Using Image Buttons versus CSS Buttons is more than just a design issue, but also can greatly affect the performance of your server and your customer’s impression of the speed of the website. In Zen Cart, when configuring your store, you have the option in ADMIN->CONFIGURATION->LAYOUT SETTINGS to select whether or not to use CSS…
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How to Show SaleMaker Sales on the Specials Page
When you are a customer browsing a website, you probably do not differentiate a special from a sale. Why would you, they are exactly the same thing right? Not as far as Zen Cart is concerned. The default is that only specials display in their own listing and all sales items display inside the regular…
Read moreHow to Add Backorder Support to Your Zen Cart Store
As your store grows and you have to manage a larger inventory, you’ll often find items are out of stock as you await new stock from your suppliers. You can either set Zen Cart to disallow checkout when items are out of stock and potentially lose a large number of orders, or you can display…
Read moreHow to Make an Inactive Coupon Active in Zen Cart
Note: This article discusses a known bug in Zen Cart that is present in all versions up to and including version 1.3.9g. Hopefully after reading this, the Zen Cart team will implement this simple fix. Today a client was trying to re-enable one of his old coupon codes that had expired by simply changing the…
Read moreCorrecting Session Issues in Zen Cart After Upgrading
Zen Cart upgrades, particularly 1.3.9, often have changes to how Zen Cart handles sessions. This can cause login issues, add to cart issues, and problems to any other functionality that relies on sessions. Symptoms The two most common issues are with adding to cart and logging in. With adding to the cart, even when you…
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