How to configure Prestashop to work with another domain?

Prestashop, like many other applications out there, works based on a domain name. In case you wish to use your Prestashop application with a different domain you should change the PS_SHOP_DOMAIN and

how to add new link/block in navigation bar/

Navigation menu is controlled by top horizontal menu module, there are way of add , remove menu item like page, categories and costume links.

How to On Error reporting of prestashop v1.6 v1.5 v1.4 v1.3

if your website encountering some problems (white page, prestashop internal server error, some other problems) it's necessary to turn on error reporting. With this feature you will see what exactly doesnt work and

Generate the .htaccess file with PrestaShop’s back office, to get Friendly URL

if your website encountering some problems (white page, prestashop internal server error, some other problems) it's necessary to turn on error reporting. With this feature you will see what exactly doesnt work and

Add a link or an image to customize the mails sent to your customers

PrestaShop enables you to automatically send a large number of mails to your customers (order confirmations, site subscriptions, out of stock notifications, etc.). It might be useful to customize these mails: adding images, links to

Issue log in after deleting the English language pack

If you deleted the English language pack from your shop install, you can have issues connecting to your back-office again.

How to Enable Prestashop Error Messages?

Locate on your computer, or directly from your web server’s FTP, the file config/config.inc.php in your store’s directory, and scroll down to line 28:

How to Create a New Page or Template?

You can also create your own .tpl file (located in your theme directory), where you can insert your own HTML tags, and create a .php page (at the root of your shop) which will call the .tpl file.

Here is an example:

First, your_page.php:

<?php
include(dirname(FILE).’/config/config.inc.php’);
include(dirname(FILE).’/header.php’);
$smarty->display(PS_THEME_DIR.’your_page.tpl’);
include(dirname(FILE).’/footer.php’);
?>

With that, your_page.tpl contains your HTML code.

How to change the maximum size of uploaded files in PrestaShop?

To change the maximum size of the uploaded files in your server, you have to edit the php.ini file for your PHP install. This can only be done if you do have access to your server’s PHP configuration files. If not, ask your host.

How to add a link or an image to customize the mails sent to customers?

PrestaShop enables you to automatically send a large number of mails to your customers (order confirmations, site subscriptions, out of stock notifications, etc.). It might be useful to customize these mails: adding images, links to survey forms or information pages (blogs, news, etc.).

Let’s say your company wants to customize the e-mail sent automatically to customers after a purchase, in order to redirect them to a survey form.

To add a link in the mails sent to your English-speaking customers, you have to:

1. Go to the /mails/en directory from your shop root.

2. Edit the HTML template relative to the mail you want to modify: for instance, order_conf.html is the e-mail sent for new orders.

3. Insert the link to the survey right in the HTML code (static):

<a href=”http://www.myshop.com/survey.php”>Click here if you want to participate to our survey !</a>

or a dynamic link with your logo:

<a href=”{shop_url}” title=”{shop_name}”><img alt=”{shop_name}” src=”{shop_logo}” style=”border:none;”></a>

4. (Optional) To change the default color (which is pink: #DB3484), change the hexadecimal value to your preferred color value.

5. Save the file.

Now the link will be added in every new mail sent after a purchase.

How to regenerating a password manually in prestashop

As situations where nothing happens when you request a new password, and it doesn't work. There can be a number of reasons why this would happen, but the important thing is to be able to log in prestashop user and admin again.

This is will require you to access your database, using phpMyAdmin for instance.

You will have to follow the following procedure:

1. Open the /config/settings.inc.php file, from your shop's root directory. Find the line containing "_COOKIE_KEY_". Copy the cookie content (without the quotes): it is the MD5 for your original password.
2. You now need to generate a new MD5 hash for your password:
   1. Go to http://www.miraclesalad.com/webtools/md5.php.
   2. Paste the value of "_COOKIE_KEY_" in the text-field, and right after it, add your desired password. For instance, xykxB41JrEacRIoZxDioPNRmKeuO3ixCLygNxBAkeOkAHf2YUVESuT9jMYPASSWORD, where the cookie ends with T9j, and the desired password is MYPASSWORD (it can be anything you want).
   3. Click on the "md5" button: this will produce a MD5 hash of the text-field's content. Copy it.
3. You now need to put this hash into your database:
   1. Open you shop's database using phpMyAdmin. If you don't know how to use phpMyAdmin, ask your webmaster, or your host.
   2. Open the pw_employee table, find the row corresponding to your account (it should feature your first name, last name, and e-mail address), and click its "Edit" button.
   3. Find the passwd field, and paste in the MD5 that you just generated.
4. Log in to your back-office with the email listed in the same table, and the desired password that you used above (MYPASSWORD). This will generate a new cookie key.

If it still doesn't work, use phpMyAdmin to access the ps_shop_url table and check the value of the main shop, whose id is 1. It should contain the shop's file path:

• If your shop is at the root of the server, this variable should contain "/".
• If your shop is in a sub-directory, it should contain it. For instance, if it's at "http://www.mywebsite/shop/", then the variable should contain "/shop/".

If all fails, contact the PrestaShop support team at http://support.prestashop.com/en/.