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Tutorials/FAQs
I need to make a post to the forum but cannot.
- The forum can be found at: http://www.zen-cart.com/forum.php
- New forum members must complete their registration by confirming their email address. When you register, the forum will send an email to the email address you entered. That email will contain a link you need to click in order to confirm your address. Alternate methods are discussed ...
1. Where IS my shop?
You uploaded your files to someplace like /home/myname/public_html/zencart
Thus, the URL to view your site would be: www.mydomain.com/zencart
The Admin URL would be: www.mydomain.com/zencart/admin
To edit the files on your PC for customizing, you will need a text editor. A good free one with syntax highlighting is Crimson Editor or Notepad++.
The FAQ articles on customizing will help you determine which files to change. Then you'll need to upload them to your site for changes to take effect.
2. After installation, you'll want to address several ADMINISTRATIVE things to get your basic shop operational.
WIKI REFERENCE:
Symptom:
When updating product details (or EZ-Pages content and other areas), when certain keywords are used in the content, an error message similar to the following may appear:
Forbidden - You don't have permission to access /admin/product.php on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to ...
I want to make changes to the text that shows up in xxxxxxxxx spot on xxxxxx page. How do I find out what where it is, and what file to change?
1. Use a good search tool that can handle standard text files using a .PHP extension (WinGrep is a great tool for this!)
ONE SUCH TOOL ALREADY AVAILABLE right on your Zen Cart Admin area, under the "Tools" menu, is the "Developers ...
The terms and conditions around forum posting can be found at this link: About Posting ...
Scenario:
Customer types in "example.com" when trying to enter your website.
In most cases this will let them get to your site fine.
BUT ... if you've configured your site to use "www.example.com" in all the URLs it generates, then the customer's next click ...
1. Create and upload the icon
Create and place a favicon.ico file in the root (ie: "public_html" or "httpdocs" etc) directory ...
To do this you will need to edit the sidebox module for each of the sideboxes whose behavior you wish to change. The exact change will depend upon ...
Moving To Another Server
To move your site to a new host, you should follow the instructions listed in the FAQ entitled I want to move my Zen Cart installation to another host or a different server.
No Data
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"1146 Table 'configuration' doesn't exist" messages
After moving, or after installation, if you're getting "1146 Table 'configuration' doesn't exist" (or a similar doesn't exist message), ...
"template_default" is the master set of template files. Don't touch these (except when doing an upgrade).
"classic" is a sample custom template. ...
If you are you using Plesk, then go into your Plesk account profile, click on "Setup" and then enable the two checkboxes which say:
- Enable SSL
- Use a single ...
Bug Reports
Zen Cart takes bug reports seriously, and endeavors to find resolutions to them immediately. You'll observe that we tend to post solutions for bugfixes as soon as we have them. This does not always mean a new "release", unless ...
Yes. If you haven't created it yet, set up the product that you want to be listed in two or more categories. Go to the category in which you put that product ...
There are two setups required in order to allow customers to purchase in quantities less than 1:
1. Change a setting in your admin: Admin->Configuration->Stock->Product ...
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