How to manage product images with Zen Cart

Zen Cart displays images in 3 sizes for each product:

Small - Thumbnail images displayed on the home page and product listing pages.
Medium - Displayed on the individual Product Info page.
Large - Your normal image which is accessed by clicking the ‘larger image’ link on the Product Info page.

There are a few ways to upload and [...]

Zen Cart 1.3.9d released

Zen Cart 1.3.9d is now available for download from Zen-Cart.com.
This release is mainly for fixing some bugs and general improvements.
We’ve checked and tested this latest version, and can confirm that now our premium templates on this site are 100% compatible with Zen Cart 1.3.9d, 1.3.9c, 1.3.9b, 1.3.9a and 1.3.8.
And here’s a recap from our previous [...]

Add Facebook ‘Like’ button to your Zen Cart product pages

It is fast and easy to add the Facebook ‘Like’ button to all your product info pages. This ‘Like’ button is part of the new Facebook widgets or Social Plug-ins.
The only Zen Cart file involved is the tpl_product_info_display.php file — and you do not need to do any editing, just get the file from here.

How to combine Zen Cart “More Information” and “Information” sideboxes

To combine or merge the links in “More Information” sidebox with “Information” sidebox, you just need to copy the codes from more_information.php to information.php.
The files involved are:
\includes\modules\sideboxes\more_information.php
\includes\modules\sideboxes\information.php

Remove “Congratulations! You’ve installed Zen Cart” from home page

This text is contained in your language file:
\includes\languages\english\index.php
Before you edit the file, copy it to your template’s folder:
\includes\languages\english\CUSTOM_TEMPLATE\index.php

How to display Flash in Zen Cart banner locations

You can display Flash at any location of your Zen Cart website by editing the design files (PHP). But this post will teach you how to display Flash content in the standard built-in Zen Cart banner locations — by using Zen Cart’s Banner Manager.
First, you need to have a working Flash file (SWF) — which [...]

Customize copyright year display for Zen Cart store

By default, your Zen Cart powered web store will display a copyright notice with the current year at the footer — where the current year is based on your web server’s system date.
Example:
Copyright © 2009 My Online Store. Powered by Zen Cart
If you want to change the year display format to reflect the year you [...]

Add Google Maps to Zen Cart contact page

To add Google Maps to your Zen Cart contact page, two files need to be uploaded to your template folders.
Basically, you just need to download the files, change the details to reflect your business location/address, and upload.
For your convenience, I’ve separated the guide below to 3 major steps (STEP 2 is only necessary if the [...]

Product listings display ‘bug’ in Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8

This issue can be seen on product listing pages using table and ‘colspan’ for displaying products — namely, the New Products, Featured Products and All Products pages.
By default, Zen Cart displays each listing with the thumbnail on the left, the product name/price etc on the right, then the product description below (in a cell that [...]

Zen Cart Shopping Cart Sidebox with Checkout Button

This simple single-file contribution adds a checkout button to the Shopping Cart side box. The button will be displayed only if the shopping cart is not empty and it links directly to the checkout page (index.php?main_page=checkout_shipping).

The appearance of the shopping cart sidebox and checkout button depends on your current template - it’ll NOT be the [...]

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