New need help badly

[mowertech37]

I am new but i need help currently i use cs cart community version but they do not have very many modules on that and i cannot afford to pay the price for there pro version i need to know is with zen cart can i hide prices on the products to where someone would have to register a acct in order to see the price this is mandatory i also need live help feature if possible

i want to have a catalog page as a top navigation bar i need to know if having a testimonial page is available i am using the newest version

i also need a theme that will look decent for the kind of site i am building i will be selling herbal products a place where i can show my authorize .net logo and paypal logo as well as the SSL logo .

a place to put banners such as ups logo fed ex logo usps logo etc. facebook and twitter and linkedin interface would help also to boost traffic .

so the question i have is are these features available in zen cart anyone have any info on what template would work the best for a herbal store i am looking also in the flash player module if available .

i can use some help from you all in setting things up thank you
and God bless
calvin

[stevesh]

All those features are available in Zencart.

"i want to have a catalog page as a top navigation bar" - don't know what that means, but there are plenty of options for header category listings, etc.

As far as the theme (known in Zencart terms as your 'template') I've never thought that any particular design was more suitable than any other for a particular kind of business. I would suggest you take a look at the free templates offered here: http://(sorry, site offline)/index.php, paying particular attention to the ones offered by Picaflor Azul. Many of hers have image sliders and other geegaws you might want on your site.

Install a test Zencart site and download and install as many templates as you like. You can install multiple templates in Zencart and switch among them in admin.

[mowertech37]

thank you i notice on some of the plug ins the latest version is 1.3.9 will those still work for 1.5.0 ?
Where do i find a testimonial module ?

[stevesh]

Some will, some won't. There's a thread here:

http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.p...t=version+mods

There's this - I haven't used it.

http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=299

Search the Plugins area (link above) for other mods.

[mowertech37]

another question products say i have a product that has 7 flavors of one item but 7 flavors in that item how would i create that product do i need a special module for it ?

[DrByte]

Example of a product with a whole ton of attributes: http://www.zen-cart.net/index.php?ma...products_id=34
You don't need to use all of those shown, just the kind you need for yourself.

FAQ article on how to set up attributes: http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?...to-my-products

[mowertech37]

How to i hide the prices on the products unless a customer registers and is signed in then they can see the price etc.

[stevesh]

You need to poke around the admin options and see what's available.

Admin - Configuration - Customer Details - Customer Shop Status - View Shop and Prices

Make sure you have a good reason for doing that - many visitors, including me, won't create an account just to see your pricing.

[mowertech37]

good reason for it herbalife rules to not display prices without a account if it was up to me i would show prices but i am working for them so i have to go by what they said about selling online

[mowertech37]

i am about to move the site from a sub folder to the root directory on my domain i am wondering how this is accomplished and will i have to manually edit any files as to the path of the store for the store to work properly ? and if so what files ?