Robin Hickey
Robin Hickey- ZenCart is an open source program that can considerably spruce up your website. robin hickey- If you want to offer your customers more than just a simple shopping cart button, ZenCart may be the perfect option for you. robin hickey- There are three reasons for a webmaster to consider this program.
robin hickey- If you have a lot of products in your catalogue, you can use the program to arrange them in various categories, then this program will lend your website a more sophisticated design that will compliment the visual aspects of your site.
robin hickey- People often wonder about the appropriate hosting plan for an eCommerce rich site that uses ZenCart. robin hickey- Actually, you should be able to install ZenCart on any hosting plan that supports MySQL, Linux and PHP. robin hickey- You will need an FTP connection in order to upload the software and a visit to the control panel to create a database.
robin hickey- While choosing an ecommerce hosting provider, the primary consideration should be client convenience; your visitors should have no trouble when making a purchase.
robin hickey- Pricing, programming knowledge and the amount of time that you can spend are the three important factors that should be considered while choosing a hosting plan for ZenCart.
robin hickey- When it comes to learning Zen Cart, there are plentiful options to choose from. Videos, books or live courses can be your considerations. robin hickey- Videos can guide you from start to finish. robin hickey- And with aids of visual and audio outputs, you can pick up the essential skills a lot faster.
robin hickey- Setting up the first download product in Zencart is slightly confusing. robin hickey- Going through the immense help pages, wiki, FAQs, forum becomes pretty frustrating and takes ages to figure out.
robin hickey- Let’s get started how to use zencart. First you need to upload your product files. robin hickey- Once your file is ready, use an FTP client to upload the file to the server. robin hickey- You need to upload it to the folder named downloads in your zencart store folder.
robin hickey- If you have many categories and many products, it is better to create sub-folders with appropriate category names under the download folders. robin hickey- Click on ‘downloads’ folder, right click and choose create directory.robin hickey- Rename the directory to a name which you can identify with a category.
robin hickey- Double click on the folder to which your present product belongs and upload the file. robin hickey- Next step is to setting the attributes, option names, option values.
robin hickey- Now login to admin panel. By default Zencart has ‘download’ as option name & zip file as the option value. robin hickey- If you want to add more option names & values, then select catalog > option name manager.
robin hickey- Type the option name of your choice. Give each option name a different sort order. robin hickey- Choose option type as either dropdown or radio button. robin hickey- Click insert button.
robin hickey- If you require more option values other than the existing zip file, go to catalog > Option Value Manager. robin hickey- Choose the ‘Option Name’ from the dropdown menu and type your ‘option value name’ in the box provided. robin hickey- You can add new option values like ‘pdf file’ or ‘mp3 file’ or whatever you like.
robin hickey- If you want to add new downloadable products, go to catalog > categories/products. robin hickey- Create a category by clicking new category button. robin hickey- Click on the category in which you want to include your product. robin hickey- Click on new product button. robin hickey- Enter the details of your new product like name, price, image, max number of downloads etc.
robin hickey- Once you are satisfied with the preview, click insert button. robin hickey- List of products available will be displayed. robin hickey- Now select “download” as option name & “zip file” as option value.
robin hickey- You can enter meta tags for each of the products by clicking on icon. robin hickey- Meta tags include information like “title”, “description” and “keywords” for each product. robin hickey- Meta elements provide information about a given webpage, most often to help search engines categorize them correctly.
