{"id":19703,"date":"2012-06-11T06:15:11","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T10:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=19703"},"modified":"2016-02-22T04:57:46","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T09:57:46","slug":"opencart-how-to-manage-modules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/opencart-how-to-manage-modules.html","title":{"rendered":"OpenCart 1.5.x. How to manage modules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\r\n<p>Login to your OpenCart admin panel. In your browser address bar type <strong>http:\/\/yourdomain.com\/admin<\/strong>. If you have installed your Opencart under a subfolder <strong>&#8220;store&#8221;<\/strong> for an example the above URL will change to <strong>http:\/\/yourdomain.com\/store\/admin<\/strong><br \/>\r\nLogin using your username and password.<\/p>\r\n<p>Navigate to <strong>Extensions &gt; Modules<\/strong>. Here you can see all the available modules.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/opencart_manage_modules_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/opencart_manage_modules_1-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/opencart_manage_modules_1-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/opencart_manage_modules_1.jpg 913w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Click <strong>Edit<\/strong> link next to module name to edit it.<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\tModules typically have <strong>position<\/strong>, <strong>status<\/strong> and <strong>sort order<\/strong> fields. There may be additional fields depending on the functionality of the module. Most modules contain the following fields:<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"list\">\r\n<li><strong>Images<\/strong> &#8211; The program will reduce your images to the same size. Expressed in pixels where 100= approx. 1 inch<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Layout<\/strong> &#8211; Select the template you want to use for this box.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Position<\/strong> &#8211; Position the module will appear, typically left or right column, but some modules can display in content top or bottom.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Status<\/strong> &#8211; Select &#8220;Enabled&#8221; to display the module or &#8220;Disabled&#8221; to hide.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Sort Order<\/strong> &#8211; Sort order determines what order the modules are displayed in their column.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/opencart_manage_modules_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/opencart_manage_modules_2-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/opencart_manage_modules_2-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/opencart_manage_modules_2.jpg 911w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\tHere is the list of standart OpenCart modules:<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"list\">\r\n<li><strong>Account<\/strong> &#8211; Information about the customer&#8217;s account, including email address, password, street address for shipping and billing.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Affiliate<\/strong> &#8211; Information about becoming an affiliate who receives commissions for referring customers to your store.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Banner<\/strong> &#8211; Ad banners that can be placed in left or right column, or on home page above or below page content.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Bestsellers<\/strong> &#8211; Automatically tracks the most commonly purchased products in your store.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Carousel<\/strong> &#8211; A slideshow of manufacturer logos that appears on the home page in a new store, can be customized to manage any set of small images. Requires additional setup in System -&gt; Design -&gt; Banners.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Category<\/strong> &#8211; Product navigation box.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Featured<\/strong> &#8211; Choose products to be featured in your store by typing in the products box the FIRST letter of a product name, and select from the drop-down box of products appears.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Google Talk<\/strong> &#8211; Chat with live customers. You must sign up for a Google Talk account.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Information<\/strong> &#8211; Additional pages for shipping information, privacy policy, and any other purpose. A CMS or content management system for organizing pages of information.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Latest<\/strong> &#8211; Automatically lists the newest products added to your store.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Manufacturer<\/strong> &#8211; Allow customers to view products by manufacturer or brand name. <em>(Pre-1.5.1.1 only; replaced with Carousel)<\/em><\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Slideshow<\/strong> &#8211; Select different ad banners to display as a slideshow.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Specials<\/strong> &#8211; Display discounted products in a box.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Store<\/strong> &#8211; If you have multiple stores, &#8220;Choose a Store&#8221; box allow customers to choose which store to browse. Can restrict to Admins only.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Welcome<\/strong> &#8211; Home page welcome message or other text to greet customers.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/files\/OpenCart\/opencart_manage_modules.htm\" target=\"blank\">OpenCart. How to manage modules<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial will show you how to manage modules in OpenCart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":19708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1156],"tags":[793,1282,1157],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19703"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}