CSS Dropdown menu for the header- With Categories!

[jmacdoug]

If there were better menu options for ZC for instance, CMS or EZ Page menu addons and such it would be the KILLER ecommerce app hands down. Why is there such limited templating options as opposed to say opencart/magento etc...???????

I am dying to find a nice horizontal menu that incorporates the categories but also integrates ez-pages as well.

[DivaVocals]

If there were better menu options for ZC for instance, CMS or EZ Page menu addons and such it would be the KILLER ecommerce app hands down.

I am dying to find a nice horizontal menu that incorporates the categories but also integrates ez-pages as well.

Ummmmm.. You might have missed this.. BUT... this menu HAS supported EZ Pages since well let's see.. v1.2.. Did this not work for you??

Why is there such limited templating options as opposed to say opencart/magento etc...???????

Always fun to see folks drop by with such NICE things to say...

Though it's off topic to get into an in depth conversation on this matter here, let me say this.. It's CLEAR that the Zen Cart developers have concentrated their efforts on creating an e-commerce solution. Not a CMS solution, and SO WHAT.. No they did not spend lots of time making pretty free templates.. It's clear they left template development to the community and as such there are free templates available in the downloads.. And YES... (groan groan) don't need to hear it again that many of the free templates are not the most esthetically pleasing templates in the world.. I agree they are not.. Again so what??

Simply put (for whatever reason) not a lot of folks have dedicated time developing pretty templates for Zen Cart and then contributing them for FREE.. (there are a few exceptions however to this most notably Picaflor Azul has created and contributed a number of gorgeous free templates) Apparently this hasn't stopped folks at all.. There are a TON of outstandingly designed Zen Cart sites which is to say that not having a bunch of free pretty templates hasn't stopped folks at all..

BTW, the cries for more pretty templates has not changed the developers path.. They still aren't focusing on making more pretty templates available..

[jmacdoug]

@DivaVocals--I never mentioned I was looking for FREE anything actually. I have plenty of budget to work with. You will not attract users by pushing them away with rude replies like yours. Zen Cart should listen to what we see happening with other ecomm systems, maybe the light bulb will shine over some heads. I figured on trying to give ZC a chance but not if this is the result. People are saying ZC is all but dead and I put posts in other cart forums that it actually is not. Maybe I am wrong to stick up for ZC?

[DivaVocals]

@DivaVocals--I never mentioned I was looking for FREE anything actually. I have plenty of budget to work with.

Awesome!!

You will not attract users by pushing them away with rude replies like yours.

Always interesting when folks consider posting an opinion as rude.. You are entitled to your opinion though..

For the record, despite the prevailing thought to the contrary, there are quite a few folks who don't participate on this forum as a medium to find clients, but you are entitled to assume otherwise.. Thanks for the tips anyway..

Zen Cart should listen to what we see happening with other ecomm systems, maybe the light bulb will shine over some heads. I figured on trying to give ZC a chance but not if this is the result. People are saying ZC is all but dead and I put posts in other cart forums that it actually is not. Maybe I am wrong to stick up for ZC?

Great.. and perhaps posting your thoughts in a more appropriate place would be a start.. If you think ZC is dead, then you SHOULD use a different e-commerce.. (It's far from dead, but you and the forums you've found these declarations on are certainly entitled to your opinions..) But it seems (based on your own words) as if your decision is solely based on the number of pretty templates available for Zen Cart. I happen to be of the opinion that the lack of pretty templates (free or otherwise) is not the best reason to NOT choose an e-commerce solution.. There's nothing in the codebase which prevents a shopowner from achieving the look and feel they desire..

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Now getting back ON TOPIC, I believe the issue you inquired about with regards to this add-on was regarding support for EZ Pages.. Were you unable to get that to work satisfactorily???