Zen Cart Admin > Configuration Menu > My Store

Store Name

The name of my store.

Store Owner

The name of my store owner.

Country

The country my store is located in.

Zone

The zone my store is located in.

Expected Sort Order

This is the sort order used in the expected products box.

Expected Sort Field

The column to sort by in the expected products box.

Switch To Default Language Currency

Automatically switch to the language’s currency when it is changed.

Language Selector

Should the default language be based on the Store preferences, or the customer’s browser settings?

Display Cart After Adding Product

Display the shopping cart after adding a product (or return back to their origin).

Default Search Operator

Default search operators.

Store Address and Phone

This is the Store Name, Address and Phone used on printable documents and displayed online.

Show Category Counts

Count recursively how many products are in each category.

Show Category Counts – Admin

Show Category Counts in Admin?

Tax Decimal Places

Pad the tax value this amount of decimal places.

Display Prices with Tax

Display prices with tax included (true) or add the tax at the end (false).

Display Prices with Tax in Admin

Display prices with tax included (true) or add the tax at the end (false) in Admin(Invoices).

Basis of Product Tax

On what basis is Product Tax calculated.

Basis of Shipping Tax

On what basis is Shipping Tax calculated.

Sales Tax Display Status

Always show Sales Tax even when amount is $0.00?

Show Split Tax Lines

If multiple tax rates apply, show each rate as a separate line at checkout.

Store Status

What is your Store Status
0= Normal Store
1= Showcase no prices
2= Showcase with prices

Admin Session Time Out in Seconds

Enter the time in seconds.

Admin Set max_execution_time for processes

Enter the time in seconds for how long the max_execution_time of processes should be.

Show if version update available

Automatically check to see if a new version of Zen Cart is available. Enabling this can sometimes slow down the loading of Admin pages. (Displayed on main Index page after login, and Server Info page.)

Server Uptime

Displaying Server uptime can cause entries in error logs on some servers.

Missing Page Check

Zen Cart can check for missing pages in the URL and redirect to Index page. For debugging you may want to turn this off.

cURL Proxy Status

Does your host require that you use a proxy for cURL communication?

cURL Proxy Address

If you have GoDaddy hosting or other hosting services that require use of a proxy to talk to external sites via cURL, enter their proxy address here.

Currency Conversion Ratio

When auto-updating currencies, what “uplift” ratio should be used to calculate the exchange rate used by your store?
ie: the bank rate is obtained from the currency-exchange servers; how much extra do you want to charge in order to make up the difference between the bank rate and the consumer rate?

HTML Editor

Select the HTML/Rich-Text editor to use for composing Admin-related emails, newsletters, and product descriptions.

Enable phpBB linkage?

Should Zen Cart synchronize new account information to your (already-installed) phpBB forum?