Zen Cart : e-commerce application development : a step-by-step developer's guide

Table of Contents......Page 3
What is Zen Cart?......Page 11
The Main Features of Zen Cart......Page 12
Customer Management......Page 13
Categories and Products......Page 14
Promotions, Sales, and Discounts......Page 15
Fully Customizable Catalog Templates......Page 16
Third-Party Modules......Page 17
Zen Cart versus osCommerce......Page 18
Security......Page 19
Categories and Products Management......Page 20
User and Developer Community......Page 21
Zen Cart and Other CMS/Shopping Carts......Page 22
AgoraCart......Page 23
Summary......Page 24
Prerequisites......Page 25
Web Server......Page 26
Database......Page 27
Through Fantastico......Page 28
By Uploading Files......Page 32
Preparation for Upgrading......Page 44
Testing and Upgrading......Page 45
Basic Configuration of the Store......Page 46
Using FTP Programs......Page 47
Using cPanel......Page 48
On a Windows Server......Page 49
Changing Configuration File......Page 50
Using the Administration Panel......Page 53
Summary......Page 54
Shop Configuration......Page 55
Store Name and Address......Page 56
Customer Information......Page 57
Product Listing......Page 58
Email Options......Page 59
Logging......Page 60
Images......Page 61
Shipping/Packaging......Page 62
Attribute Settings......Page 63
Zones, Currencies, and Taxes......Page 64
Product Types......Page 65
Manufacturers......Page 66
Managing Categories......Page 67
Managing Products......Page 69
Option Name Manager......Page 70
Option Value Manager......Page 72
Attributes Controller......Page 73
Attribute Images......Page 74
Copying Attributes to Other Products or Categories......Page 75
Downloads Manager......Page 76
Bulk Import/Export of Products......Page 77
Modules......Page 78
Authorize.net......Page 79
Cash on Delivery......Page 81
LinkPoint/YourPay API......Page 82
PayPal......Page 83
Other Payment Modules......Page 87
Free shipping......Page 94
Per Item and Per Unit......Page 95
United Parcel Service......Page 96
United States Postal Service......Page 97
Order Total Modules......Page 98
Registration/Authentication of Customers......Page 100
Communicating with Customers......Page 101
Managing Inventory......Page 102
Order Status......Page 103
Summary......Page 104
Configuring Look and Feel......Page 105
Applying a Template......Page 107
Layout Settings......Page 108
Showing/Hiding Sideboxes......Page 110
Understanding Zen Cart Templates......Page 113
Template Files Structure......Page 114
CSS in Zen Cart Template......Page 115
Understanding Overrides......Page 117
Overriding Language Files......Page 118
Overriding Module Files......Page 119
Using Extra Data Files......Page 120
Customizing Zen Cart Templates......Page 121
Changing Default Texts......Page 123
Changing the Header Image......Page 125
Adding a New Logo......Page 126
Changing Colors and Fonts......Page 127
Changing Buttons and Icons......Page 131
Changing Layout of a Template......Page 133
Modifying a Page Template......Page 134
Using EZ pages......Page 135
Creating A File System......Page 137
Sideboxes......Page 139
Creating and Modifying Email Templates......Page 141
HTML Email Templates......Page 142
HTML with variables......Page 143
Summary......Page 145
The Need for Localization......Page 146
Countries......Page 147
Adding a New Country......Page 148
Deleting a Country......Page 149
Zones......Page 150
Zone Definitions......Page 151
Assigning Tax Classes......Page 153
Creating a Tax Rate......Page 155
Adding a New Currency......Page 156
Currency Conversion......Page 157
Editing a Currency......Page 158
Hiding the Currencies box......Page 159
Creating a New Language......Page 160
Deleting a Language......Page 162
Translating Language Files......Page 163
Order Status......Page 164
Adding a New Order Status......Page 165
Editing an Existing Status......Page 166
Summary......Page 167
Promotions......Page 168
Types of Banners......Page 169
Displaying Banner Groups......Page 170
Designing Banners......Page 171
Adding/Editing a Banner......Page 172
Promotional Discounts......Page 174
Cross-Selling and Up-Selling......Page 175
Cross-Selling......Page 176
Up-Selling......Page 179
Better-together......Page 181
SaleMaker......Page 185
Special, Featured, and New Products......Page 186
Special Products......Page 188
Featured Products......Page 189
Gift Certificates & Discount Coupons......Page 190
Sending a Gift Certificate......Page 191
Creating Gift Certificate Products......Page 192
Selling and Using Gift Certificates......Page 194
Coupon Administration......Page 195
Product Notification Subscription......Page 198
Creating Newsletters/Product Notifications......Page 199
Sending Newsletters......Page 200
Product Reviews......Page 201
Meta-tags for Categories......Page 203
Using Search Engine Friendly URLs......Page 204
Summary......Page 207
The Need for Migrating to Zen Cart......Page 208
Points to Consider Before Migration......Page 209
Product Catalogue......Page 210
Uninterrupted Service......Page 211
osCommerce versus Zen Cart Database Structure......Page 212
Tables for Categories......Page 213
Tables for Products and Attributes......Page 214
Step 2: Export osCommerce Data......Page 215
Step 3: Import osCommerce Data to Zen Cart......Page 216
Migrating to a Zen Cart Shop that does Not have Products......Page 217
Migrating to a Zen Cart Shop that has Products......Page 219
Adjusting the Look and Feel......Page 222
Converting osCommerce Modules......Page 224
Summary......Page 226
Why should you Integrate Zen Cart with CMS?......Page 227
Increase the Scope of Your Shop......Page 228
How to Integrate with CMS?......Page 229
Joomla!/Mambo......Page 230
Drupal......Page 231
Gallery 2......Page 237
WordPress and Zen Cart Installed in Separate Directories......Page 241
XOOPS......Page 245
e107......Page 246
phpBB......Page 250
Summary......Page 251
Website Maintenance Settings......Page 252
Taking the Shop Down for Maintenance......Page 253
Excluding the Admin from being Blocked......Page 254
Showing Downtime......Page 255
Backing Up Database......Page 256
Backing up Files......Page 259
Restoring Database and Files......Page 261
Use SSL whenever Possible......Page 265
Delete/Rename Sensitive Folders......Page 266
Set Appropriate Permissions to Files and Directories......Page 267
Securing Access to the Administration Panel......Page 268
Register Globals Setting......Page 270
Session Referer Setting......Page 271
PHP Related Problems......Page 272
Session Handling in Admin Area......Page 277
Security Error during Login as Customer......Page 278
Forgotten Admin Password......Page 280
Template Related Problems......Page 281
Image Distortion......Page 282
Emails are not Arriving......Page 283
Email Transport Methods......Page 284
Bounce Handling......Page 285
Database Related Errors......Page 286
Summary......Page 287
Setting WAMP server......Page 288
Zen Cart Directory Structure......Page 291
Zen Cart Community......Page 293
Zen Cart Support......Page 294
Zen Cart Downloads......Page 295
Some Essential Downloads......Page 296
Drupal......Page 298
e107 Plugins for Zen Cart Integration......Page 299
Consulting......Page 300
Index......Page 302