A User-Friendly Version of the Simple Template System (STS) Welcome to the easiest template system to date for the osCommerce solution. STS has recently been ranked 5th among contribution downloads for osCommerce, passing BTS (Basic Template System). The Simple Template System (STS) has seen a lot of great changes over the years, changes for the better and has drawn a huge fan base. I hope that this version will continue that trend as well as bring in the novice who may have considered previous STS versions “too taunting”. This update includes the "Footer” patch, as well as the "Product info module v1.0.6" and “Index module v1.0.3” updates, integrated into one seamless install. We can all thank Chris (Rigadin2) for these fine updates! I have only taken these updates and bundled them into one seamless install package, along with easy to understand documentation and additional templates for your convenience. With the author's blessing, STS v4.2 is an official release of the Simple Template System. Why this new version 4.2? STS 4.1 has seen three major changes and a few bug fixes since its release back in April 2006. Without this update, in order to install a stable STS v4.1, new users would have to download four different files as well as make some additional changes to a few of the PHP files in their store. With version 4.2, installation is as simple as downloading this complete package and following the instructions toward one seamless installation. Instructions for manual installation are still available for those who have a heavily modified store. The support forum will continue to be located at the STSv4 forum that can be found here: http://forums.osCommerce.com/index.php?showtopic=204381 If you have kept up with all of the fixes mentioned in the support forum as well as the patches and new modules uploaded onto the contribution site, then you already have version 4.2, without the updated documentation and additional templates of course. Main advantages of this version: -Integrated all bug fixes and updates to this fine contribution into one seamless package. -Updated the install text as well as the contribution’s documentation to make the installation and use of STS 4 more user-friendly. -Added a new “blank” template with all of the required code for ease of use to create your own STS v4.2 templates from scratch. -Added install instructions for the “Infobox Templates for STS” contribution as an STS4.2 add-on. STS 4.2, differences with STS 4.1: -Updated “includes/modules/sts/sts_index.php” (Rigadin2, May 8, 2006, Index module v1.0.3 for STS4) -Updated “includes/sts/sts_product_info.php (Rigadin2, June 5, 2006, Product info module v1.0.6) -Updated “includes/footer.php” (Rigadin2, July 25, 2006 “Footer Patch”) -Updated “sts_templates” folder from both the “clean_osc” and “upload” folders (cleaned up discrepancies and remains from STS PLUS) -Bug fix: “index.php_0.html” template for main page will now work as designed. -Added: A new module parameter to set in admin. You now have the choice to set STS to look for templates of parent categories. -Bug fix: The “sts_product_info.php” module does not call the function sts_strip_content_tags anymore when using a content template, because there is nothing to take away from your content template. Enjoy, Bill Kellum