Quiltconsignment:
Is it worth me purchasing the Ten Ton Zen Cart tapes? Will I learn from them considering I did not originally build my own carts? Thanks in advance.
You already asked the same question back in March:
Quiltconsignment:
Will the Ten Ton Videos show you how to work with an existing site or is it only for building a new site? Also is it recommend to purchase the full package or certain individual tapes, and are these tapes up to date with the newest versions of zen cart? Thank you in advance.
And received the following replies:
DrByte:
Shows you the concepts of setting up a new site, working with the various admin pages to manage products and orders, etc.
The concepts addressed haven't changed significantly between v1.3.x and v1.5.x, so the content is equally relevant to both.
schoolboy:
The USER MANUAL remains the best "reference" for admin management issues.
For code-related issues, you should go do some general studying on php, mysql, css, js and other programming-related languages.
What I found useful in the early days was understanding the functional nature of database-driven websites, and once I had a good grasp of this, I could more easily understand how zencart is structured.
The zencart WIKI was hugely helpful in understanding this structure - but you need to have a good understanding of database-driven websites before it makes any real sense to you.
And I would add further that they help you understand the day-to-day store administration activities (products, sales, specials, attributes, order processing, customers, etc) as well as setting up a new store.
