Adding to an existing web site

**gjh42** · 8 Feb 2010, 08:33 PM

Go to Tools > EZ-Pages, start a new page, and read the directions at the bottom of the page.

**Adalast** · 8 Feb 2010, 08:53 PM

Perfect and thank you so much. It will feel so good to finally have this site finished and out. Also, since I'm sure it will be a problem, what should I expect to run into when I transfer this off of my server and onto theirs. I am hoping it's as simple as just copying the whole folder over and everything will work once I fix the URL information in it.

**Adalast** · 8 Feb 2010, 09:01 PM

Ok, question on my photo gallery. How can I get my shadowbox php scripts to work right? I have tried referancing them with a full URL like I have done my images, but no go it seems. The shadowbox gallery is kinda one of the selling points on the site, so I really hope there is a way to make it work.

Edit: I think I may have realized what the problem is... I need to add onload="shadowbox3b_g1();" to the <body> tag. Anyone know how to add things like that to the body tag on one of these pages?

Edit 2: Oh... I can just put it right in the HTML window and it works. Solved it on my own... yay.

**gjh42** · 8 Feb 2010, 09:18 PM

You will have to make sure any custom database content is also transferred. Do they have an installation yet, or is this going to be totally new for them?
See the tutorial: https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=100

**Adalast** · 8 Feb 2010, 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by gjh42

You will have to make sure any custom database content is also transferred. Do they have an installation yet, or is this going to be totally new for them?
See the tutorial: https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=100

well that is kinda what I am asking. Will I have to install it on their servers or could I transfer the folder strait from my server to theirs? I know that any web linkages I have will need to be updated for things like flash files and images, but what else will I need to do beyond that when I move the store from my server to theirs?

(and also, I got the homepage done and it looks great, thanks for all of the help so far. All I have left to do is get the products talking to the cart properly and get that with all of the functionality they want and I'll be done.)

**gjh42** · 8 Feb 2010, 11:57 PM

Did you read the tutorial yet? It answers most of your questions.

You should be using relative links wherever possible (usually possible within Zen Cart) so that they are server-independent.
Things like <a href="index.php?main_page=whatever&whatever=whatever">

**Adalast** · 9 Feb 2010, 08:25 PM

I would like to use the relative links, but I'm not sure how/where to store HTML referenced materials in ZC. I have .jpg, .png, .swf and .xml files that all need referenced by either HTML code in ZC or by the .swf files. I have several dynamically loaded content flashes that read .xml files and load either .png or .jpg into the frames.

As for reading the tutorial, I have yet to find one. I click on the Tutorial link and all I find in every section is a Q&A. If someone could post a link to it, I would be more than happy to read it cover to cover.

**Adalast** · 9 Feb 2010, 08:43 PM

Wonderful wonderful. I just looked over their request for the crystal page and they want a dynamically loaded image based on customer selection. Is that possible with ZC? They also want to add a bulk price and second product onto the page for the light stands with it's own quantity. Somehow I think this page just got a whole lot more complicated. I really hope that's a comprehensive tutorial... or else i might end up with another flash application to handle this ><.

edit: i think that the bibles might end up facing similar problems. It looks as though they want a dynamic set of attributes to be loaded based on a drop-down box selection. Please tell me this is possible ><.

**gjh42** · 9 Feb 2010, 08:44 PM

There is not one big "Tutorial"; each item in that Q&A page is a tutorial on one feature or process.

And yes, that does complicate matters significantly. They have an extremely complex and uncommon set of requirements.

**gjh42** · 9 Feb 2010, 08:50 PM

There are mods for switching the main product image with the additional images, but I'm not sure about attributes. It could be done, but you might need to do much of it yourself. It's certainly worth examining Free Addons, and searching the forum for similar requests that may have info.

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