How to change language in Backoffice PrestaShop?

In this short tutorial we would see how to change language in Back office for an employee or admin not the whole website.

Steps for changing the current language:

How to enable Catalogue Mode in PrestaShop?

Setting Catalog Mode in PrestaShop 1.6. is really a simple task. This mode  is same as normal shop, but without the option to purchase and check out. Lets see how to enable Catalog Mode.

Webservice not working if PrestaShop Developer Mode set to on

I recently encountered a very strange error my Web Services  were not working when developer mode is on. To enable error reports you can follow this link. After a lot of struggle I found out there was a bug listed under PrestaShop Forge portal stating Can't read orders with web service.

Enable Web Service for PrestaShop Shop

In this training module we would enable web service under PrestaShop Shopp

How to enable error reporting in PrestaShop

Recently while upgrading PrestaShop I started receiving Internal Server Errors on my shop. After a lot of checking I found out how to enable PrestaShop error reporting. Steps to enable error reporting are as follows :

How to View My Shop in Maintenance Mode

It is possible to put your shop into maintenance mode by going to: Back Office > Preferences > tick 'No' for Enable Shop. When in maintenance mode you may make changes to your shop without disrupting your customers' experience. When your changes are done, you can re-enable your shop by changing your Preferences.

 

In maintenance mode, a holding page is displayed to all users expect those on the IP addresses configured in the PrestaShop Back Office. In this way, it is possible for you to make changes to your shop and view those changes on the front end before they are available to your customers:
Get your IP address from http://www.whatsmyip.org/
Go to Back Office > Preferences and enter your IP in the Maintenance IP field
Click Save

Note: Your IP address may change periodically; if you cannot access your front end in maintenance mode, update the Maintenance IP in the Back Office as described above.

How to clear Smarty Cache PrestaShop

The following tutorial is going to show you how to clear Smarty cache in PrestaShop 1.6.x.

There are 2 ways to clear cache Smarty  Cache 

Way 1: Clear Cache in Prestashop admin panel

Way 2 : Clear cache manually

Follow these instructions to clear smarty cache

Maintenance Mode In PrestaShop

The best feature of PrestaShop is to run the website under Maintenance Mode. It's a good idea to run your website under Maintenance Mode while there is any updates or Maintenance on servers. Still website can run for developers using the add ip feature of Maintenance Mode


Instructions for running

Add horizontal menu on the top of your website

Today when I was configuring PrestaShop Shop I removed all the demo data the menu bar just got removed from web portal. After lots of search i found the solution how to get it back with custom menu items
Steps to add horizontal menu on the top of your website:

Change Facebook Like box on PrestShop Shop

Its better to change all customized modules before making your shop go live. In this tutorial we would change the "Facebook Like Box" with our Facebook page url
Please follow the instructions to configure your Facebook Like Box

Update your Social Networking Block Module

Social Networking Block allows you to add information about your brand's social networking accounts.
Steps to update your Social Networking Block under PrestaShop  Shop.

GD Not installed While Installation

While installing Prestashop I got this error GD Not Installed

First question that arises when I saw this error was what is GD.
The GD library is a graphics drawing library that provides tools for manipulating image data. In Shopp, the GD library is used to process images for generating gallery preview and thumbnail size images automatically.

Next question was how to check if it is installed on my server or not
Ans: make a php file and add code stating

<?php phpinfo(); ?>
and upload it on your server .

Change your business details using Contact Information Block Module

Installed PrestaShop now its time to fill all your company's detail on your eCommerce portal. Improve your store functionality and make it more user-friendly with modules.
Instructions to change your Contact Information :

Installed PrestaShop Now Clean Demo Data

Question: How to Clean Demo data which is installed with  PrestaShop?

Change Customer Care Contact Details

Installed PrestaShop  now you need to customize the shop as per your preference. Now we are gonna customize stores customer service number and email of your shop

Instructions :

Understanding Modules in PrestaShop

Improve your store functionality and make it more user-friendly with modules
PrestaShop's extensibility revolves around modules, which are small programs that make use of PrestaShop's functionality and changes them or add to them in order to make PrestaShop easier to use or more customized.

Why PrestaShop?

Do you want to start an online business?
Want to create a website for selling online?

if your answer is yes  then you are at the right platform PrestaShop
Open source eCommerce Solution Written in PHP under License Open Software License version 3.0 with official Website www.prestashop.com

History
PrestaShop SA Company was founded in 2007 by two people passionate about the Internet, Igor Schlumberger and Bruno Lévêque.
PrestaShop was born from their joint willingness to make e-commerce more accessible.
PrestaShop SA is composed of a team of 100 collaborators working on the 3 major projects of the company.

The PrestaShop group was founded in Paris, with a second Headquarters opened in Miami in 2011.

In March 2014, PrestaShop secured $9.3M in Series B Funding to Fuel Global Expansion.