Basics - Components of Zen Cart
How the pieces fit together
First Steps
Getting started setting up your store
Basics - cPanel
The cPanel control panel
Basics - Default files, template default and overrides
What is a default file vs a template file?
Basics - Deployment Configurations
Ways to install Zen Cart
Basics - Hosting and Domain concepts
Domains, Name Servers, Hosting and more
Basics - Security
Operating Zen Cart in a secure manner
Basics - Store Setup Checklist
Things to do when setting up a store
Basics - Terms and Definitions
Terms used throughout this site
Basics - URLs
URL structure used by Zen Cart
Basics - Useful Tools
Useful Tools for working with Zen Cart
Categories and Products - Adding them to your store
Populating your store
Databases
Where is the data stored in Zen Cart?
Demo Data
Example product and configuration data for new users
Documentation
How to use this site
Downloading Zen Cart
Where can I download the Zen Cart code?
Glossary
Terms you will see in Zen Cart documentation
How do I Install Zen Cart?
Should I use Softaculous or Installatron?
Learning Trails for Zen Cart
How do I get started learning Zen Cart?
Relative URLs
The importance of relative versus absolute links
Server Requirements for running Zen Cart
What kind of server do I need?
SSL certificate - yes you need one
Why your online store should be using SSL / HTTPS
Technologies used in Zen Cart
What are the building blocks of Zen Cart
Version Information for Zen Cart, PHP and MySQL
Version Information for Zen Cart, PHP and MySQL
Where is the Admin / Back-end / Control Panel interface?
I don’t have an “/admin” folder!
What's Next?
What do I do to start customizing my cart?
Do you have a suggestion for a FAQ? Please post it to General Questions on the support forum.
Last modified March 26, 2020 by Scott C Wilson (517a453d).