Hi,

Funny you said that as I just came to the same conclusion. I can create webpages outside the zencart system and call them in eg create a webpage with a table listing of all items, and link each item back to zencart for purchasing.
I was tring to stay within the zencart system as i thought that is what you do, and did I get confused (and annoyed).

I was wrong as I didn't need to, and basically i couldn't understand the php workings of this system well enough to mod.

Zencart with external pages becomes an all purpose system that caters for many needs, and I am glad I stuck at it. This is the easiest and most practical way to go. Just add zencart when you need to purchase items.

I did a mock trial to see how the shopping cart reacts from external links , and it works fine, and can add items many times over. You just need the url.

Thanks for all the replies as well .