ho provato a mettere nella home del sito e non dell'os-commerce appunto il file indicato
<?php
/*
$Id: new_products.php,v 1.34 2003/06/09 22:49:58 hpdl Exp $
osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions
http://www.oscommerce.com
Copyright (c) 2003 osCommerce
Released under the GNU General Public License
*/
?>
<!-- new_products //-->
<?php
$info_box_contents = array();
$info_box_contents[] = array('text' => sprintf(TABLE_HEADING_NEW_PRODUCTS, strftime('%B')));
// new contentBoxHeading($info_box_contents);
if ( (!isset($new_products_category_id)) || ($new_products_category_id == '0') ) {
$new_products_query = tep_db_query("select p.products_id, p.products_image, p.products_tax_class_id, if(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as products_price from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id where products_status = '1' order by rand() DESC limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_NEW_PRODUCTS);
} else {
$new_products_query = tep_db_query("select distinct p.products_id, p.products_image, p.products_tax_class_id, if(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as products_price from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " p2c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c where p.products_id = p2c.products_id and p2c.categories_id = c.categories_id and c.parent_id = '" . $new_products_category_id . "' and p.products_status = '1' order by rand() DESC limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_NEW_PRODUCTS);
}
$row = 0;
$col = 0;
$info_box_contents = array();
while ($new_products = tep_db_fetch_array($new_products_query)) {
$new_products['products_name'] = tep_get_products_name($new_products['products_id']);
// ----------
$product_query = tep_db_query("select products_description, products_id from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " where products_id = '" . (int)$new_products['products_id'] . "' and language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "'");
$product = tep_db_fetch_array($product_query);
$p_id = $product['products_id'];
$p_pic = '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $new_products['products_id']) . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $new_products['products_image'], $new_products['products_name'], SMALL_IMAGE_WIDTH, SMALL_IMAGE_HEIGHT) . '</a>';
$p_name = '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $new_products['products_id']) . '">' . $new_products['products_name'] . '</a>';
$p_desc = ''.substr(strip_tags($product['products_description']), 0, MAX_DESCR_1).' ...';
$p_price = '<span class="productSpecialPrice">'.$currencies->display_price($new_products['products_price'], tep_get_tax_rate($new_products['products_tax_class_id'])).'</span>';
$info_box_contents[$row][$col] = array('align' => 'center',
'params' => ' style="width:50%;"',
'text' => ''.tep_draw_prod_top().'
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td style="height:43px " class="vam"><span>'.$p_name.'</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>'.tep_draw_prod_pic_top().''.$p_pic.''.tep_draw_prod_pic_bottom().'</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="height:20px;">'.tep_draw_separator('spacer.gif', '1', '1').'</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="height:54px;">'.tep_draw_prod_price_top().'
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="height:49px">
<tr>
<td style="width:50%;" class="vam">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="5" border="0">
<tr><td align="center">'.$p_price.'</td></tr>
</table>
</td>
<td style="width:50%" align="center">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:1px;">
<tr><td style="text-align:right;"><a href="' . tep_href_link('product_info.php?products_id='.$p_id) . '">'.tep_image_button("button_details.gif").'</a><br />'.tep_draw_separator('spacer.gif', '1', '5').'<br /><a href="'.tep_href_link("products_new.php","action=buy_now&products_id=".$p_id).'">'.tep_image_button('button_add_to_cart1.gif').'</a></td></tr>
</table>
</td>
<td>'.tep_draw_separator('spacer.gif', '5', '1').'</td>
</tr>
</table>
'.tep_draw_prod_price_bottom().'
</td>
</tr>
</table>'.tep_draw_prod_bottom().'');
$col ++;
if ($col > 1) {
$col = 0;
$row ++;
}
}
new contentBox($info_box_contents);
?>
<!-- new_products_eof //-->
Mi da errore nella linea evidenziata di rosso
dagli errori si impara sempre..
cmq in ogni caso si prendono le pagine e si modifica secondo le proprie esigenze 
