====== How To's ======

Here is a list of articles on "How To" do a variety of things in ProductCart.

===== Basic Tasks =====

A number of articles that help learn how to perform simple tasks that help you personalize, improve, and secure your ProductCart-powered store.

==== Adding... ====

  * [[:how_to:add_to_cart|Adding a product to the cart from anywhere]]
  * [[:how_to:add_category_navigation|Adding Category Navigation to your store design]]
  * [[:how_to:add_spry_navigation|Adding Category or Content Page Navigation using Spry]]
  * [[:how_to:add_facebook_like_button_ecommerce_store|Adding a Facebook "Like" button to your storefront]]
  * [[:how_to:add_login_form|Adding a Login Form to your store design]]
  * [[:how_to:add_brand_jump_menu|Adding a jump menu to a brand]]
  * [[:widgets:recently_viewed_products_widget|Adding Recently Viewed Products to your store design]]
  * Search Box:
    * [[:how_to:add_search_box|Adding a Search Box to your store design]]
    * [[:how_to:ajax_small_search_box|Adding an AJAX waiting message]] to the search box.
  * [[:how_to:add_shop_by_price_box|Adding "shop by price" links to your navigation]]
  * [[:how_to:add_shopping_cart_summary|Adding a small Shopping Cart Summary to your store design]]
  * [[:how_to:add_welcome_customername|Adding "Welcome Customer Name" message to your store design]]

==== Displaying... ====

  * [[:how_to:display_additional_views_same_height|Additional views (product images) of the same height]]
  * [[:how_to:add_background_mouseOver|Background color when you mouse over something]]
  * [[:how_to:display_backorder_message_low_inventory|Back-Order Message when the quantity on hand is below a certain number]]
  * [[:how_to:modify_product_preview|Changing the AJAX product preview's look]]
  * [[how_to:style_modal_windows_change_jquery_theme|Changing the look of the jQuery modal windows]] (e.g. "Added to Cart" confirmation message)
  * [[:how_to:hide_category_search_results|Hiding category matches on the search results page]]
  * [[:how_to:display_different_content_category|Different content depending on the category shown]]
  * [[:how to:display_discounts|Hiding the Discount Code (only display the Discount Description]] \\ By default v3.5 and above displays both the discount code and discount description when an electronic coupon has been used.
  * [[:how_to:hide_prices_not_for_sale|Hiding prices for Not for Sale products]] 
  * [[:how_to:use_highslide_description|Highslide-driven zoom for images in the product description]]
  * [[:how_to:display_content_pages|List of content pages]]
  * [[:how_to:links_to_hidden_products|Links to hidden products in your store]]
  * [[:how_to:display_product_description_tabs|Long product description using tabs]]
  * [[how_to:open_comment_field_opc|One Page Checkout: have the Order Comments box open by default]]
  * [[:developers:custom_search_fields_db#showing_inventory_location_on_the_ordered_products_pick_list|Product's inventory location on the Pick List page]]
  * [[:how_to:display_prices_multiple_currencies|Product prices in multiple currencies]]
  * [[setting_number_search_results|Setting the number of products shown on the search results page]]
  * [[:how_to:show_different_content_logged_in|Showing different content to logged in vs. logged out customers]]
  * [[:how_to:show_different_content_customer_type|Showing different content based on the customer type]]
  * [[:how-to:low_stock_message:Showing a "low stock" message]]
  * [[:how_to:style_text_strings|Styling text strings without editing any code]]
  * [[:how_to:display_twitter_updates|Twitter updates on your storefront]]

==== Moving... ====

  * [[:how_to:move_home_page_retain_AJAX|Moving the home page to the root]]
  * [[:how_to:move_page_cms|Moving a content page (e.g. privacy policy) to ProductCart's content management system]]
  * [[:how_to:move_small_search_retain_ajax|Moving the Small Search Box to the root folder and preserving the AJAX]]
  * [[:how_to:move_store|Moving your ProductCart-powered store]] to a new Web server (or new Web host)


==== Renaming... ====

  * [[:how_to:rename_pcadmin_folder|Renaming the "pcadmin" folder]]
  * [[:how_to:rename_productcart_folder|Renaming the "productcart" folder]]

==== ... more ====

  * [[:how_to:create_default_store|Rule out your header, footer, CSS or custom code as an issue]]
  * [[:how_to:avoid_security_warnings|Avoiding security warnings on secure pages]]
  * [[:how_to:change_email_contacts|Changing the e-mail for the Contact Us form]]
  * [[:how_to:change_store_url|Changing the Store URL used in some links]]
  * [[:how_to:create_private_sale|Creating a Private Sale for specific products]]
  * [[:how_to:create_private_shopping_club|Creating a Private Shopping Club]]
  * [[:how_to:remove_all_products|Deleting, removing and restoring products]]
  * [[:how_to:disable_captcha_contacts|Disable the CAPTCHA Code from the Contact US form]]
  * [[:how_to:print_thermal_label|Printing Thermal UPS or FedEx Labels]]
  * [[:how_to:remove_the_dialog_window|Remove the "Please wait.." Dialog on Small Search Box]]
  * [[:how_to:remove_all_products|Remove All Products (permanently)]]
  * [[:how_to:send_scheduled_daily_specials_messages|Send scheduled Daily Specials]]
  * [[:how_to:second_default_shipping_provider|Shipping: set a second default shipping provider]]
  * [[how_to:secure_tell_a_friend_form|Secure the Tell A Friend form (tellafriend.asp)]]
  * [[how_to:secure_contact_us_form|Secure the Contact Us form (contact.asp)]]
  * [[how_to:redirect_IE9_beta|Detect IE9 Beta and display a message]]


===== Advanced Tasks =====

You can find many **[[:developers:technical_articles|technical articles]]** in the Developers' Corner.

===== Limited technical support =====

Please remember that in ProductCart technical support is limited to the software "as is". Therefore, we do not provide technical support on implementing code changes such as the ones described in some of the "How To" articles mentioned above.