerce Admin Area -In the upper right area, click hover over Settings -Then click on Inventory Settings -Stay ...
How do I display my terms and conditions on the checkout page?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Checkout)
To display your terms and conditions on the checkout page, please do the following steps: -Go to your CoreCommerce Admin Area -In the upper right area, click hover over Settings -Then click on ...
How do I replace the homepage banner with my own image?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: insert own banner, banner image, add new homepage image, header image
I want to replace the banner / hero image on the homepage. How do I do this? Here is what you'll need to do: In your CoreCommerce admin, hover over the Design ...
How do I add languages to the header?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Widgets)
If you want to add the language widget to the header, you will need to modify your header.html and secure.header.html files, and you will need to be familiar with HTML. ...
How do I remove the dotted borders around my products and categories?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: remove borders, remove grid, remove product grids around images, add box around products, add lines around products, add frame around products, remove product grids around images
If you would like to remove (or enable) the dotted borders on the product grid and category grid pages, here's what you need to do: Log in to your CoreCommerce admin panel Hover ...
What is a splash page?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
A splash page, also known as a splash screen, is a page of a web site that serves as an introductory page. It doesn't necessarily replace a homepage, but it can ...
How do I translate the header links?
Filed In: (Support / Troubleshooting, Design / Setup / CSS)
I'm using multiple languages and need to translate the header links, which seem to be hard coded into the header. How can I do this? You will need to modify header.html ...
I added a new item to the navigation menu and it's not showing up.
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: missing items navigation bar, nav bar, menu bar
If you add a new item to the navigation menu (under Design > Navigation) and it doesn't show, it's likely that the CSS needs to be adjusted. Although this menu ...
How do I turn off the sidebar and navigation menu?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
If you would like to remove the sidebar(s) from your store, here's what to do: In your CoreCommerce admin panel, hover over the Design tab and click on Sidebar Widgets Remove all of ...
Horizontal image widget or Footer links widgets keep re-appearing
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Horizontal image widget or Footer links widgets keep re-appearing If your horizontal image widget or footer links widgets display after you turn them off, this can be caused if you save ...
I don't want to use any of the free CoreCommerce themes. How do I add my own design?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: create theme, create own theme
If you wish to add your own design, you must first choose one of the CoreCommerce templates. This is so that your store has an "active" theme. Then you can ...
The Login link doesn't change to Logout - can it do this?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: show logout, show log out, login_logout_link
In many of our predesigned templates, there is a Login link in the header links, along with My Account, View Cart, and Checkout. By default, this link is static and doesn't ...
/* showing in the header
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
This is most likely due to javascript being commented out in your header.tem.html file. If you are familiar with html/css you will need to remove the commented javascript code and ...
How can I display a PDF file inside my content or product pages?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Products / Inventory, Content Pages, Display)
How can I display a PDF file inside my content or product pages? If you want the customer to be able to click and download a PDF file from a ...
Why doesn't my category display in grid format, even though it's set to grid format?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Categories)
Keywords: grid format, list format, category display
This is most likely because this category is a subcategory, which means it will inherit the display setting of its parent category. So if a subcategory is set up as ...
How do I get rid of pagination or page numbers?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Display)
If you want to remove the pagination on the list templates, there is not a setting for this, but you can edit the CSS to hide it. To do this: Log in ...
What does the ##WELCOME_LANG## token display?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: email tokens
The ##WELCOME_LANG## token, which is used in the New Customer and New Affiliate emails, simply displays as "Welcome to (site name)." The site name is pulled from whatever URL your ...
How do I disable right clicking?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: disable right-click
Can I disable right clicking? I don't want people to save my images. Yes, you can do this, however it is not a built-in feature so you must find the Javascript ...
How do I change the color of the navigation bar?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: navigation menu, navigation color, nav color
In most of the templates, the navigation bar uses an image for the background. If you want to replace this image, it's typically called nav.png and can be found in ...
How to center the logo in the header?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
How to center the logo in the header? To center your header logo, follow these steps: Log in to the admin. Click on the design tab. On the next page, search for "Center ...
How do I change my View Cart button?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
If you would like to change your View Cart button/icon (or any other design images), all you need to do is find the image in your admin and replace it ...
How do I add Facebook Like button to my homepage or sidebar?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Social Websites)
Keywords: facebook like, fb like button, add facebook button, add facebook link
You already provide the Facebook Like button on the product pages, but how do I add it to my homepage, sidebar, or template files? Adding the Facebook Like button to your ...
How do I add a ShareThis button to my site?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Marketing, SEO, Site Content)
To add a ShareThis button to your site, please go to their website here. You will need to create an account with them. After creating an account, you will ...
Can I add my own Javascript code in my design?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: javascript, design, header, footer, js, css, jquery
CoreCommerce does allow JavaScript code to be added into your design. To access the HTML files where you can add the script: Log in to your CoreCommerce admin Hover over the Design ...
Can i place YouTube video on my store?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Can i place YouTube video on my store? Yes, you can place a YouTube video on your store, just follow these steps: Log in to the admin area. Click on the "Design" tab. On ...
Can I control what data shows up on the product detail page?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Products / Inventory)
Keywords: data, content, fields, product detail, control, design
Can I control what data shows up on the product detail page? Yes, we allow you to modify the product detail template using our token based system. So for example ...
I want to add some CSS, but I want it only to affect Internet Explorer (IE). How can I do that?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Advanced Topics)
Keywords: css, ie, editing, internet explorer
Internet Explorer can sometimes not show the layout of your site the same way other browsers do. The way to fix that is to have specific CSS code just for ...
How do I add the Price label to the product page?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
By default, there is no "Price" label on the product detail page. The only way to display the "Price" label on the product detail page would be to create a custom ...
How do I make my header search use Google Site Search?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
By default, the Google Site Search only works with the search widget that you can add into your sidebars. If you want your header search to use the site search, ...
How do I add a new CSS file?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
To add a new CSS file to your store, first create the file and then login to your store's FTP. Then go into your store's theme folder, for example in ...
What are some of the best text editors for editing HTML and CSS?
Filed In: (Support / Troubleshooting, Design / Setup / CSS, Content Pages, FTP, Site Content)
Here are some of our favorite text editors for editing HTML and CSS for both the Mac and PC platforms. Please note that some of these text editors are free, ...
How do I remove the white background on the homepage?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
By default, most of the templates have a white background for the middle content area. Many of our clients ask how to remove this from the homepage only. Here is ...
CoreCommerce Store Blog CSS
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, SEO, Site Content, General)
Below is the CSS you will need for the new store blog feature in CoreCommerce. You will need to copy and paste this code inside one of your active CSS ...
How do I remove Page 1 from the homepage only?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: page, page 1, if, homepage, home page
You can remove Page 1 from the homepage by adding an "IF" statement in your header.html file. To do this: Log into your CoreCommerce admin panel Hover over Design and click on Manage Design Hover ...
WYSIWYG editor isn't working in Internet Explorer
Filed In: (FAQ, Design / Setup / CSS, Display)
Keywords: internet explorer 9, IE, IE9, wysiwyg
If you're having problems with the WYSWIYG editor in Internet Explorer, then it's likely that you're using IE9 and the old version of the editor (FCKEditor - Legacy). Unfortunately the ...
Why is my blog post showing HTML?
Filed In: (FAQ, Design / Setup / CSS, Blog)
Keywords: html in blog, code in blog
If you're saving your blog posts and there's HTML showing, it's likely that you're using the old WYSIWYG editor. In order to prevent this from happening, you will need to ...
Why aren't my form questions displaying?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: form questions not displaying
If you've set up a form using the form builder (under Site Content > Form Builder), make sure that you have each of the questions set to Enabled. Otherwise they ...
How do I create a pop up window?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: popup, pop up, popup window
To create a pop up window, you will need to use the tools in the WYSIWYG editor. This article demonstrates this process using the new CKEditor. If you are using ...
How do I create anchors for links?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Content Pages)
Keywords: anchor, anchor link, put anchor links
Anchors are typically used when you want a link on a page to take you to a specific section on that same page. You will often see them used on ...
How do I change the question mark placeholder image?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Products / Inventory, Images)
Keywords: placeholder thumbnail image, placeholder image, question mark image, na.gif
If you don't assign a photo to your product or category, a placeholder image of a question mark will be used instead. If you want to change this image, you ...
How do I add a custom CSS file?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: custom css, add css, custom css stylesheet
To add a new CSS file: Create a new CSS file and upload it to the appropriate directory via FTP, which will be (your template number)/design/css. Please see this article for information ...
How do I edit the header links?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Display)
Keywords: edit header links, edit view cart, view cart
By default, most templates contain four links in the header: Login, My Account, View Cart, and Checkout. If you would like to modify these links, you will need to edit ...
Where can I find color codes used in CSS?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: color codes, hex codes
If you're needing to find the hex code for a color, there are many websites out there that offer color charts. We recommend using Color Picker. Another useful ...
Why do my Checkout and Account pages look different?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
If your Checkout and My Account pages look different from the other pages in your store, it sounds like your secure HTML files may not match the non-secure files. This ...
How come the fields on my checkout page don't load?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Checkout)
How come the fields on my checkout page don't load? If the input fields on your checkout page don't load, it is because the javascript include that powers them is not ...
Useful Firebug Links
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: firebug, useful
Below are some useful links when using the Firebug add-on for the Firefox browser. -Firefox Browser Download http://www.getfirefox.com -Firebug Download 
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firebug/

 -Firebug Official Site 
http://getfirebug.com/
 -What ...
How do I add content to the gift certificate page?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
You can add your own content to several of the default cart pages, such as the Gift Certificate page, by using page blurbs. To do this: In your CoreCommerce admin, hover ...
How do I add a favicon?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: add favicon
To add a favicon for your store: Log in to your CoreCommerce admin Hover over the Design tab and click on Logos In the left side menu, click on Favicon Logo Upload your image ...
How do I show sidebars on my homepage?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Display)
Keywords: hero image, banner, homepage, home page, sidebars, widget, add widgets homepage, widget on homepage, widgets on homepage, sidebar on homepage, widget on homepage, display widget on homepage
If you're using one of our more recent templates that includes the large homepage banner (a.k.a. hero image), by default the sidebar widgets will not display. This is simply because ...
How can I add drop down menus to my navigation bar?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
There is not a way to do this in CoreCommerce without customization. You (or a developer) could insert custom code into your design to do this, or you can contact ...
How do I hide the Company field in the Calculate Shipping popup
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Advanced Topics)
Keywords: calculate shipping, popup, company field
You can remove the Company field from the Calculate Shipping pop-up on the View Cart screen by doing the following: Log in to your CoreCommerce admin Hover over the Settings link in ...
How do I change font size on the text logo
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: logo size, text logo
To change the size of your text logo: Log in to your CoreCommerce admin Hover over the Design tab and click on Logos Here you will be able to choose from three different ...
How do I delete or reword the slogan in template 196?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Template 196 is unique because it is the only template that by default has a slogan in the header. (see screenshot) To edit or delete this slogan please ...
How do i get my home page link to not have the cart.html?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, General)
If you do not want your home page link to have the cart.html at the end of the URL then you will need to do the following: In your CoreCommerce admin ...
Where can I use the design tokens?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: new token system, use token widget
Currently the new design tokens (which you can read more about here) can only be used in the template HTML files: header.html, footer.html, secure.header.html, and secure.footer.html. They will ...
The font in the shipping pop-up and pop-up shopping cart is white. How do I change this?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: calculate shipping, shipping font, popup shopping cart
If the text in your shipping calculator pop-up or pop-up shopping cart is showing as white, you will need to add the following CSS to one of your CSS files:
How do I remove the blue border around images?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: image border, banner border
If you upload an image within a WYSIWYG editor and add a link to it, you may see a border (usually blue) around it in some browsers when you view ...
How do I edit the homepage banner URL?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: edit banner url, homepage banner, homepage banner url, homepage banner link
If you'd like to edit the link attached to your homepage banner, here's how: Log in to your CoreCommerce admin area Hover over the Site Content tab and click on Manage Homepage In ...
Display Categories on the Homepage
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS, Site Content)
Keywords: homepage, categories on homepage, display on homepage
On your homepage, you can either display products, categories, or your own content. Here's how to choose what to display: Log in to your CoreCommerce admin panel Hover over the Site Content tab and ...
What template am I using?
Filed In: (Design / Setup / CSS)
Keywords: find out what template using, theme
To find out which template you are using, follow these steps: Log in to your CoreCommerce admin area Hover over the Design tab and click View More Themes Click the My Theme tab ...
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