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==[[Image:Zen-cart-logo.jpg|middle|35px|]] Introducing Zen Cart==

Zen Cart is a free online store management software based on PHP and MySQL. Through its features and modules you can have a professional online store with proper management to use for selling your products.


==[[Image:Zen-cart-logo.jpg|middle|35px|]] Installing Zen Cart – Fantastico De Luxe==

* ''' Step 1:''' Login to your Admin cPanel http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel
* ''' Step 2:''' Locate and click on the Fantastico De Luxe Icon
* ''' Step 3:''' Under the “E Commerce” section, find and click on “Zen Cart”
* ''' Step 4:''' In the right panel, select “New Installation”
* ''' Step 5:''' on page 1 of the installation process, you will be prompted for the installation directory. To have “Zen Cart” installed on your website’s main page (http://www.yourdomain.com) leave it blank else, insert the directory of your choice (http://www.yourdomain.com/zencart). Fill out all the required information accordingly and click “Install Zen Cart”.

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* ''' Step 6:''' A summary of the installation details will be posted. Once read, click “Finish Installation”. You will also see the link to your Zen Cart script; click it to start using the application.


==[[Image:Zen-cart-logo.jpg|middle|35px|]] Installing Zen Cart – Manually==

* '''Step 1:''' Browse the official site of Zen Cart and download the latest stable version of Zen Cart to your desktop.
* '''Step 2:''' Uncompress the downloaded file to a specified directory on your desktop.
* '''Step 3:''' Upload the extracted files (keeping the directories structure intact) to your web hosting account via FTP to a specified directory of your choice (e.g. /zencart).
* '''Step 4:''' Login to your Admin cPanel, locate and click on MySQL Databases.
* '''Step 5:''' Create a MySQL database name “zencart” and save its name along with the username and password for future use.
* '''Step 6:''' After successful creation of the database and its tables, go to the location of your newly uploaded files: http://www.yourdomain.com/zencart/
* '''Step 7:''' The web installation wizard will launch and will permit you to start installing Zen cart.

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* '''Step 8:''' Next will be the welcome message, click “continue” to proceed.

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* '''Step 9:''' After the welcome message comes the License Agreement. You should read it and accept it to proceed.

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* '''Step 10:''' Accepting the License agreement will move you to the next page which will test for file and folder permissions.

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* '''Step 11:''' After you click “Install” the next page will be the database connection settings. Set the correct settings for the database that you created earlier and click “Save database settings”.

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* '''Step 12:''' Store settings comes next, so you will have to set some information like store name and email address…

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* '''Step 13:''' Finishing with the store information takes you to the Administrator Setup which enables you to configure the administrator credentials.



<center> ''After saving the administrator settings, you would have completed the installation procedures and thus be able to use Zen Cart.'' </center>

==[[Image:Zen-cart-logo.jpg|middle|35px|]] Using Zen Cart==

====''Create a new Product''====

To create a new product:
# Login to Zen cart administrative backend.
# Click on “Catalog”
# Click on “Categories/Products”
# Click on “New Product”.
# Fill in the required fields.
# Click “Preview”.

====''Select a template''====

To select an existing template:
# Login to Zen cart administrative backend.
# Click on “Tools”
# Click on “Template Selection”
# On the right side, a list of all available templates will be displayed.
# Select the template of your choice and click “Apply”


==[[Image:Zen-cart-logo.jpg|middle|35px|]] Backup Zen Cart Database==

* ''' Step 1:''' Login to your hosting account cPanel, locate and click on the “PhpMyAdmin” icon.
* ''' Step 2:''' From within PhpMyAdmin, choose the Zen Cart Database.
* ''' Step 3:''' On the top menu of the database table list, click on “Export”
* ''' Step 4:''' In the export options, make sure you:
** “Select All” Tables
** Check “Structures” property.
** Check “Data” property.
** Check “Save as” option
* ''' Step 5:''' Once you double check that all the options in step 4 are set, click Go and save to the file to your desktop.



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