How to enable SSL connection in OpenCart

You should make sure you have a SSL certificate installed for your domain. If you do not have a dedicated SSL installed, this configuration will cause issues with accessing your OpenCart dashboard and the login/checkout pages of your store. Most payment processors such as Authorize.net will require you to purchase a SSL. You may want to purchase and install one prior to fully setting up your shopping cart.

Please see our tutorials if you need more information on what a SSL is and how to purchase one. Please keep in mind OpenCart does not support the use of the shared SSL certificate.

To enable SSL in OpenCart, there are three areas to edit: The System Settings in the OpenCart Dashboard, the config.php file in the directory where you installed OpenCart, and the config.php file in your OpenCart Admin folder.

Enabling SSL in the OpenCart Dashboard

1. Log into the OpenCart Dashboard
2. Go to System > Settings
3. Click on the Server tab
4. Check the radio button to use SSL

Enabling SSL in the OpenCart directory config.php file

1. Log into cPanel and go to File Manager
2. Navigate to your OpenCart installation directory
3. Open (Edit or Code Editor) the configuration file (config.php)
4. Look for the lines below // HTTPS that looks similar to this: 

   define(‘HTTPS_SERVER’, ‘http://opencart.inmotiontesting.com/’);
   define(‘HTTPS_IMAGE’, ‘http://opencart.inmotiontesting.com/image/’);

5. Edit the HTTPS settings to reflect your SSL URL path. For example:define(‘HTTPS_SERVER’, ‘https://opencart.inmotiontesting.com/’);
   define(‘HTTPS_IMAGE’, ‘https://opencart.inmotiontesting.com/image/’);
6. Save changes and close the config.php file
   

Enabling SSL in the OpenCart Admin folder config.php file

1. Go to the “Admin” folder
2. Open (Edit or Code Editor) the configuration file (config.php)
3. Look for the lines below // HTTPS that looks similar to this: 

   define(‘HTTPS_SERVER’, ‘http://opencart.inmotiontesting.com/’);
   define(‘HTTPS_IMAGE’, ‘http://opencart.inmotiontesting.com/image/’);

4. Edit the HTTPS settings to reflect your SSL URL path. For example:define(‘HTTPS_SERVER’, ‘https://opencart.inmotiontesting.com/’);
   define(‘HTTPS_IMAGE’, ‘https://opencart.inmotiontesting.com/image/’);
5. Save changes and close the config.php file

Smule Finally Makes Their Android Debut With The Auto-Tuning Songify App

Smule has been churning out scores of popular music-making iOS apps for years now, but they’ve been notoriously gun-shy about bringing those apps to other platforms.

As of today though, that streak has finally come to an end — the company has just released their auto-tuning Songify app into the Google Play Store.

Originally developed by Khush (whom Smule acquired toward the end of last year), Songify turns user-recorded speech into surprisingly listenable songs by tuning those voice inputs to go along with preset background music. The iOS version peaked at #1 on Apple’s Top Free Apps chart shortly after its launch in July 2011, and Smule now hopes for similar success as it expands into new territory.

3,997 Models: Android Fragmentation As Seen By The Developers Of OpenSignalMaps

Over the past six months, the folks at OpenSignalMaps have been keeping tabs on the devices that have been downloading their network monitoring app, and so far they’ve recorded downloads onto 681,900 separate Android devices in 195 countries. Now they’ve taken all that data and splayed it out for all to see, and it highlights rather nicely how big a headache fragmentation can be for developers.

For the most part, the results are as you’d expect — runaway hits like Samsung’s Galaxy S II was the most represented device among the 3,997 distinct models they spotted, and Samsung Android devices were far and away the most widely used. What really gets me is how many other devices and brands fill up the rest of that list. Seriously, if you haven’t yet, go look at it. Mouse-over some of the smaller blocks, see if there are any brands or devices that ring a bell.

Facebook Reveals How Much Stock Each Bank Got, Morgan Stanley Nabbed $6 Billion Worth

Just after the markets closed on its first day of public trading, Facebook amended its S-1 with a complete prospectus detailing how much stock each underwriter got to sell. Morgan Stanley, the lead-left bank, received 162.1 million shares ($6.15 billion worth) followed by J.P. Morgan with 84.8 million ($3.22 billion), and Goldman Sachs pulled down 63.1 million shares ($2.4 billion).

Just after the markets closed on its first day of public trading, Facebook amended its S-1 with a complete prospectus detailing how much stock each underwriter got to sell. Morgan Stanley, the lead-left bank, received 162.1 million shares ($6.15 billion worth) followed by J.P. Morgan with 84.8 million ($3.22 billion), and Goldman Sachs pulled down 63.1 million shares ($2.4 billion).

Facebook’s Acquisition of Karma Brings Mobile Commerce, App Monetization Prowess

Facebook has just acquired mobile commerce startup Karma, which makes apps for gifting friends and family. The terms of the deal are undisclosed but 16 employees of the startup will be joining Facebook. The purchase will help Facebook build up monetization prowess on mobile platforms — an area that it had said it’s admittedly weak in. The price was not disclosed.

With the deal, Facebook gets two extremely experienced leaders in building and monetizing mobile apps. Karma’s chief executive Lee Linden and its co-founder Ben Lewis were behind Tapjoy, a company that became a huge force in distributing and making money from mobile games. Both he and Lewis were product managers at Google and Microsoft. Linden and Lewis have known each other since they were kids and have been building companies together for a couple years.

Note: This was a real product acquisition, not a lower-priced, talent-based one. Karma had done one venture round with Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, Felicis Ventures and the CrunchFund. The sense that we’re hearing from social product industry sources is that Karma will get Facebook’s 901 million users at its feet and more power behind building partnerships with other brands.  It’s not clear whether Karma will be left alone to run autonomously like Instagram or whether it will become a Facebook-branded product. Last year, Facebook acquired an early group messaging app called Beluga and turned it into Facebook Messenger.