
Designguide 5
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2.1 Page Templates
The AShop page templates are simply HTML pages with the AShop placeholder tags inserted where the
AShop content is to appear. They can include HTML, images, links, CSS, and JavaScript just like any
other web page but they can not include PHP or any other server side code. You can use a web page
editor, for example Adobe Dreamweaver, to design or modify the AShop templates just as you would
with any other page for a website.
There are 12 templates used for the retail shopping cart and affiliate pages. If the wholesale shopping
cart is activated, it uses an additional 3 templates and if you have the commercial AShop V software you
will find 3 additional templates used by the shopping mall. The page templates can have the same or
different content, depending on your needs.
Example templates are included in the distribution package for new installations. They give the shopping
cart a simple but effective black and white look. This set of templates and other color variations of it can
be downloaded from AShopSoftware.com which gives you a good start for creating your own templates.
Retail Shopping Cart & Affiliate Page Templates
The following templates are located in the templates directory of AShop.
aboutus.html – used by the About Us page
affiliate.html – used by the affiliate sign up, login, and support pages
cart.html – used by the view cart page and shipping address page
catalog.html – the main AShop template which is used to render the catalog and product pages
checkout.html – used by the checkout page
customer.html – used by the customer profile and order history pages
delivery.html – used by the digital goods delivery pages
pages.html – used to render custom pages created with the Manage Pages section of the admin panel
signup.html – used by the customer signup page
terms.html – used by the Terms & Conditions page
thankyou.html – used by the payment confirmation page
upsell.html – used by the upsell page
IMPORTANT! Some payment gateways will host your payment confirmation page through their SSL
connection. When they do this, they take a snap shot of your page and nest it within their page at their
URL. If this is the case, the URLs within the thankyou.html template must use absolute URL's for CSS
and Javascript files to work and for images to appear. In addition, image links should be https links so
that browser secure/non-secure content warning messages won't appear for customers when the
payment processor redirects to the thankyou (payment confirmation) page.
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