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OpenCart Theme and Module Development
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Table of Contents
OpenCart Theme and Module Development
Credits
About the Author
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the example code
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Getting Started with OpenCart 2.0
The features of OpenCart
Changing the OpenCart shop's general settings
Setting image height and width
Managing the modules in the theme
Managing the image dimensions of modules in the default theme
Creating and setting a promotional banner
Installing and uninstalling a module
Setting the Banner, Carousel, and Slideshow modules
Managing the layout and position of a module in a theme
Describing the files and folders of the default theme
Summary
2. Bootstrap, Font Awesome, and FlexSlider in OpenCart 2 Themes
Bootstrap
Advantages of using Bootstrap in OpenCart themes
The basic template structure with Bootstrap in OpenCart 2
A basic static Bootstrap template
Font Awesome, an iconic font
Setting up Font Awesome
Using BootstrapCDN by MaxCDN
Using default CSS
The icons of Font Awesome
Rotated and flipped icons
FlexSlider
Summary
3. Creating Custom Themes
Preparing the files
Integrating HTML and CSS into the OpenCart theme
Creating a new theme based on the default theme
Understanding the code in header.tpl
Checklist for the header section
Changing the style of currency
Describing the code of the top menu categories
Changing the style of the menu
Understanding the code in footer.tpl
Changing the style of the footer div in the footer
Removing the copyright information in the footer
The home page
The category page
The product page
The information pages
The contact us page
Changing the CSS for the checkout steps
Summary
4. Getting Started with OpenCart 2 Modules
Creating a Hello World module
The admin folder
The catalog folder
Installing, configuring, and uninstalling a module
Installing a module
Configuring the module
Configuring layouts for the module
Uninstalling the module
Positions for the module
The status of the module
Sort order of modules
Different layouts for the same module
The file structure – admin and frontend
Creating a language file for the admin section in OpenCart
Creating a controller for the admin section in OpenCart
Creating a template file for the admin section in OpenCart
The breadcrumbs section of the module
Creating a language file for the Catalog (frontend) module in OpenCart
Creating a controller file for the Catalog (frontend) module in OpenCart
Creating a template file for the Catalog (frontend) module in OpenCart
Summary
5. Extensions Code
Global library methods
Affiliate (affiliate.php)
Cache (cache.php)
Cart (cart.php)
Config (config.php)
Currency (currency.php)
Customer (customer.php)
Database (db.php)
Document (document.php)
Encryption (encryption.php)
Language (language.php)
Length (length.php)
Log (log.php)
Mail (mail.php)
Pagination (pagination.php)
Request (request.php)
Response (response.php)
Session (session.php)
Tax (tax.php)
URL (url.php)
User (user.php)
Weight (weight.php)
The Featured module
Configuring the Featured module in OpenCart 2.0.1.1
Exploring code used in Featured module
Exploring the code of admin/controller/module/featured.php
Exploring the code of admin/view/template/module/featured.tpl
Exploring the code of catalog/controller/module/featured.php
The Shipping module
Changes required at the admin folder to create total cost based Shipping module
Changes made in the catalog folder
The Payment module
Off-site payment
On-site payment
Order Total
Summary
6. Create OpenCart Custom Pages
Getting started with feedback management
Database tables for feedback
Creating files in the admin section for feedback
Creating the language file in the admin section
Creating the model file in the admin section
Creating the controller file in the admin section
Creating the template files for form and list pages in the admin section
Creating the model file for the catalog folder frontend
Creating the language file for the frontend
Creating the controller file for the frontend
Creating the template file for the frontend
Summary
Index
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OpenCart Theme and Module Development
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First published: June 2015
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Author
Rupak Nepali
Reviewers
James Allsup
Dario Fumagalli
Commissioning Editor
Amarabha Banerjee
Acquisition Editor
Meeta Rajani
Content Development Editor
Susmita Sabat
Technical Editors
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Anushree Arun Tendulkar
Copy Editor
Vikrant Phadke
Project Coordinator
Izzat Contractor
Proofreader
Safis Editing
Indexer
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Graphics
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Production Coordinator
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Cover Work
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Rupak Nepali is from Nepal. He has been working as a PHP programmer and on the OpenCart framework since 2010. He has also completed many projects and built many modules on OpenCart to meet his clients' requirements. He is currently working as a web developer at Corner Edge Interactive, Arizona, and as a freelancer on Elance, oDesk, and other freelancer sites. Rupak holds a bachelor's degree in computer information systems from Nobel College, Kathmandu, Nepal. He is currently studying for his MS degree in computer science from the Maharishi University of Management, Iowa, USA.
