{"id":486,"date":"2011-06-24T10:19:13","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T00:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howden.net.au\/thowden\/?p=486"},"modified":"2011-06-24T10:19:13","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T00:19:13","slug":"more-bts-and-oscmax-controlling-templates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howden.net.au\/thowden\/2011\/06\/more-bts-and-oscmax-controlling-templates\/","title":{"rendered":"Documentation on how to use Templates in osCmax"},"content":{"rendered":"

The previous post on BTS in osCmax consisted of running notes as I worked. Having done all of that I realised that I was mis-directed in what I was doing.<\/p>\n

Applying all the changes to the main_page.html and it’s siblings I found that this applied it to every page in the site. Hmm, not the desired result. So I’ve delved further and read further and while I am still not clear there are several posts that help, if you put them all together.<\/p>\n

In the osCmax Wiki the current 2.5 BTS documentation<\/a> provides general information.<\/p>\n

The first reference in the osCmax forums is this lengthy tutorial <\/a>on modifying a osCommerce style template to suit. It probably still applies or adds knowledge but it is getting a bit dated.<\/p>\n

I’ll add other links here as I find them.<\/p>\n

Searching for free or even retail osCmax templates appears to generate few results with almost none available, or at least I ain’t found them. Sites proclaiming to have them return blank results when searching or checking the osCmax category. So I need to be able to roll-my-own.<\/p>\n

My first blog entry on Modifying Templates in osCmax<\/a> was a helpful learning exercise for me albeit misguided and I’ve used that as the kick-off for the next steps which is to ensure that I can control all pages in the site with minimal coding edits (i.e. I don’t want to modify the core product if I can avoid it.) and using the database entries and template process as much as possible.<\/p>\n

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