Enabling SSL on the Opencart system is very easy, however, sometimes we tend to forget the basics. Recently, I’ve had a new SSL Certificate installed for one of my existing Opencart websites. I did the basic changes on the config file in the root and admin folders. I changes all the “http” instances to “https” <?php // HTTP define(‘HTTP_SERVER’, ‘https://mydomain.com/admin/’);…
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Opencart 1.5.x – HTML Email Notification for Admin
You might have noticed that in Opencart 1.5.x versions, the admin only gets the text order notification like below: This is okay but it doesn’t show the customer name, address and other details unlike the email notification that the customer receives. If you want the admin to get the same email as the customer (complete with shipping and payment details),…
Opencart 2.3.0.2 Issue: Additional Alert Email Field
This is a known bug in Opencart 2.3.0.2 version, if you are using this version, you will notice that your Additional Alert Email field under Settings > Mail tab doesn’t save. No matter how many times you add an email address and save it, it will just stay blank after reload. To fix this, go to your /admin/controller/setting/setting.php file and…
Opencart – How to enable the shipping options on Paypal checkout?
On Opencart 2.3.0.2 if you are using Paypal Standard as your payment method and you are paying using credit card, you might notice that the shipping fields are missing on the Paypal checkout page: To add the shipping fields on this page, all you have to do is open your /public_html/yourwebsite.com/catalog/view/theme/default/template/extension/payment folder and edit the pp_standard.tpl file. Find: <input type=”hidden” name=”no_shipping” value=”0″…
Uncaught Exception: Error: Could not load model total! – Opencart Upgrading from 1.5.x to 2.3.x
If you’ve read my previous post about Opencart 3.0.x. You’ll know that I didn’t like it, but I have a lot of Opencart-based websites so I know that sooner or later I will need to update those sites that are still on 1.5.x version. My Opencart websites are very simple and basic, I used them to sell and get paid…
Opencart 3.0 – What to expect?
Okay. A little disclaimer. I know this website is supposedly for short information and tutorial, but trust me, these are simple pointers that I combined in one post. I am wrote this just a few minutes after wasting around 5 hours of my time working on these issues. This post are for people like me who jumped form Opencart 1.5…