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How to install ZenCart at HostGator

by Gerae Lindsey on February 11th, 2009
How to install ZenCart at HostGator

Installing ZenCart on HostGator is totally painless!

Follow this step-by-step tutorial to install the ZenCart shopping cart on your domain hosted at HostGator.

How to install WordPress on HostGator

by Gerae Lindsey on February 10th, 2009
How to install WordPress on HostGator

Installing WordPress on HostGator is fast and easy!
First, you will need to login to your cpanel.
Now, scroll down until you see:

Click on “Fantastico De Luxe”

Hiding product descriptions on category pages

by Gerae Lindsey on February 7th, 2009
Hiding product descriptions on category pages

By default, ZenCart displays product descriptions next to product images on category pages. This tutorial will show you how to remove these descriptions so that only the product images will appear.
Here is an image of the default layout:

To remove the product description from displaying:

Displaying recent posts as thumbnails in sidebar

by Gerae Lindsey on February 4th, 2009
Displaying recent posts as thumbnails in sidebar

I have been busy working on a custom word press theme for one of my clients. One request was to display recent posts as text AND as thumbnails. Specifically, they wanted to pull an image from the post to display in the side bar. I tried a variety of plugins but none worked for our exact needs. I played around with some code and finally came up with something that worked. It doesn’t create thumbnails automatically, they have to be created first, but it works close enough for the client. Here is how I did it.