Free Open Source Shopping Cart PrestaShop Releases Version 1.0

[bargainbloodhound]

PrestaShop notes:

Tip #1: make telephone number required on checkout:

in /classes/address.php
find

Code:

protected    $fieldsRequired = array('id_country', 'alias', 'lastname', 'firstname', 'address1', 'postcode', 'city');

change to:

Code:

protected    $fieldsRequired = array('id_country', 'alias', 'lastname', 'firstname', 'address1', 'postcode', 'city', 'phone'); 

in themes/[your theme]/authentication.tpl

find:

Code:

<p>     <label for="phone">{l s='Home phone'}</label>     <input type="text" class="text" name="phone" id="phone" value="{if isset($smarty.post.phone)}{$smarty.post.phone}{/if}" /> </p>

change to:

Code:

<p class="required">     <label for="phone">{l s='Home phone'}</label>     <input type="text" class="text" name="phone" id="phone" value="{if isset($smarty.post.phone)}{$smarty.post.phone}{/if}" />     <sup>*</sup> </p>

Tip #2 Google Base mod:
A. download v0.4 from here http://www.ecartservice.net/tag/googlebase/
B. in googlebase.php

find:

Code:

$this->_addToFeed("<description>".stripslashes(htmlspecialchars($Product['description_short']))."</description> ");

change to:

Code:

$this->_addToFeed("<description>".stripslashes(htmlspecialchars($Product['description']))."</description> "); 

Tip #3:

The PayPal mod included with 1.1.0.5 is full of bugs.  Uninstall it and install the PayPal v2.0 beta 2 mod instead from http://www.ecartservice.net/08092008/bet...restashop/

[amy]

The overwhelming majority of visitor's to our Zen Cart sites are referred by Google but the visitors to our 2 PrestaShop sites come from...

3 month visitor referrer results:

Presta 1: Google and Yahoo are tied
Presta 2: 25% more visitors from TheFind than from Google :blinkie: , 3 1/2 times more visitors from Google than from Yahoo

[bargainbloodhound]

http://www.prestastore.com/payment-modul...zenet.html

:

Echoing what has been said by many on the PrestaShop forums ->   Who the boink is going to spend $450 for an Authorize.net module when almost every other shopping cart includes Authorize.net support as  a basic feature? :

http://www.prestashop.com/forums/viewthr..._300_euros
http://www.prestashop.com/forums/viewthr..._the_price

FYI, there is a free (but very buggy if you're using Prestashop v 1.2x) Authorize.net mod...see post #12 on this thread for the download link:
http://www.prestashop.com/forums/viewthr...dule__beta

[tomerg3]

The Prestashop forum has been growing rapidly as well, it reached nearly 50,000 members, and is by far the best place to get help or questions answered, usually within a short period of time.
Make sure you search the forum first, because many questions have already been answered.

I totally agree about the Authorize.net module, which is why I wrote my own version that I am selling in my , it is also connected to the prestashop refund system, so if you cancel or refund an order from the backoffice, it automatically does issues the void / refund command to authorize.net.  I have many useful modules for Prestashop, like the affordable Authorize.net module, filter module, a translation module (which I used to translate my site to 15 other languages), an attribute wizard module that lets you customize your attributes similar to apple’s website, and many more.
They can be found on my website http://www.presto-changeo.com , along with many tips about troubleshooting and fixing common problems, improving SEO, and other useful information.