There are four steps to completely turning off the Reviews feature in Zen Cart.

1.  Remove Reviews from Product Information pages

On each Product Information page, by default either a button for read the reviews (if one or more reviews exist for that product) or write a review (if there are no reviews for that product) will be displayed.  To remove the display of these buttons, follow the steps below.

1. Log in to your Zen Cart store Admin
2. From the Catalog menu, select Product Types.
   
3. Select the product type you wish to customise.  This will be Products General in most cases.
4. Click the Edit Layout button.
   
5. Select Show Product Reviews Button and click the Edit button.
6. Select False from the drop down menu and then click Update to save your selection.
   
7. Select Show Product Reviews Count and click the Edit button.
8. Select False from the drop down menu and then click Update to save your selection.

2.  Remove Reviews Sidebox

The Reviews Sidebox displays random reviews and also includes a link to the Reviews page.  To turn off the display of the Reviews Sidebox, follow the steps below.

1. Log in to your Zen Cart store Admin
2. From the Tools menu, select Layout Box Controller.
   
3. Select the Edit icon for the Reviews sidebox.
   
4. In the Edit Box section, select the settings as shown here and then click Update to save your settings.
   

3.  Remove Reviews from Sitemap page

The Sitemap page will still refer to the Reviews page, even if you are not using the Reviews feature.  To remove this reference, follow the steps below.

1. Open the tpl_site_map_default.php file located in the /includes/templates/template_default/templates/ directory.
2. Find this section of code:

   <li><?php echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_REVIEWS) . '">' . PAGE_REVIEWS . '</a>'; ?></li>

3. and remove or comment out this line.
4. Save the modified tpl_site_map_default.php file to your override folder.  This will be /includes/templates/CUSTOM/templates/ where CUSTOM represents the name of your current template folder.

4.  Remove Reviews from Welcome Email

1. Open the create_account.php file located in the /includes/languages/english/ directory.
2. Find this section of code:

   define('EMAIL_TEXT', 'With your account, you can now take part in the <strong>various services</strong> we have to offer you. Some of these services include:' . "\n\n" . '<li><strong>Permanent Cart</strong> - Any products added to your online cart remain there until you remove them, or check them out.' . "\n\n" . '<li><strong>Address Book</strong> - We can now deliver your products to another address other than yours! This is perfect to send birthday gifts direct to the birthday-person themselves.' . "\n\n" . '<li><strong>Order History</strong> - View your history of purchases that you have made with us.' . "\n\n" . '<li><strong>Products Reviews</strong> - Share your opinions on products with our other customers.' . "\n\n");

3. and modify to remove the reference to product reviews:

   define('EMAIL_TEXT', 'With your account, you can now take part in the <strong>various services</strong> we have to offer you. Some of these services include:' . "\n\n" . '<li><strong>Permanent Cart</strong> - Any products added to your online cart remain there until you remove them, or check them out.' . "\n\n" . '<li><strong>Address Book</strong> - We can now deliver your products to another address other than yours! This is perfect to send birthday gifts direct to the birthday-person themselves.' . "\n\n" . '<li><strong>Order History</strong> - View your history of purchases that you have made with us.' . "\n\n" . "\n\n");

4. Save the modified create_account.php file to your override folder.  This will be /includes/languages/english/CUSTOM/ where CUSTOM represents the name of your current template folder.

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