Zen Cart Documentation

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing Zen Cart template. This documentation consists of several parts and shows you the entire process how to set up and administer Zen Cart Web site from scratch. We did our best to make this manual as clear and easy to follow as possible.

What is Zen Cart?

Zen Cart is an Open Source e-commerce application. It is written in PHP and requires a MySQL database. Zen Cart provides easy customization of your online store. Zen Cart has a built-in system for receiving online payments, setting tax and discount rates, etc. Learn More

What is Zen Cart template

Zen Cart template is a skin for your Zen Cart platform. In other words you can easily change your Zen Cart Web site appearance by installing a new template in a few easy steps. With all its simplicity Zen Cart template is provided with all necessary source files and you are free to edit or extend it the way you need.

Files structure

The template package you have downloaded consists of several folders. Let's see what each folder contains :

• Documentation

  contains documentation files

  • index_en.html

    main documentation file

• theme###

  contains Zen Cart theme files

• Screenshots

  contains template screenshots. Not for production

• Sources

  contains template source files

  • psd

    template Adobe Photoshop source files (.psd)

  • images

    product images, social icons, etc.

  • ZENCART_AJAX_SEARCH.sql

    provides extended search settings

  • ZENCART_CUSTOM_BLOCK.sql

    sets the extra editable content blocks

  • ZENCART_FULL.sql

    contains store & theme settings, sample banners, categories, products settings, megamenu, custom block, social icons on the product page, slider on homepage, etc.

  • ZENCART_MEGAMENU.sql

    sets the megamenu into your site

  • ZENCART_SHORT.sql

    contains only store and theme settings

  • ZENCART_SLIDER.sql

    slider on homepage

  • ZENCART_SOCIAL.sql

    set of social icons on the product page

  • ZENCART_YOUTUBE.sql

    display YouTube video on the product page

• fonts_info.txt

  contains links where the template custom fonts can be downloaded

• info.txt

  contains instructions on how to extract source files