OS Commerce is a program that can be used on any website for free. It is most commonly-known as an open source shopping cart, and is useful for those who are selling items on their websites. People like OS Commerce because it is easy to customize it. However, this is also unfortunate because customizing it might mess up some of the codes and you might find some errors in your shopping cart. If you encounter any errors in your OS Commerce shopping cart, read the article below to figure out how to troubleshoot any errors you may find in your OS Commerce shopping cart.
* Check the OS Commerce site. The website offers a lot of features and tools for users of the OS Commerce. There are a lot of sections in the site that will provide you with tips and tools on making it easier to use OS Commerce on your website.
* Check out OS Commerce Watch. Commerce Watch provides help for those who encounter problems during installation or for plug-ins. There is a section marked “Tips, Tools and Help” which also provides some help under the section “OS Commerce Problems.” Click this section so you can find out if some of your problems are listed here.
* Check out the forum. It is also very helpful if you ask help from other users like you. The OS Commerce Forum is just the place for this. The forum is a great source of a lot of information. Simply search for your problem and you will probably find a discussion about this. If you don't find such a discussion, you can start your own. You may also participate in the forum and share tips with fellow users. You can check the forum for different topics, to make your search easier and faster.
* Check the bug report forum. This lets you check the read up on the different bugs that have been discovered in the software. This is a free-source forum that lets users review and revise the codes once a bug is posted. Post any of the bugs that you have observed and let others work their magic on it. If you are lucky, OS Commerce itself will revise the code and provide it to you.
* Ask for third-party help. There are some groups or individuals who are willing to take a look at your OS Commerce code and revise and tweak it according to your needs. You may need to pay these individuals a certain fee, but at least you will be ensured of its effectivity. You can also add it some more other tweaks into your OS Commerce code so that your shopping cart will be further customized to suit your website.
Be careful when you are copying or pasting code onto your HTML window. Make sure that you have accurately typed in specific code so you do not mess it up. Read up on HTML and web coding first before you even attempt to customize any of the codes provided by OS Commerce.
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