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Authors

Index

Introductory

How to install themes in OpenCart 2.0.x

How to add a new currency and new language in OpenCart 2.0.x

How to set up manufacturers in OpenCart 2.0.x

How to manage taxes in OpenCart 2.0.x

How to use Google Sitemap in OpenCart 2.0.x

How to set up a SSL certificate in OpenCart 2.0.x

How to add store credit to customer accounts in OpenCart 2.0.x

How to find out which OpenCart version am I using

Tweaks

Cookie consent Notification in OpenCart 2.0.x

Customizing your store maintenance mode tutorial

How to edit the OpenCart footer links

How to change the Add to Cart button name in OpenCart 2.0.x

How to solve the duplicate content issue in OpenCart 2.0.x

OCMod stopped working?

Security

Block unwanted bots from accessing your site

How to ban visitors by IP address

E-commerce Advice

Seven Ideas for Personalized Customer Experience in eCommerce

Five beautiful examples of coming soon pages to make customers eager to visit your ready website

The art of mastering product returns

The essential guide to good bots, content harvesters and comment spammers

Bonus

The Latest OpenCart and Ecommerce News Delivered to your Email Inbox

How to install themes in OpenCart2.0?

The release of OpenCart 2 brought a lot of changes to the platform. Probably the most notable among them is the new modern design of the pages. However, for an e-commerce website that is visited by many users everyday, eye-catching design is a must. The theme will not affect the functionality of the website, but an classy one can make a good impression on the customers and make them come back for more shopping. A quick and budget way to achieve this is by applying themes to your OpenCart platform. The Internet is full of great-looking options available, both paid and free.

The installation of a theme is a relatively straightforward process and the aim of this tutorial is to guide you through the steps of the process.

1. The first step is to find and download a suitable theme for your website. For the purpose of this tutorial we are going to use the Ranger theme created by KulerThemes and available on https://isenselabs.com/products/index/opencart/themes

2. After downloading the archived file, unzip it and launch a FTP client. This can be a standalone program such as FileZilla, SmartFtp, etc. or a built-in client like the one in Adobe Dreamweaver.

3. After connecting to the website, transfer the files from the theme folder into the folder containing the OpenCart installation.

4. Now it is time to login into the admin page of our OpenCart websitе.Navigate to System/Settings and click on the Edit button next to the name of the store on which to apply the theme.

5. In the settings page, choose the tab Store and look for the label Template. From the dropdown menu next to it, the available themes can be seen and chosen from. In my case this is the Ranger theme.

At this point, we have completed installation and have applied the theme to our website. Some themes, however, require some further settings to be made in order to work properly on the website. Information about them is usually stored in the documentation that is contained in the downloaded theme archive.

How to add a new currency and new language in OpenCart 2.x

There are a couple of basic things which every OpenCart store owner needs to know when setting up an online store. Among these are adding a currency and a language different than the default OpenCart ones (USD/EUR/GBP and English respectively).

In this blog post we will show you a step-by-step tutorial how you can do these