Category: ZenCart 1.3.8 Tutorials

How to create a grid layout in ZenCart

by Gerae Lindsey on July 27th, 2010
How to create a grid layout in ZenCart

By default, ZenCart displays products in rows, one product on top of the other. Switching your products to a grid layout is easily accomplished using a mod called Column Layout Grid for Product Listings. Installing this mod will change your product listings from this: to this: This mod is pretty easy to use. First, upload the [...]

Changing header in ZenCart using Dreamweaver, CSS

by Gerae Lindsey on April 2nd, 2010

I have received multiple emails over the last month from Dreamweaver users who are having trouble editing their ZenCart header image using CSS. I decided to post my answer here in case others are experiencing the same issue. Let me first say that I do not think you should use Dreamweaver to edit ANY of [...]

How to edit folder permissions in cPanel

by Gerae Lindsey on March 24th, 2010
How to edit folder permissions in cPanel

When ZenCart creates new image folders in your admin area, the folders are not automatically made writeable. This will cause you to receive an error when attempting to upload your product images to the new folder. Permissions need to be set for this new folder. The first step is to login to your cpanel, usually [...]

Restricting payment types in ZenCart

by Gerae Lindsey on March 7th, 2010
Restricting payment types in ZenCart

Let’s say you sell two types of products in your cart. For example, BOOKS and eBOOKS. You want to allow customers to pay for BOOKS with PayPal and credit cards. But you only want customers to pay for eBOOKS with PayPal. Is this possible with ZenCart? The answer is yes, however some editing of code is [...]