Pinnacle Cart Knowledge Base

NOTE:

Please read the document below which explains our template engine system in detail:

http://support.pinnaclecart.com/manual/Pinnacle%20Cart%20Design%20Documentation%20v1.0.pdf

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You can follow the steps below to use Dreamweaver with Pinnacle Cart:

1) Create a new skin folder in content/skins/. It will look like content/skins/MyDreamweaverCustomSkin

2) Copy all files/folders from content/engine/design into that new folder. This will copy the Pinnacle Cart "base skin"

3) If you would like to use existing skin as a base for your template, copy files from content/skins/ExistingSkin into content/skins/MyDreamweaverCustomSkin (overwrite files there)

4) Go to Pinnacle Cart admin area and activate that new custom skin on the appearance settings page.

5) In content/engine/engine_config.php, add the following line:

define("DEVMODE", true);

Add the above line after the last define() you have there. It will force the engine to recompile the skin on each page refresh.

6) Edit files with Dreamweaver in content/skins/MyDreamweaverCustomSkin folder

7) When you have finished your changes it is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to remove unchanged files. You can use tools like http://www.sourcegear.com/diffmerge/ to compare folders.

You will need to compare content/engine/design and content/skins/MyDreamweaverCustomSkin and remove all unchanged files from content/skins/MyDreamweaverCustomSkin.

8) Remove define("DEVMODE", true); from content/engine/engine_config.php