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    Programmatically adding a menu item to the v1.5.0 admin 

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    Published on 19 Aug 2012 09:20 PM

    Every time I'm adding a new item to my v1.5.0 admin, I search the forums and can never find the post (I know it's there) that identifies how to get your ...
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    I want to enable/disable the "New Products for [insert month]" or Featured/Special/Upcoming Products sections. 


    There is a "New Products for [insert month]" section on several pages, including Home Page, New-Products page, All-Products Page, (empty)Shopping Cart page, etc.  These sections are called "centerboxes".

    There are several "sets" of settings for the Centerboxes. ...
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    How do I add multiple images to a product? 


    by: Ajeh - Linda McGrath

    A product owns 1 filename ...

    Note: the base image name is the original image name loaded for the product.

    The concept of multiple images is best explained using an example: ...
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    What determines if a product is New? 


    There are settings in in Admin->Configuration->Maximum Values to determine "what" New Product means ...

    New Product Listing - Limited to ...
    Limit the New Product Listing to
    0= All Products
    1= Current Month
    7= 7 Days
    14= 14 Days ...
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    How do I get my store home page to open to a certain category? 


    Open the Admin, point your cursor at Configuration in the top menu. Choose Layout Settings from the drop down menu.

    Find "Main Page - Opens with Category"

    ...
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    When I log into Admin, first page is slow or it just hangs forever. 


    FIRST ... is the slowness *only* for the admin area? If you also see the *same* slowness in your storefront, this FAQ does not apply to your situation.

    Slowness logging in to the Admin area

    When you first log in to the Admin area, Zen Cart attempts to talk to the Zen Cart versioning server to see if updates are available. If it can't find the server ...
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    How do I enable the "Customers Also Purchased" display? 




    1. You need to have purchases in your store first ... where customers bought "this" product along with "another" product.

    2. Set this > 0 --- ...
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    How do I set up Gift Certificates? 


    To sell Gift Certificates in your store, you need to create them as specific products (according to special requirements, outlined below):

    1. In the Admin, make a new category called Gift Certificates. Add a product to the category called Gift Certificates.
    2. On the Product Information Page fill in the blanks as follows:
    • Products Status: In Stock
    • Date Available: leave blank
    • Products Manufacturer: leave blank
    • Products Name: Gift Certificate
    • Product is Free: No
    • Product ...
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    How do I set up the Zones Shipping Module? 


    By default, the module comes with support for 3 zones. This can be easily altered with a coding change by editing the Zones Shipping Module file (If you make this change and your Zones module is already installed/active, you'll need to record your settings, then click Remove, then click Install, and re-enter all your settings. Otherwise your change will have peculiar visual side-effects).

    /includes/ modules/ shipping/ zones.php

          ...

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    How do I put my Documents in their own Menu Sidebox? 


    Please see this link:
    Documents in their own sidebox
    ...
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