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Files to Customize for The Look And Design Of Your StoreCustomization of AFCommerce is a very easy process for the average web designer. There are very few files that need to be changed to alter the look of the entire shopping cart, as well as, all the additional web pages you create for the rest of your website. AFCommerce is more than just a shopping cart, it is an entire website building environment, which not only makes adding new pages extremely easy, but also allows you to create advanced features that you might not normally be able to build by using the stylesheets and custom php functions.

Advanced users can save a lot of time using all of the features of this custom development environment, and novice users can now create features and designs that they would not normally be able to develop.

New PHP Functions And FeaturesThis guide is mainly to explain how and where to add custom php functions that you create. As for new features, I will continue to add new free functions and features that will allow you to continue to improve your store, as well as, develop functionality for your website that is unique and tailored to your products. AFCommerce has some features that no other shopping cart has, but it would be impossible to create every possible feature someone might need to sell their products effectively, so hopefully this guide will give you a helping hand to making your website work exactly the way you want it to.

Style Sheet CustomizationLearn how to customize the default style sheet to create your own look for AFCommerce.

Template Creation Guide This tutorial is a more detailed explanation of how to customize AFCommerce with more advanced methods. Our File Design Guide provides a quick explanation of the 6 AFCommerce files that control the entire design of your online store. This Template Creation Guide will provide examples and screenshots to help you better understand how easy AFCommerce is to modify, allowing web designers to create their own templates for their customers. This guide is new and will continue to be added to until every aspect is covered.

Admin Area CustomizationThis guide explains how you can change the look of the admin area to co-brand your own company's name. You can also change the default colors and completely alter the links on the admin area's home page. So if you want to add new features to the software, you can add links to your own pages to manage the features. This guide also explains how to track your customers with your affiliate id if you are an affiliate of AFCommerce or an AFCommerce reseller.

AFC FunctionsAll of the popular shopping carts have their own php functions, but no one else has ever built a custom development environment where the custom php functions are not only there to complete tasks that the shopping cart needs to use, but the AFCommerce functions can be used inside of your own scripts to complete almost every task. Also, only AFCommerce has its custom functions built and documented like normal php functions, and this documentation outlines each function in a style similar to php.net.

I will continue to add new custom functions for the new features I create, but I will also continue to build new functions that the shopping cart does not need to use, but these functions will be available simply to assist web designers and developers for use in their own functions and features. These functions are a major part of the custom development environment AFCommerce has created, and has set a new standard of flexibility that most other software developers have already begun to mimic.

AFCommerce Customization Guide