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PrestaShop 1.3 Beginner's Guide

You're reading from   PrestaShop 1.3 Beginner's Guide Build and customize your online store with this speedy, lightweight e-commerce solution

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2010
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849511148
Length 308 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

PrestaShop 1.3 Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
1. Preface
1. Building Your PrestaShop FREE CHAPTER 2. Shop Fitting and Layout 3. Merchandising for Success 4. Giving Customers More and Getting More Customers 5. Tools, Newsletters, Extra Income, and Statistics 6. Security and Disaster Recovery 7. Checkouts and Shipping 8. Get Set… 9. Go… To the Future Control Panel Quick Reference Web Resources Pop quiz - Answers

Time for action - creating a new template


It's really easy to create a new template. The trick to achieving something unique here is to experiment. Try some really big sizes and perhaps consider decreasing the number of products per page at the same time, especially if you have a small niche range or sell products with interesting or detailed images. Here is how:

  1. 1. Open an FTP window on your web host.

  2. 2. Click into the themes directory in the main prestashop folder. Drag a copy of the folder you want to copy to your desktop. If working with the default theme, the folder is called prestashop.

  3. 3. Now right-click the folder on your desktop and select Rename. Rename the folder to whatever you want your new theme to be called (no spaces and all lower case is the best).

  4. 4. Drag the new folder onto your web server. You now have a new theme.

  5. 5. In your PrestaShop control panel, click on the Preferences tab and then the Appearance tab.

  6. 6. Scroll to the bottom and change to your new theme. Visit your...

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