How to Use Google Sitemap in OpenCart 2.0.x?

August 13, 2015
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Create a Google Sitemap for your OpenCart and improve your Google Search performance.
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5 Best Free OpenCart 2.0.x Compatible Themes

August 12, 2015
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OpenCart 2.0.x comes with a pretty solid default theme that serves as a good starting point for setting ground to one’s online business ventures. For everyone looking forward to starting their business on a tight budget, we have compiled a list of Free OpenCart themes compatible with the most recent OpenCart 2.0.3.1 (at the time of writing this blogpost). You are more than welcome to go through the list and let us know what you think of it.
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OpenCart Team Meets iSenseLabs

August 11, 2015
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Together with the OpenCart team, we discussed the upcoming implementations and future development. Many of the topics we drafted in a brainstorming session and will be coming into production in OpenCart as early as Q4, 2015.
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How to disable product reviews in OpenCart 2.0.x

July 29, 2015
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OpenCart is very powerful, useful and rich, and it also comes with a lot of predefined settings and options, both for the customers and the admins of a store. However, as a store owner, the decision what functionality your website has, rests on your shoulders. In this article, we will show you how to manipulate the product review section of your store, specifically, how to enable/disable it.
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How to Manage OpenCart Stock Statuses

July 28, 2015
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The stock status shows your customers the current stock of each product in your online store. OpenCart uses the current quantity of a product to determine the stock status displayed in your store’s product page. If the quantity of a product is above 0, the availability of a product in the front store will be always set to In Stock. When the quantity is 0, OpenCart gives you the option to choose the Out-of-Stock status for the specific product from the admin panel. There are a couple of pre-set OpenCart Out-Of-Stock statuses you can choose from and in this blogpost we will show you how you can edit them, add more of them and change their color.
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Best budget OpenCart extensions to grow your business

July 20, 2015
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From payment gateways to analytics tools, shipping modules to language modifiers, the OpenCart Extension Directory is packed with integrations that empower your online business, or maybe just make day-to-day business functions run a little smoother. At the time of this article, the OpenCart Extension Directory has over 16,000 extensions to choose from, not only making the search tedious, but intimidating.
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How to manage taxes in OpenCart 2.0.x?

July 10, 2015
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Taxes are crucial component of price formation in many countries and legislations.
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6 Free OpenCart extensions to help you grow your social media presence

July 7, 2015
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Social networks, instant messaging, content sharing - these are all necessities when it comes to online businesses. Facebook, Twitter, Skype WhatsApp. were all game changers and they shaped the today’s approach to online marketing. Take a look at these free OpenCart extensions, which could help you take your business popularity to a new level
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How to change the “Add to Cart” button name in OpenCart 2.x

July 6, 2015
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One of the ways to make your store more unique and interesting is to change some of the text strings that are common for all online stores. This is why in this article we will show you how to change the “Add to Cart” text to something different.
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How to add a new currency and new language in OpenCart 2.x

July 2, 2015
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In this blog post we will show you a step-by-step tutorial how you can add a currency and a language different than the default OpenCart ones (USD/EUR/GBP and English respectively) from your OpenCart admin panel.
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