OpenCart 1.4 Template Design Cookbook

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 3
Credits......Page 4
About the Author......Page 5
About the Reviewers......Page 6
www.PacktPub.com......Page 8
Table of Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
Introduction......Page 18
Setting up our environment......Page 19
Installing OpenCart......Page 23
Creating logos in OpenCart......Page 27
Inspecting elements using Firebug......Page 38
Installing Web Developer......Page 39
Installing Colorzilla......Page 41
Introduction......Page 46
Changing your shop\'s general settings......Page 48
Modifying the settings of your store......Page 50
Basic localization settings......Page 53
Setting image properties......Page 58
Changing administrator favorites icon......Page 62
Setting up SMTP mail server......Page 64
Modifying server options......Page 66
Creating categories......Page 67
Adding products to a category......Page 71
Introduction......Page 74
Creating a new theme......Page 76
Resetting layout styles......Page 77
Setting basic style properties......Page 81
Creating a promotional banner......Page 88
Placing a banner on your site......Page 97
Introduction......Page 100
Changing header of module......Page 103
Adjusting layout......Page 107
Placing featured block at middle......Page 111
Styling centre featured block......Page 113
Applying styles to categories......Page 123
Introduction......Page 130
Altering the logo......Page 131
Styling top navigation......Page 132
Placing menus......Page 135
Styling the search bar......Page 137
Styling language bar......Page 141
Controlling search style......Page 146
Styling language and payment units......Page 148
Creating the header banner......Page 151
Introduction......Page 156
Installing jQuery and jCarousel......Page 157
Displaying products using jCarousel......Page 158
Displaying products vertically......Page 166
Customizing the cycle plugin......Page 173
Modifying the side column with the cycle plugin......Page 176
Different effects with the cycle plugin......Page 179
Displaying horizontal sliding menus......Page 188
Adding a fisheye menu......Page 200
Giving a background color to the menu......Page 209
Integrating the social networking menu......Page 215
Creating a wide footer for our store......Page 220
Footer with a gradient image......Page 229
Creating a three column footer......Page 240
Modifying headers......Page 254
Menu creation......Page 257
Footer adjustment......Page 261
Styling dashboard......Page 273
Broken glass 404 error page......Page 294
Sitemap creation......Page 308
Index......Page 318