OpenCart Tips and Tricks - Page 4

In this Opencart user manual, we are showing about the dashboard in the administration area of Opencart, right now there are 8 default widgets provided by Opencart: Recent Activity, Sales Analytics, Total Customers, World Map, People Online, Total Orders, Latest Orders, and Total Sales. When you login in the admin section then you can see [...]

Zone Shipping is simply shipping that is based on the different destinations, or geo zones, based on the weight of the total order. For example, if your shipping from California USA. You can set a rate to other customers in other states, or other countries by setting up a zone for each destination and then [...]

By default, OpenCart has every country enabled in your Localisation settings. What if your online store only caters to a few countries. Disabling them all in the admin panel one by one would be a pain. You would have to: Open System > Localisation > Countries menu in admin panel. Click Edit on the country you want to disable. [...]

Now in OpenCart 3.0 and 2.3.0.1 version, it is very easy to setup google reCaptcha in multiple pages. Forms of Opencart that google reCaptcha supported are Register, Guest Checkout, Reviews, Returns, and Contact. Basic Captcha: Go to Extensions >> Extensions >> In Choose the extension type >> Captchas (2) Now click the green button to [...]

This Opencart tip is to show images for the sub-categories in the Opencart version 2.3, but you can make changes as per the following instructions. Opencart 2.3 Find the following code at catalog\controller\product\category.php $data['categories'][] = array( 'name' => $result['name'] . ($this->config->get('config_product_count') ? ' (' . $this->model_catalog_product->getTotalProducts($filter_data) . ')' : "), 'href' => $this->url->link('product/category', 'path=' . [...]

The main menu in Opencart displays categories that are selected to show in the top menu, it only works for the top parent categories. Right now you can manage the top menu to show the categories, we see some hidden codes and modules that Opencart default is trying to come up within the upcoming version [...]

Today we came across a question, How do reward points work in Opencart 4? How do we set up the reward points in Opencart 4? Here are the process and steps to setup it up: How to enable and disable the reward points in Opencart? Go to the admin section of the OpencartExtensions >> Extensions [...]

In this Opencart user manual, we are giving you details of the Maintenance links: Backup/Restore, Uploads, and Error logs. For Backup/Restore we can backup the data in a dot SQL file and we can import the dot SQL file which is similar in structure to the exported dot SQL file. At Uploads, you can see [...]

Auto-upgrading Opencart versions involves a process where the platform updates itself to the latest version without manual code. Opencart 4 does natively support a fully automated update mechanism like some other CMS platforms (e.g., WordPress). Here's a detailed explanation of how you can set up and manage auto-updates for Opencart versions: 1. Preparation and Backup [...]

Opencart user manual where we are showing how we can manage length classes and weight classes. These lengths and weights are used by Shipping extensions like FedEx, UPS, etc, and will be used by Shipping API to calculate the shipping cost. For adding length classes go to admin >> System >> Localization >> Length Classes [...]

In this Opencart tutorial on website speed optimization, we are showing you 10 ways to speed up Opencart 3 and 4 which you can do from the free Opencart module and tips provided below. This helps to optimize website speed in Opencart and increase opencart page load speed. Choose a better hosting provider and better [...]

In OpenCart version 3, we can see the theme editor features where the administrator can directly change the code in the template of the default theme from the admin dashboard. While we test on Opencart version 3.0.3.2, we were able to edit only the default template, if we activate another theme, we still keep seeing [...]

In this Opencart tutorial, we show you how to set up taxes with geocodes in Opencart for each product by giving you an example of US taxes for California residents 8.75%. Setting up taxes in OpenCart is essential to ensure compliance with local regulations and accurate pricing for your customers. With OpenCart’s geo zones feature, [...]

As we were in the process of upgrading the Opencart from 3 to 4, we complete the upgrade and saw our admin dashboard reports are all gone, and it took us some time to figure out where we can enable the dashboard reports. Here is our finding which was so simple: Empty Dashboard: Dashboard reports [...]

As we see some Opencart users are complaining that their email is not working in Opencart and are not able to see the Contact Us form email, the order email, or other email updates. We have listed some of the ways to fix them. Way to fix Email Deliveries that are in Cpanel Login to [...]