The complete, visual step-by-step guide to Zen Cart CSS is here!

Zen Cart CSS Guide - A complete guide to Zen Cart StylesheetsZen Cart version 1.39 CompatibleSave yourself hours of time and effort (and pulling your hair out!) with this complete 82-page guide.

The Classic stylesheet.css is explored line by line – complete with images of which components are effected by which CSS rule.  Each element is fully commented and there are even quick CSS lessons for the most popular CSS selectors and their properties.

Zen Cart CSS Guide – A complete guide to Zen Cart Stylesheets is available now for immediate download.

  
     

Recent Updates

New version of Zen Cart Released Today – 1.39e

July 27th, 2010

Stay on top of the latest round of bug fixes and enhancements by upgrading to the latest version of Zen Cart – 1.39e.  Official announcement thread: http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=160378 Official Download from SourceForge: https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/zencart/CURRENT_%20Zen%20Cart%201.3.x%20Series/Zen%20Cart%20v1.3.9%20-%20Full%20Release/zen-cart-v1.3.9e-full-fileset-07272010.zip?use_mirror=voxel&ts=1280206474 What’s New in v1.3.9e This upgrade was released today (27th July 2010) and includes: Fix broken whos-online cart display Added removal for "%" [...]

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Change name of Bestsellers sidebox Heading in Zen Cart

July 25th, 2010

In customising your Zen Cart online store, there may be a case for changing the Bestsellers sidebox heading.  For example, you may feel that a heading of Our Most Popular Kits … or Top Selling Fashions would suit your store’s look and feel better than the heading Bestsellers. Open the english.php file located in the [...]

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Easily Update Store Promotions with Zen Cart Banners

July 24th, 2010

Zen Cart Banners are a great way to showcase your current store promotions in your Zen Cart store. Create a banner image in the correct size according to the banner location (sidebox or centre column) and position on your store pages using Banner Manager.  Link the banner to a categories listing page, product info page [...]

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Disable Qty Price Discount to increase Zen Cart performance

July 18th, 2010

If you’re not using the Quantity Price Discount feature in Zen Cart, setting Enable Qty Price Discount to False will stop unnecessary calculations and related queries and therefore speed up the rendering of your store’s product pages. To disable quantity price discount in Zen Cart: Log in to your Zen Cart store Admin From the [...]

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Store in Spotlight

July 25th, 2010
Doodlebuckets Family Gift Store

Doodlebuckets Family Gift Store

This week the Zen Cart store in the spotlight is the Doodlebuckets Family Gift Store.  Doodlebuckets pride themselves on supplying high quality gifts, excellence in customer service, and a generous return policy.

One of the things I really like about this store is the Doodlebuckets Member Benefits.  They offer free date reminders, 5% off purchases, reward points for purchases and wishlists that can be shared.  This is a great way to entice visitors to sign up even if they are not quite ready to make a purchase.  The benefits are highlighted in the sidebar.

The other thing that warrants a special note is the introductory and follow up paragraphs on each category page.  A fantastic touch for both store visitors and search engine optimisation.

See more of this store, and other Zen Cart stores, in the Zen Cart Gallery.

  
     

Zen Cart Toolkit

Installing and customising Zen Cart may seem a little daunting at first. But, as with all jobs, it is so much easier if you have the right tools.

For more information visit the full Zen Cart Toolkit page.

Zen Cart Explored

Email messages are an important component of an online store for communication with your customers.  Zen Cart can be configured to notify customers of their order status, for example, or notify the store owner of a new order or that a particular product is running low on stock.

Zen Cart provides the option to select plain text or HTML email messages.  The HTML email messages utilise the set of 15 email templates.  The default email messages are explored further in Zen Cart Email Templates.