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The RSS feeds are always up to date because the .xml files for the category are recreated every time a new entry is posted through xCMS. The feeds also gets updated when entries or categories are edited or added or when anyone visits the xcms_rss.php pa...
Yes, this is very easy to do. In the x-cart admin section under your xCMS navigation click on Categories. Click on the category you would like to hide or show the icon for then go to the "Show RSS Button in Navigation:" checkbox and change your setting...
Yes. In the x-cart admin section under your xCMS navigation click on Entries. Click on the name of the entry you would like to set in the past or fill in the Add Entry form to create a new entry. Set the Post On date to the date in the past you would ...
In the x-cart admin section under your xCMS navigation click on Entries. Click on the name of the entry you would like to set an expiry date for or fill in the Add Entry form to create a new entry. Set the Expire on date to the date in the future you ...
In the x-cart admin section under your xCMS navigation click on Settings. Uncheck the Show customers how many times an article has been viewed checkbox. Now visitors to your site will not see the View count for any entries.
In the x-cart admin section under your xCMS navigation click on Entries. Click on the subject of the entry you would like to associate a product with. Scroll down to the Entry Related Products section. Click Browse Sort through your products and sele...
In the x-cart admin section under your xCMS navigation click on Settings. Uncheck or check the Allow customers to comment on entries checkbox.
In the x-cart admin section under your xCMS navigation click on Settings. Change the Number of recent entries to display on the home page to 0 Click Save
This is a bug in X-Cart 4.3. To work around this problem be sure to click back to the Default Editor link after using the WYSIWYG editor to write your synopsis or entry.
X-Cart by default does not allow javascript in textarea form posts, but you can opt to allow javascript in xCMS entries as follows: Open admin/xcms_admin_entries.php FIND: $trusted_post_variables = array('synopsis','body'); AFTER ADD: def...
SolutionxCMS for X-Cart versions prior to xCMS 1.2.x can be upgraded by simply uploading the new files in place of the old (be aware not to overwrite any changes if you've customized your .tpl files). xCMS 1.2 adds new features which require database ...
Some store owners may choose to create very large information pages using xCMS that require more than the allotted 65535 bytes of space. If you are sure that this limit is affecting your xCMS entries you can run the following code in your Patch/Upgrade...
To determine your X-Cart version, log into your X-Cart admin section. Access your Patch/Upgrade section where it will display your current X-Cart version. On X-Cart 4.4 and higher, the Patch/Upgrade section can be found under the Tools tab.
If you'd like to use smarty tags inside your xCMS entries, you just need to modify the template file to evaluate the code. You can do this as follows: In your skin folder open modules/xcms/xcms_customer_display.tpl FIND: {$xcmsEntry.body} CHAN...