Things every New Zenner needs to know

[AngelT]

you access your admin panel Your_site.com/shop/admin

the database files are installed when zen cart is installed.

check the wiki and the tutorials along with searching the forum. Lots of information in these areas.

do you mean for user access to the admin portion of your cart.

Thank you Clydejones for helping me. I really appreciated.
When I get to work with that I'll let you know how every thing is going.

[saurabhgautam]

Dear All,

I need to have a HTML Header instead of static images, Where do i put the HTML code?

Currently i just copy the TPL_Header from Templates_default to classic Further i delete all the php code in TPL_header.php and replace with pure HTML code. This works for me....BUT I HAVE A FEELING THAT THIS IS THE WRONG WAY?? Can anybody guide on the correct way?

[kuroi]

Dear All,

I need to have a HTML Header instead of static images, Where do i put the HTML code?

Currently i just copy the TPL_Header from Templates_default to classic Further i delete all the php code in TPL_header.php and replace with pure HTML code. This works for me....BUT I HAVE A FEELING THAT THIS IS THE WRONG WAY?? Can anybody guide on the correct way?

This is the right place and way to do what you want to do, though I would recommend creating your own template directory based on classic rather than using classic itself as otherwise your stylesheet is at risk of being overwritten when you next upgrade.

If there's something that makes me slightly uncomfortable, it's the idea of replacing the dynamic PHP with static HTML, but only you can judge whether that's really necessary.

[dbltoe]

This Thread Is Sooooooooooooooooo Hijacked!

[saurabhgautam]

This is the right place and way to do what you want to do, though I would recommend creating your own template directory based on classic rather than using classic itself as otherwise your stylesheet is at risk of being overwritten when you next upgrade.

Thanks Kuroi for your comments: Yes i needed to have a HTML header as i wanted to give a unique look to the site. I'm developing this site on uniserver. The site is not a shopping cart, but i'm using Zen cart as a CMS (instead of joomla) as i find it more user friendly and easy.

Now, regarding creating own template directory: do i just copy classic folders wherever they appear and rename them to "custom" would this suffice?

If only stylesheet is expected to be overwritten during upgrade, then i can always copy the original stylesheet after upgrade?

[rastaker]

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As a newbee, I'd like to see a small tutorial that steps one through setting up , say, a "wigit" company with two categories and three products ( a simple company that a newbee could understand and follow)

What you are doing is great! Thank you!!

[dino_russ]

1) Basic skeleton of ZenCart. All those files/directories/subdirectories and extra folders look like a big pile of spaghetti to new people. And we're looking for the short noodle...

All your points very good, add to this skeleton some explanation of the key directories and files in this skeleton so you can learn what to do with them. And one area I am still learning to deal with are the file permissions needed for the program to run properly in local mode for me when testing/adding stuff. That is issue keep bumping into.

(please don't think I am complaining or trying to bad bag ZenCart. I love this thing, but that's honestly as real newb what my issues are when I got onboard and installed)

Me either, once I got zen-cart installed correctly i find this is a great application and I know why you all like it so much. I hope to use it with the new business I am planning when I retire next summer -- so am learning it now.

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[rastaker]

Bump.

Lets Start with a GOOD Table of Contents then everyone can just take a chapter that they know something about.

I like this app roach. May I suggest adding a section?

Since most of what is written about is about setting up a site and programming changes once a site is up, what about a section on

How it all works (Step by Step operating procedures - Using Zen-Cart))

a. Program generated e-mails
What activates them.What they mean. What to do with them. etc.
b. New Customers
What tells me someone is registered. How do I look at the
Customer data. Can the Customer data be transferred to a stand
alone data base. etc.
c. Processing Orders
How do I know I got an order. What do I do next. How and what
do I change in my ZC program to track order, inventory, etc.
d. Newsletters
How to generate a newsletter. How to send. etc.

I'm sure others have similar needs to these items.

Since I'm new to this.... If all this somewhere already, Please tell me where.

Thank you
Russssssss

[lionrhod]

What a brilliant idea! Has this project happened yet? Where do I find the link?

[AngelT]

I like this app roach. May I suggest adding a section?

Since most of what is written about is about setting up a site and programming changes once a site is up, what about a section on

How it all works (Step by Step operating procedures - Using Zen-Cart))

a. Program generated e-mails
What activates them.What they mean. What to do with them. etc.
b. New Customers
What tells me someone is registered. How do I look at the
Customer data. Can the Customer data be transferred to a stand
alone data base. etc.
c. Processing Orders
How do I know I got an order. What do I do next. How and what
do I change in my ZC program to track order, inventory, etc.
d. Newsletters
How to generate a newsletter. How to send. etc.

I'm sure others have similar needs to these items.

Since I'm new to this.... If all this somewhere already, Please tell me where.

Thank you
Russssssss

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I totally agree with you Russssssssyuck: