Archive for category Zen Cart Tips
Increase length of Product Name field in Zen Cart
Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart Tips on 17 April, 2010
The default field length for Product Name in Zen Cart is 64 characters. In some cases this may not be enough and today we are going to step through increasing this field to support longer product names. As this is not a setting in Zen Cart Admin, we will need to make the change directly [...]
Set a sort order for the Featured Products Centerbox on Zen Cart Home Page
Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart Tips on 28 March, 2010
There may be times when you need to remove the random function that is the default behaviour of the Featured Centerbox in Zen Cart and set a different sort order. For example, I am currently developing a Zen Cart store for a client that has a total of four items for sale. And, as these [...]
Zen Cart Discount Coupons – a great way to encourage new customers
Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart Admin, Zen Cart Tips on 30 December, 2009
Do you use a blog to provide additional information on your Zen Cart Store products and specials and to help drive more traffic to your store? A great way to encourage your blog visitors to take the step to becoming customers is by offering a discount coupon for their first purchase. Discount coupons are used [...]
What is an RSS Feed?
Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart Tips on 30 December, 2009
RSS is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. An RSS file contains details of the latest items available at a website so you can get the latest headlines and video in one place, as soon as its published, without having to visit the websites you have taken the feed from. More and more [...]
Change the default for Product Notification to Unchecked
Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart Tips on 21 December, 2009
On the Checkout Success Page, your customers have the opportunity to sign up for Product Notifications. By default the checkbox for each product is selected (ticked), however the customer will need to click the Update button for it to take effect. If, like me, you find that this can be confusing for your customers – [...]
How to add a favicon to your Zen Cart store
Posted by kerrin hardy in Zen Cart Tips on 14 October, 2009
What is a favicon? A favicon (short for favorites icon), also known as a shortcut icon, is a graphic image (a 16×16 (can also be 32×32 or 64×64) pixel square icon) associated with a particular website or webpage. Browsers that provide favicon support typically display a page’s favicon: in the browser’s address bar next to [...]
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