How to Remove Common/Home in OpenCart 2.3.x and 3.x

So, you’ve enabled your SEO URLs in OpenCart. Everything is looking fine and you’re happy about the new, shorter URLs. However, there’s this one, last annoying URL that keeps bugging you. The index.php?route=common/home appearing after you click your home page logo.
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OpenCart Theme Development: Basic Tutorial for Beginners

Designing your own OpenCart theme can be lots of fun. This OpenCart theme development tutorial will show you insights and knowledge straight from TemplateMonster, one of the biggest theme developers on the market.
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Create Stunning Landing Pages in OpenCart with Visual Designer

Landing pages are web pages that are laser focused on capturing visitor’s attention and persuading them into completing a single goal. A goal can be a sale, subscription, or collecting visitors contact information like names and emails.
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4 Free eBooks on How to Get Started with OpenCart 2.x

Download our free OpenCart eBooks filled with tutorials, guides, tips and tricks about starting and improving your E-Commerce shop.
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5 Ways to Protect Your OpenCart Product Images From Theft

You might not think about people stealing your images every day. Sadly, the fact is that 64% of photographers have experienced image theft at least once last year.
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How to Setup URL Redirects in OpenCart (With and Without Extensions)

April 27, 2017
Every website can come at a point where there are a few broken links, some outdated content or removed pages. All of that leaves some links that need to be redirected to working pages with relevant content.
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How to Enable SEO URLs in OpenCart 2.x (Apache and NGINX Servers)

SEO in OpenCart is one of the starting points when you are building your store. If you know a little about search engine optimization, you will probably know that links are one of the most powerful factors for the ranking of any website.
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How to Automatically Generate Invoice Numbers in OpenCart 2.x

OpenCart enables you, as a store admin, to generate order invoices with just a few clicks. However, order invoice numbers are not automatically added to the invoice, but they have to be pre-generated, which is rather cumbersome. In this tutorial we will demonstrate how you can automate this process. Keep on reading if you would like to know how you can save time by adding a simple modification, which will automatically generate invoice number at the moment of order placing.
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How to add character count to just about any OpenCart 2.x comments box

This article will show you how to add a character counter to any text area on your OpenCart website. Without further ado let’s see what steps you need to take to implement this.
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